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The 1610s decade ran from January 1, 1610, to December 31, 1619.

[edit] Events and trends

• Start of the Golden Age of the Netherlands.
• Beginning of Dutch colonization of North America
• Beginning of Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)
• Death of William Shakespeare (1616)