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Events in 1606 3
1531 – 1606Guillaume CosteleyFrench Renaissance composerGuillaume Costeley was organist to King Charles IX of France whose chansons and keyboard works show refined craftsmanship and occasional chromatic experimentation.
1570 – 1606Guy FawkesGunpowder PlotAttempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605.
1606 – 1669RembrandtDutch Golden Age · NetherlandsRembrandt van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker, master of light and shadow, and one of the greatest portraitists and storytellers in art history. The Night Watch is his most celebrated work.