1599
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Year 1599 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1599
[edit] January - June
- January 8 - The Jesuit educational plan known as the Ratio Studiorum is issued.
- March 12 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- April 23 - The Earl of Essex arrives in Dublin at the head of 16,000 troops, the largest army ever seen in Ireland.
- May 29 - Essex takes Cahir Castle, supposedly the strongest in Ireland, after a short siege.
[edit] July - December
- July 24 - The Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is dethroned by his uncle duke Charles, who takes over as regent of the realm until 1604, when he becomes King Charles IX.
- August 15 - First Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces defeat the English.
- September 21 - The first performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Globe Theatre in London, is reported by Swiss traveller Thomas Platter.
- September 28 - The Earl of Essex arrives back in England, disobeying the Queen's strict orders.
[edit] Undated
- The Globe Theatre opens in London.
- The first Capuchin friar is entombed in the Capuchin catacombs of Palermo.
- A Dutch fleet returns to Amsterdam, carrying 600,000 pounds of pepper and 250,000 pounds of cloves and nutmeg.
[edit] Births
Gregorian calendar | 1599 MDXCIX |
Ab urbe condita | 2352 |
Armenian calendar | 1048 ԹՎ ՌԽԸ |
Bahá'í calendar | -245 – -244 |
Berber calendar | 2549 |
Buddhist calendar | 2143 |
Burmese calendar | 961 |
Chinese calendar | 4235/4295-12-5 (戊戌年十二月初五日) — to —
4236/4296-11-15(己亥年十一月十五日) |
Coptic calendar | 1315 – 1316 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1591 – 1592 |
Hebrew calendar | 5359 – 5360 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1654 – 1655 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1521 – 1522 |
- Kali Yuga | 4700 – 4701 |
Holocene calendar | 11599 |
Iranian calendar | 977 – 978 |
Islamic calendar | 1007 – 1008 |
Japanese calendar | Keichō 4 (慶長4年) |
Korean calendar | 3932 |
Thai solar calendar | 2142 |
- February 13 - Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667)
- March 22 - Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (d. 1641)
- March 28 - Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658)
- April 25 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1658)
- June 6 - Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)
- August 14 - Méric Casaubon, English classicist (d. 1671)
- September 20 - Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (d. 1623)
- September 25 - Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (d. 1667)
- October 31 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)
- November 11 - Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (d. 1656)
- date unknown
- John Alden, English settler of Plymouth Colony (d. 1687)
- Robert Blake, English admiral (d. 1657)
- Stefan Czarniecki, Polish military commander (d. 1665)
- Dud Dudley, first Englishman to smelt iron ore with coke (d. 1684)
- Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (d. 1660)
- See also Category:1599 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 13 - Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
- January 22 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b. 1547)
- February 8 - Robert Rollock, first principal of the university of Edinburgh (b. 1555)
- April 10 - Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress of King Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
- April 14 - Henry Wallop, English statesman (b. c. 1540)
- April 27 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1538)
- August - Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (b. 1565)
- August 22 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman who conspired to kill her father (b. 1577)
- August 22 - Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (b. 1553)
- November 7 - Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546)
- November 8 - Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (b. 1528)
- December 14 – Joan Boyle, first wife of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (b. 1568)
- date unknown
- Kwon Yul, Korean military commander (b. 1537)
- Koriki Masanaga, Japanese military commander (b. 1558)
- Chand Bibi, Indian woman warrior (by her own troops) (b. 1550)
- See also Category:1599 deaths.