25th » Netherlands known as Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the Western Australia or West Australian coast.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1616
11th » Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (d. 1664)
20th » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)
Famous Deaths for October 1616
17th » John Pitts (Catholic scholar) e.g John Pitts, English priest and scholar (b. 1560)
23rd » Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)