Editing 1610 (section)

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* [[Dr. Bonham's Case]], a landmark decision, is decided by [[Edward Coke]], [[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]] of England. Coke affirms the supremacy of the [[common law]], which limits the power of [[Parliament of England|Parliament]] as well as the king.<ref>{{cite book|author=Bernard Schwartz|title=A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oO0mAQAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Macmillan|page=309}}</ref>
* The [[Manchu people|Manchu]] tribal leader [[Nurhaci]] breaks his relations with the [[Ming dynasty]] of China, at this time under the aloof and growingly negligent [[Wanli Emperor]]; Nurhaci's line later becomes the emperors of the [[Qing dynasty]], which overthrows the short-lived [[Shun dynasty]] in [[1644]], and the remnants of the Ming throne in [[1662]].
* Publication is completed of the [[Douay–Rheims Bible]] (''The Holie Bible Faithfully Translated into English''), a translation of the [[Bible]] from the Latin [[Vulgate]] into English made by members of the [[English College, Douai]], in the service of the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pope|first=Hugh|url=https://archive.org/stream/dublinreview147londuoft#page/96/mode/2up|title=The Origin of the Douay Bible|journal=[[Dublin Review (Catholic periodical)|The Dublin Review]]|volume=147|issue=294–295|date=July–October 1910}}</ref>
* [[Jakob Böhme]] experiences another inner vision, in which he believes that he further understands the unity of the cosmos, and that he has received a special vocation from God.
* Work starts on the [[Wignacourt Aqueduct]], in [[History of Malta under the Order of Saint John|Malta]].
* [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], capital of [[New Mexico]], is founded as capital of Kingdom of [[Santa Fe de Nuevo México|Nuevo México]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá|author2=Villagra|title=Historia de la Nueva México, 1610 : a critical and annotated Spanish/English edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h1vPZP0YHFEC&pg=PR41|year=1992|publisher=UNM Press|isbn=978-0-8263-1392-8|pages=41}}</ref>