January 20 Peace of Knarod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark and Sweden January 24 Amsterdams merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized January 28 Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune January 29 Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees February 7 Michail Romanov (16) becomes czar of Russia February 14 King James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederik February 20 Gerard Reynst appointed Dutch Governor-General of East-Indies February 21 Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar February 24 English princess Elizabeth marries earl Frederik of Palts June 29 Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down December 25 Johan Sigismund of Brandenburg becomes protestant
