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* [[June 22]] – English explorer and sea captain [[Henry Hudson]], his teenage son John, and seven crewmen are set adrift in or near [[Hudson Bay]], after a mutiny on his ship ''[[Discovery (1602 ship)|Discovery]]''. They are never seen again.
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* [[July 12]] – The [[Perpetual Edict (1611)|Perpetual Edict]] is proclaimed for the government of the [[Southern Netherlands]] (now Belgium) by [[Albert VII, Archduke of Austria|Archduke Albert VII]] and his wife [[Isabella Clara Eugenia|Isabella]], the joint rulers of the Austrian-controlled nation.
* [[August 2]] – Jamestown: Deputy Governor Sir [[Thomas Gates (governor)|Thomas Gates]] returns to [[Virginia]] with 280 people, provisions and cattle on six ships and assumes control, ruling that the fort must be strengthened.▼
* [[July 17]] – The Army of the Swedish Empire, commanded by [[Jacob De la Gardie]] [[Capture of Novgorod (1611)|captures the Russian city of Novgorod]] after a nine-day battle. Novgorod will remain Swedish territory for the next eight years.
▲* [[August 2]] – [[Jamestown
* [[October 30]] – [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden|Gustavus Adolphus]] succeeds his father [[Charles IX of Sweden|Charles IX]] as [[King of Sweden]].▼
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* [[September 11]] – Greek Orthodox bishop [[Dionysios Skylosophos]] leads an army of 700 men in a surprise attack on the city of [[Ioannina|Yanya]] (formerly the ancient Greek city of Ioannina) in an attempt to liberate the inhabitants from Ottoman Imperial rule. The Ottoman provincial governor, Osman Pasha, is forced to flee and his home is burned down, but Ottoman troops commanded by Aslan Pasha rout the rebels. Skylosophos is captured on September 14, then tortured to death in public.
=== October–December ===
▲* [[October 30]] – At the age of 16, [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden|
* [[November 1]] – At [[Whitehall Palace]] in London, [[William Shakespeare]]'s last solo play, ''[[The Tempest]]'', is given its earliest reported performance.
* [[December 2]] ([[Keichō]] 16, 10th month, 28th day) – An [[1611 Sanriku earthquake|8.1 magnitude earthquake]] strikes off of the coast of [[Japan]] and causes a [[tsunami]] that kills almost 5,000 people in the northern section of [[Honshu]] island.
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