Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for supporting Copernican astronomy. He also bans the Jesuits. 1607 English settlers establish Jamestown colony in Virginia. 1609 Christianized Muslims, called Moriscos, are expelled from Spain, depriving Spain of much of its learned class.
Tea is introduced to Europe.
1612 Christian missionaries evicted from Japan. 1614 Dutch found the colony of New Amsterdam in the area of modern-day New York City. The Church prohibits Galileo from further scientific work. 1618 Protestant uprising in Bohemia begins the Thirty Years' War. On February 9, Humanist Lucilio Vanini is tortured and burnt at the stake for atheism.