October–December October 2 – King Charles IX of Sweden founds the city of Vaasa, to the Korsholm Parish in the Coastal Ostrobothnia. October – Luís Vaz de Torres is the first European to sail through the Torres Strait. November 11 – The Peace of Zsitvatorok is signed, between the Ottoman and Holy Roman Empires. The independence of Transylvania is recognized by both sides, and Austria's annual tribute to the Ottomans is abolished. December 19 – The Susan Constant sets out from the River Thames in England leading the Virginia Company's fleet for the foundation of Jamestown, Virginia. December 26 – William Shakespeare's play King Lear is given its first recorded performance, staged at the Palace of Whitehall. Date unknown A storm buries the village of St Ismail near modern-day Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The Jesuit Joannis Stribingius visits Latvia, and describes Latvian mythology. The Evangelic Lyceum (Evanjelické lýceum), a Lutheran high school is founded in Bratislava. Gregor Richter succeeds Martin Möller as the chief pastor of Görlitz. The cryptographic text Steganographia, written by Johannes Trithemius c.1499, is published in Frankfurt. Births January–March January 1 (bapt.) – Eva Ment, Dutch culture personality (d. 1652) January 4 (bapt.) – Edmund Castell, English orientalist (d. 1685) January 9 – William Dugard, English printer (d. 1662) January 11 – Judit Rumy, Hungarian noble (d. 1663) January 30 – Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, of Great Lever (d. 1674) February 10 – Christine of France, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1663) February 12 – John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676) February 16 – William White, English politician (d. 1661) February 23 George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen, officer in the Dutch Army (d. 1674) Richard Lloyd, English politician (d. 1676) February 27 – Laurent de La Hyre, French Baroque painter (d. 1656) c. February 28 – William Davenant, English poet and playwright (d. 1668) March – Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester (d. 1680) March 3 – Edmund Waller, English poet (d. 1687) March 18 – John X of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck (1634–1655) (d. 1655) March 20 – Georg von Derfflinger, field marshal in the army of Brandenburg-Prussia (1618–1648) (d. 1695) March 25 – Gertrude More, English nun (d. 1633) March 27 – Hans Svane, Danish statesman (d. 1668) March 28 – Jacob Masen, German poet (d. 1681) March 30 – Vincentio Reinieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer (d. 1647) April–June April 1 – Ernest Christopher,