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* The [[War of the Mantuan Succession]] breaks out over [[Duchy of Mantua|Mantua]] and [[Montferrat]]. The war is fought between the [[Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy|Duke of Savoy]], who is supported by Spain, and the [[Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat|Duke of Nevers]], who is supported by France.
* [[William Harvey]] publishes ''[[Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus]]'' in [[Frankfurt]], containing his findings about [[blood circulation]].
* Publication of Sir [[Edward Coke]]'s ''[[Institutes of the Lawes of England]]'' begins with ''A Commentary upon [[Thomas de Littleton|Littleton]]''. This will remain an influential legal text on both sides of the Atlantic for three centuries.
* The [[Collegiate School (New York City)|Collegiate School]], the oldest surviving educational institution in the United States, is established.
* The first black slaves arrive in Dutch Manhattan.</onlyinclude>