makes the first shipment to England of tobacco grown in Virginia, dispatching it on the ship The Elizabeth. The tobacco arrives in England after a voyage of three weeks. June 29 – Fire destroys London's famed Globe Theatre, during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII. July–September July 20 (July 30 N.S.) – The first American-grown tobacco, produced in the British colony of Virginia, arrives in England after being dispatched 22 days earlier by John Rolfe. July 28 – Gregor Richter, the chief pastor of Görlitz, denounces Jacob Boehme as a heretic, in his Sunday sermon. August 29 – The Sicilians under de Aragon defeat the trade fleet of the Ottoman Empire, ending the Battle of Cape Corvo. September 29 – The New River is opened, to supply London with drinking water from Hertfordshire. October–December October 28 – Keichō embassy: Hasekura Tsunenaga sets out in the Date Maru with a Japanese diplomatic mission to the Holy See, first traveling to Acapulco in New Spain; this follows soon after an agreement between Tokugawa Ieyasu and the East India Company, permitting English merchants to live and trade in Japan. November 3 – English royal favourite Robert Carr is created 1st Earl of Somerset. December 26 – The Earl of Somerset marries Frances Howard, following her divorce from Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex; the event is the inspiration for John Donne's Eclogue. Date unknown The Ottoman Empire invades Hungary. A locust swarm destroys La Camarque, France. The territory of Kuwait is founded. Sultan Agung of Mataram takes the throne of the kingdom of Mataram on Java. Near Jamestown, Virginia, Sir Thomas Dale starts a settlement called Bermuda City, which later becomes part of Hopewell, Virginia. Births January–March January 14 – Pier Martire Armani, Italian painter (d. 1699) January 15 – Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Italian art historian (d. 1696) January 21 – George Gillespie, Scottish theologian (d. 1648) February 2 Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons (d. 1649) William Thomas, Welsh Anglican bishop (d. 1689) February 7 – Johannes Musaeus, German theologian (d. 1681) February 24 – Mattia Preti, Italian painter (d. 1699) February 28 – John Pearson, English theologian and scholar (d. 1686) March 6 Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683) Anna Moroni, Italian educator (d. 1675) March 11 – Francesco Caetani, 8th Duke of Sermoneta, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (d. 1683) March 12 –