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- For the Marvel comic, see 1602 (comic).
| Years: 1599 1600 1601 - 1602 - 1603 1604 1605 | |
| Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1602 in literature 1602 in music 1602 in science | |
Events
- February 14 - William Shakespeare First performance of Twelfth Night on Candlemas
- March 20 - The Dutch East India Company is established as The United East India Company by the Dutch States-General
- May 15 - Bartolomew Gosnold becomes the first European to discover Cape Cod.
- June - James Lancaster's East India Company fleet arrives at Achin, Sumatra to deal with the local ruler. Having defeated Portugal's ally, the ruler is happy to do business, and Lancaster seizes a large Portuguese Galleon and loots it.
- The Netherlands begins establishing itself as ruler of Indonesia
- Ben Jonson writes Poetaster
- William Shakespeare writes The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Persia declares war on Ottoman Empire
- Bodleian Library founded
- In Praque, Florian Mathias performs the first successfull bowel surgery – removes a dagger from stomach
- Jesuit missionary Jeronimo de Angeluin arrives in Japan
Births
- February 18 - Per Brahe - Swedish soldier and statesman
- April 30 - William Lilly - English astrologer
- October 12 - William Chillingworth - English churchman
- November 20 - Otto von Guericke - inventor of the vacuum pump; and mayor of Magdeburg
- December 7 - Philippe Delano, Pilgrim founder of the American House of Delano (d. 1681)
Deaths
- October 30 - Jean-Jacques Boissard
- December 1 - Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord
- Jean Pithou - French lawyer and author
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