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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Ben Jonson]]'s play ''News from the New World Discovered in the Moon'' is given its first performance, a presentation to King [[James I of England]]. In addition to dialogue about actual observations made by telescope of the Moon, the play includes a fanciful discussion of a lunar civilization a dance by the "Volatees", the lunar race. <ref>Julie Sanders, ''Ben Jonson's Theatrical Republics'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 1998)</ref>
* [[January 22]] &ndash; In France, [[Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes]], and his wife, the Duchess [[Marie de Rohan]], sign a marriage contract on behalf of their one-year-old daughter to be engaged to the year-old son of [[Charles, Duke of Guise]]. <ref>Sharon Kettering, ''Power and Reputation at the Court of Louis XIII: The Career of Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes (1578–1621)'' (Manchester University Press, 2008) pp. 91–92</ref>
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Karan Singh II]] becomes the new ruler of the Kingdom of [[Mewar]] (in the modern-day state of [[Rajasthan]] in [[India]]) upon the death of his father, the Maharana [[Amar Singh I]].
* [[February 4]] &ndash; Prince [[Bethlen Gabor]] secures a peace treaty with [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]].
* [[March 22]] &ndash; King [[Karma Phuntsok Namgyal]] of [[Tibet]] dies of smallpox after a reign of less than two years, after Ngawang Namgyal of Bhutan casts a tantric spell over him. <ref>Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, ''One Hundred Thousand Moons'' (Leiden 2010) p. 333</ref>
* [[March 24]] &ndash; English sailor [[Owen Fitzpen]] is captured by Turkish pirates while on a trading voyage in the Mediterranean Sea and sold into slavery. He remains a slave in North Africa for seven years until he and 10 other slaves are able to take over a Turkish ship and sail back to Europe.