Unix Timestamp: -11399875200
Thursday, October 2. 1608, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Five Royal Schools in Ulster are given Royal Charter by King James I

Old Bushmills Distillery is founded in Bushmills, County Antrim, Ireland.

The first cheques are used in the Netherlands

Dutchlens maker Hans Lippershey demonstrates the first telescope in the Dutchparliament.

December ndash Jamestown: Christopher Newport returns to England carrying cargo with tryals of Pitch, Tarre, Glasse, Frankincense, Sope Ashes ...

Uniform Land-Tax Law is imposed in Korea.