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EVENTS AND TRENDS

Many inventions and institutions are created, including Hans Lippershey with the Telescope ( 1608 , used by Galileo the next year), the newspaper '' Avisa Relation Oder Zeitung '' in Augsburg , and Cornelius Drebbel with the Thermostat ( 1609 ).

1602 - The first production of Hamlet is held.

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

1607 - John Smith Of Jamestown enters Virginia .

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

Galileo popularizes the astronomical use of the Telescope .

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