Rulers:
• Henri III, King of Navarre (1572-1610)
• Henri IV, King of France (1589-1610)
Events:
• Palazzo Rospigliosi Pallavicini built in Rome.
Births:
• Felipe IV, King of Spain (1605-1665)
Literature:
• Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1515): Don Quijote (1605)
• Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): All’s Well That Ends Well (1604-05)
• Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): King Lear (1605-06)
• Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): Measure for Measure (1605)
• Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): Timon of Athens (1605-06)
Art:
• Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607): Cristo nella casa di Marta e Maria (1605)
• Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625): Landscape with Travelers (1605)
• Caravaggio (1571-1610): Ecce Homo (c.1605)
• Caravaggio (1571-1610): Madonna dei Palafrenieri (1605-06)
• Caravaggio (1571-1610): San Girolamo in meditazione (1605-06)
• El Greco (1541-1614): Cristo en la cruz (c.1600-10)
• El Greco (1541-1614): Retrato de Cardenal (c.1600-05)
• El Greco (1541-1614): San Francisco medita sobre la muerte (1600-10)
• El Greco (1541-1614): San Francisco y el hermano León meditando sobre la muerte (c.1600-05)