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Tuesday, November 1, 1611
Uprising in
Moscow
against occupying
Polish
forces, resulting in a major fire.
At
Whitehall Palace
in
London
,
William Shakespeare
's romantic comedy "
The Tempest
" is performed, perhaps for the first time.
Construction begins on
Naghsh-i Jahan Square
in
Isfahan
,
Persia
.
Thomas Dale
founds the city of
Henricus
on the
James River
, a few miles south of present day
Richmond, Virginia
.
Jamestown: John Rolfe imports tobacco seeds from the island of Trinidad ("Nicotiana tabacum") the native tobacco is "Nicotiana rustica".
Thomas Sutton
founds
Charterhouse School
on the site of the old
Carthusian
monastery in
Charterhouse Square
,
Smithfield, London
.
Source:
Wikipedia