1595 in England

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Events from the year 1595 in the Kingdom of England.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Undated 2 Births 2.1 Unknown dates 3 Deaths 4 References

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• 29 January or 30 January - Probable date of the first performance of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
• 21 February - Catholic martyr Robert Southwell hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, London. ^[1]

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• William Shakespeare writes A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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• 5 December - Henry Lawes, musician (died 1662)

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• Thomas Carew, poet (died 1640)
• Miles Corbet, Puritan politician (died 1662)
• Henry Herbert, official (died 1673)
• Thomas May, poet and historian (died 1650)

[edit] Deaths

• 21 February - Robert Southwell, Jesuit priest and poet (born 1561)
• 24 August - Thomas Digges, astronomer (born 1546)
• 19 October - Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, nobleman (born 1537)
• 12 November - John Hawkins, shipbuilder and trader (born 1532)
• 14 December - Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (born 1535)

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