Hudson River, originating in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flowing southward toward the Atlantic Ocean
In the year 1611, Denmark declares war on Sweden, then captures Kalmar (Apr 4), the Authorized King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time, in London (May 2), a mutiny on the ship Discovery leads to captain Henry Hudson (for whom both Hudson River and Hudson Bay are named), his son and seven crewmen to being set adrift in or near Hudson Bay, never to be seen again (Jun 22), Gustav II Adolf becomes the King of Sweden (Oct 30) - and all these fine people were born:
1611-xxxx Olaus Arenius* bishop/religious writer active in Finland - Varnum, Sweden (1682/c.71)
1611-xxxx Niiles Erkinpoika Riippi** father of Anna Niileksentytär Seppälä - Teuva, Sweden-Finland (1683/63-80)
1611-xxxx Robert Segdwick* colonist/real estator – Woburn, Bedfordshire, England (1656/c.45)
1611-0103 James Harrington* political theorist/author - Upton, Northamptonshire, England (1677/66)
1611-0128 Jan Heweliusz* astronomer/mayor of Danzig – Danzig, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1687/76)
1611-0206 Chongzhen* 崇禎 the 17th and last Emperor of the Ming dynasty - Forbidden, Beijing, Ming Dynasty (1644/33)
1611-0301 John Pell* mathematician/political agent - Southwick, Sussex, England (1685/74)
1611-0328 Henry Sherburne* wealthy colonist in Portsmouth, New Hampshire – London, England (1680/69)
1611-0411 Karl Eusebius* Prince of Liechtenstein/patron of architecture - (1684/72)
1611-0504 Carlo Rainaldi* Italian architect - Rome (1691/79)
1611-0624 Johan Oxenstierna* Count/statesman - Stockholm, Sweden (1657/46)
1611-0901 William Cartwright* poet/dramatist/churchman – Northway, Gloucestershire, England (1643/32)
1611-1026 Antonio Coello* dramatist/poet - Madrid, Spain (1652/40)
1611-1111 Christian Lehmann* German parson - Königswalde, Saxony (1688/77)
1611-1116 Zacharias Kniller* German painter - Eisleben, Saxony (1675/63)
1611-1118 Andreas Tscherning* German poet/hymn writer/literary theorist - Bunzlau (1659/47)
1611-1201 Nicola Avancini* Italian Jesuit cleric/ascetical writer - Tyrol (1686/75)
Updated 4.4.2023-1
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