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The Dutch seize Ambon (Amboyna), Malaysia, from the Portuguese.
European diseases are devastating the American Indian population. Smallpox, measles, dysentery, typhoid, and tuberculosis are transmitted by trade and warfare; alcohol is also becoming a disaster for Indian communities.
English Catholic Guy Fawkes, along with fellow conspirators, attempts to blow up the House of Parliament. He is executed the following year.
Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes completes the first part of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha; the second portion will be completed by 1615.
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