the Ottoman Governor of Egypt to replace Yemişçi Hasan. October 21 – Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618): The Safavid Army of Iran, led by Emperor Abbas the Great, recaptures Tabriz from the Ottoman Empire after 15 years of Ottoman occupation. November 15 – Having recaptured Tabriz from the Ottoman Empire, Abbas the Great leads the Safavids in a siege of Yerevan. November 17 – Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason, in the converted Great Hall of Winchester Castle. He is found guilty, but his life is spared by King James I at this time, and he is returned to imprisonment in the Tower of London. November – Rokugō rebellion: More than 1,000 rōnin rebel in support of their exiled lord, Onodera Yoshimichi, in Japan. December 22 – Sultan Mehmed III of the Ottoman Empire dies, and is succeeded by his son Ahmed I. December 29 – Yavuz Ali Pasha, who had been appointed by Mehmed III in October as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, arrives at Constantinople to begin service. He dies from illness seven months later. Ongoing events Russian famine of 1601–1603. Date unknown A rebellion breaks out in Transylvania. French Huguenot Pierre de Gua is granted royal permission to settle in North America, founding the colony of Acadia. Yaqob is deposed as Emperor of Ethiopia for the first time by Za Sellase, who appoints his cousin Za Dengel to replace him. Johann Bayer publishes the star atlas Uranometria, the first to cover the entire celestial sphere. The earliest of eight companies that will eventually merge to form the Kikkoman Corporation, the producers of soy sauce, is founded in Japan. Births January–March January 3 – Paul Stockmann, German hymnwriter (d. 1636) January 27 Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet, English lawyer and politician, Speaker in 1660 (d. 1685) Humphrey Mackworth, English politician, lawyer and judge (d. 1654) January 30 – David Denicke, German jurist and hymnwriter (d. 1680) January – Shackerley Marmion, English dramatist (d. 1639) February 2 – Louise de Bourbon, French noble (d. 1637) February 7 – Friederich Stellwagen, German organ builder (d. 1660) February 12 – Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1639–1669) (d. 1669) March 2 – Pietro Novelli, Italian painter (d. 1647) March 13 – Ivan III Drašković, Croatian nobleman and soldier (d. 1648) March 18 – Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate (d. 1697) March 21 bapt. – Samuel Luke, English politician (d. 1670)