Spanish galleon, laden with silver for the porcelain and silk trade with the Ming Dynasty of China, lands at Manila in the Philippines. This occasion marks the beginning of the Spanish silver trade to China, that will trump that of the Portuguese, the latter of whom acted as an intermediary between the silver mines of Japan, and the luxury items in China to be purchased with that silver. Most of the silver entering China comes from what is now Mexico, Bolivia, and Peru in the New World. The Luzhou Laojiao liquor is made. The Portuguese are expelled from the Maldives. Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys, Barnet, England, is formed. Births January 1 – Philippus Rovenius, Dutch priest (d. 1651) January 10 – Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624) January 18 – Ambrosius Bosschaert, still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age (d. 1621) January 20 – Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (d. 1627) January 22 – Ludwig Camerarius, German politician (d. 1651) January 30 – Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1604–1622) (d. 1638) February 28 – Elias Holl, German architect (d. 1646) March 12 – Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, Abbess of Gernrode, Electress of Saxony, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Plön (d. 1616) March 24 – Giovanni Doria, Spanish noble (d. 1642) April 6 – Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg, German noble (d. 1643) April 12 – Jacques Bonfrère, Flemish Jesuit priest, biblical scholar (d. 1642) April 13 – Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1625) April 17 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1651) April 28 – Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, natural son of Charles IX of France (d. 1650) May 12 – Henri, Duke of Montpensier, French noble (d. 1608) May 13 – Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani, Mughal empress (d. 1619) June 12 – Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, British Earl (d. 1629) June 16 – Andries de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland (d. 1637) June 28 – Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby, English noble (d. 1643) July 12 – Pietro Carrera, Italian priest, painter and saint (d. 1647) July 14 – Bonaventure Hepburn, Scottish philologist and Minim friar (d. 1620) July 15 – Inigo Jones, English architect (d. 1652) July 18 – Odoardo Fialetti, Italian painter (d. 1638) July 25 – Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (d. 1650) July 29 – Philip II, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin (d. 1618) August 16 – Anne of Austria, Queen