Events

• January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans
• September 20 - Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three year siege.
• November 1 - At Whitehall Palace in London, the William Shakespeare tragedy Othello is presented for the first time.

• Peace between England and Spain
• The Sikh Holy Scripture Guru Granth Sahib is compiled and edited by Guru Arjun .
• Luis Vaez de Torres is the first European to sail through the Torres Strait.
• France begins settling Acadia, first successful French North American colony
• France begins settling French Guiana.
• Supernova 1604 is observed. As of this writing, this was the last supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
• England concludes the Treaty of London with Spain, ending its involvement in the Eighty Years' War.
• Peter Blundell founds Blundell's School in Tiverton, England.

Deaths

• Isabella Andreini, Italian actress (b. 1562)
• Choi Hyong Ung (known as Seosan) in Joseon
• John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury