Unix Timestamp: -11335507200
Sunday, October 17. 1610, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Publication of the Douay-Rheims Bible is completed.

The Manchu tribal leader Nurhaci breaks his relations with the Ming Dynasty of China, then under the aloof and growingly negligent Wanli EmperorNurhaci's line later becomes the emperors of the Qing Dynasty which overthrows the short-lived Shun Dynasty in 1644 and the remnants of the Ming throne in 1662.

Louis XIII of France is crowned.

Winter ndash Dr. Bonham's Case is decided by Edward Coke, chief justice of England's Court of Common Pleas. Coke affirms the supremacy of the common law, which limits the power of Parliament as well as the king.

By this year, the Portuguese colony of Brazil has between 400 mills producing 57,000 tons of sugar a year and 230 mills producing 14,000 tons (estimates vary) The wealth the Portuguese acquire from selling sugar in Europe prompts the English and French to follow suit in this century.

Jacob Boehme experiences another inner vision in which he further understand the unity of the cosmos and that he has received a special vocation from God.

The Orion Nebula is discovered by Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc.

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