Editing 1602 (section)

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* The [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] are expelled from [[Bahrain]].
* The [[Safavid Empire]] of [[Persia]] and the [[Spanish Empire]] conclude a defensive alliance and declare war on the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* First publication, in London, of:
** [[Ben Jonson]]'s satirical comedy ''[[Poetaster (play)|Poetaster]]''.
** [[William Shakespeare]]'s comedy ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]''.
** The play ''[[A Larum for London|A Larum for London, or the Siedge of Antwerp]]''.
* Copies are printed of the [[:Image:Matteo Ricci Far East 1602 Larger.jpg|geographical map of East Asia]] created by [[Matteo Ricci]], an Italian [[Jesuit]] stationed in [[Ming dynasty]] Beijing, China, with Chinese-written labeling and map symbols.
* The [[Iconoclasm|iconoclast]] and [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar [[Li Zhi (philosopher)|Li Zhi]] commits suicide while in a Chinese prison, during the late [[Ming dynasty]]; he had taught that women were the intellectual equals of men and should be given equal opportunity in education; he was charged with spreading "dangerous ideas".