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point in time: 1611-01-01

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1611 (MDCXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1611th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 611th year of the 2nd millennium, the 11th year of the 17th century, and the 2nd year of the 1610s decade. As of the start of 1611, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

May 2: King James Version of the Bible first published June 22: Explorer Henry Hudson and eight of his crew are abandoned at Hudson Bay after mutiny (pictured: The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, painted by John Collier in 1881)