1608

Events 
 March 18 – Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia
 May 14 – Protestant Union founded in Auhausen.
 July 3 – Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain.
 August 24 – The first official English representative to India lands at Surat.
 October 2 – Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey demonstrates the first telescope in the Dutch parliament
 Swedish troops enter Moscow
 First cheques come to use in Netherlands
 Quebec city is founded by Samuel De Champlain