1602

For the Marvel comic, see 1602 (comic).

Years: 1599 1600 1601 – 1602 – 1603 1604 1605
Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s – 1600s – 1610s 1620s 1630s
Centuries: 16th century – 17th century – 18th century 1602 in topic: Literature – Science - State leaders

Events

February 14 – William Shakespeare First performance of Twelfth Night on Candlemas
March 20 – The Dutch East India Company is established as The United East India Company by the Dutch States-General
May 15 – Bartolomew Gosnold becomes the first European to discover Cape Cod.
June – James Lancaster's East India Company fleet arrives at Achin (now Aceh), Sumatra to deal with the local ruler. Having defeated Portugal's ally, the ruler is happy to do business, and Lancaster seizes a large Portuguese Galleon and loots it.
Ben Jonson writes Poetaster
William Shakespeare writes The Merry Wives of Windsor
Persia declares war on Ottoman Empire
Bodleian Library founded
In Praque, Florian Mathias performs the first successful bowel surgery – removes a dagger from stomach
Jesuit missionary Jeronimo de Angeluin arrives in Japan
A private trading company is established in Copenhagen, with the monopoly on the trade with Iceland.

February 14 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (d. 1676)
February 18 – Per Brahe, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1680)
May 1 (O.S.)/May 11 (N.S.) – William Lilly, English astrologer (d. 1681)
July 14 – Jules Cardinal Mazarin, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1661)
October 12 – William Chillingworth, English churchman (d. 1644)
November 20 – Otto von Guericke, German inventor and Mayor of Magdeburg (d. 1686)
December 7 – Philippe Delano, Plymouth Colony settler (d. 1681)

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