Important Historical Events of the year 1602, Year 1602 in History

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List of 1602 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1602

What happened in the year 1602?

Date	Event
March 20, 1602	The Dutch East India Company is established.
May 15, 1602	Cape Cod is sighted by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold.
June 3, 1602	An English naval force defeats a fleet of Spanish galleys, and captures a large Portuguese carrack at the Battle of Sesimbra Bay
September 20, 1602	The Spanish-held Dutch town of Grave capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English army under the command of Maurice of Orange.
October 4, 1602	Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War: A fleet of Spanish galleys are defeated by English and Dutch galleons in the English Channel.
November 8, 1602	The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
December 11, 1602	A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.)