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1603| 1603 | Italy [churches and temples] | The façade of the Church of Santa Susanna in Rome, designed by the Italian architect Carlo Maderno, is completed. It foreshadows the baroque style. | | 1603 | Swiss Confederation, France, Venice [diplomacy] | An alliance is signed between King Henry IV of France, Venice, and the Swiss peasant republic of the Graubünden (Grisons or Grey League), which controls the Valtelline passes into Italy – a strategic link in the ‘Spanish Road’ between the Habsburg possessions in Italy, Austria, and the Netherlands. | | 1603 | England [music] | Triumphs of Oriana, an anthology of madrigals compiled by the English composer Thomas Morley, is published posthumously. Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I, it was compiled in 1601. | | 1603 | Germany [astronomy] | The German astronomer Johann Bayer publishes his Uranometria star atlas, the most detailed yet, including the 12 new southern constellations, and introducing the practice of giving the stars Greek identifiers. | | 24 March 1603 | England [births and deaths] | Queen Elizabeth I, queen of England 1558–1603, daughter of Henry VIII, whose reign saw growth in England's political and economic power, as well as major achievements in the arts, dies in Richmond, Surrey, England (69). | | 24 March 1603 | UK [political events] | Following the death of Queen Elizabeth I of England, King James VI of Scotland succeeds as James I of England and Ireland, retaining Robert Cecil as secretary of state. | | 30 March 1603 | UK, Ireland [political events] | The Irish rebel Hugh O'Neill, fugitive Earl of Tyrone, finally submits to the English Lord Deputy of Ireland Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, at Mellifort; Kinsale, the rebellion ends, and a general amnesty follows. |
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