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November 5, 1605 — The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the British Parliament.

1607 — John Dick Smith of Jamestown enters Virginia and meets the princess, Pocahontas.

September 2, 1609 — Henry Hudson enters New York Bay.

Galileo popularizes the astronomical use of the telescope.

Breast baring is a popular fashion amongst the women of England and the Netherlands. *