Important Historical Events of the year 1605, Year 1605 in History

List of 1605 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1605

What happened in the year 1605?

Date Event
January 16, 1605 The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.
April 8, 1605 The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
September 27, 1605 The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
November 5, 1605 Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England.
November 8, 1605 Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.