WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1610
Find out what all happened January to December 1610

The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia. (9. August 1610)

Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day. (7. January 1610)

Henry IV of France is assassinated bringing Louis XIII to the throne. (14. May 1610)

French king Louis XIII is crowned in Rheims. (17. October 1610)

Henry Hudson sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean. (2. August 1610)

The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish-Muscovite War. (4. July 1610)

John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland. (5. July 1610)