List of 1602 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1602
Date | Event |
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March 20, 1602 | The Dutch East India Company is established. |
May 15, 1602 | Cape Cod is sighted by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold. |
June 3, 1602 | An English naval force defeats a fleet of Spanish galleys, and captures a large Portuguese carrack at the Battle of Sesimbra Bay |
September 20, 1602 | The Spanish-held Dutch town of Grave capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English army under the command of Maurice of Orange. |
October 4, 1602 | Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War: A fleet of Spanish galleys are defeated by English and Dutch galleons in the English Channel. |
November 8, 1602 | The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public. |
December 11, 1602 | A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the FĂȘte de l'Escalade.) |