Unix Timestamp: -11523513600
Monday, November 1. 1604, 12:00:00 AM UTC

France begins settling Acadia, first successful French North American colony.

Before 1 October, Huntingdon Beaumont completes the Wollaton Wagonway, built to transport coal from the mines at Strelley to Wollaton just west of Nottingham, England. This is currently the world's oldest wagonway with provenance. The exact date is unknown, but a surviving account book for the year ended 30 September 1604 proves it was built within the preceding 12 months.

Lancelot de Casteau's "L'Ouverture de cuisine" published in Liège, including the first printed recipe for choux pastry.

The "Table Alphabeticall", the first known Englishdictionary to be organized by alphabetical ordering, is published.

Za Dengel is deposed as Emperor of Ethiopia by Za Sellase, who restores his cousin Yaqob.

The SikhHoly Scripture "Guru Granth Sahib" is compiled and edited by Guru Arjan.

At Whitehall Palace in London, the William Shakespeare tragedy "Othello" is presented for the first time.

France begins settling French Guiana.

The A-text of Christopher Marlowe's "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus" is officially published.

England concludes the Treaty of London with Spain, ending its involvement in the Eighty Years' War.