Events

January–December

Siege of Pyongyang (1593) The siege of Pyongyang was a military conflict fought between the allied Ming- Joseon army and the Japanese First Division under Konishi Yukinaga. The battle ended in victory for the allies but a successful retreat from Pyeongyang by the remai ...

: A Japanese invasion is defeated in Pyongyang by a combined force of Korean and Ming troops. *

January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...

– Siamese King

Naresuan King Naresuan the Great (( th, สมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช, , ) or Sanphet II ( th, สรรเพชญ์ที่ ๒), ( my , နရဲစွမ် (သို့) ဗြနရာဇ်); 1555/1556 – ...

, in combat on elephant back, kills Burmese Crown Prince

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on Monday, Moon 2 Waning day 2, Year of the Dragon,

Chulasakarat Chula Sakarat or Chulasakarat ( pi, Culāsakaraj; my, ကောဇာသက္ကရာဇ်, ; km, ចុល្លសករាជ "''Chulasakarach''"; th, จุลศักราช, , , abbrv. จ.ศ. ''Choso'') is a lunisolar calendar deri ...

954, reckoned as corresponding to January 25, 1593, of the Gregorian calendar, and commemorated as Royal Thai Armed Forces Day. * January 27 – The

Roman Inquisition The Roman Inquisition, formally the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition, was a system of partisan tribunals developed by the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church, during the second half of the 16th century, respons ...

opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno. * February 2 – Battle of Piątek: Polish forces led by

Janusz Ostrogski Prince Janusz Ostrogski () (1554 – 17 September 1620 in Tarnów) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble and statesman. He served as a voivode of Volhyn (1584-1593), as a castellan of Kraków (from 1593 on), and as a starosta of Bohuslav (from 1591), B ...

are victorious. *

February 12 Events Pre-1600 *1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna. *1429 – English forces under ...

–

Battle of Haengju The Battle of Haengju took place on 14 March 1593 during the 1592–1598 Japanese invasion of Korea. The Japanese attack failed to overcome Haengju fortress. Background Gwon Yul was stationed at the fortress of Haengju, a wooden stockade o ...

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

defeats Japan. * March 7 (February 25

Old Style Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, this is the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries between 158 ...

) – The

Uppsala Synod The Uppsala Synod in 1593 was the most important synod of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. Sweden had gone through its Protestant Reformation and broken with Roman Catholicism in the 1520s, but an official confession of faith had never been decla ...

discontinues; the Liturgical Struggle between the Swedish Reformation and Counter-Reformation ends in Sweden. * March 14 – The

Pi Day Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the ''month/day'' format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of . It was founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw, an e ...

, giving the most digits of Pi when written in ''mm/dd/yyyy'' format (this year Flemish mathematician

Adriaan van Roomen Adriaan van Roomen (29 September 1561 – 4 May 1615), also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a mathematician, professor of medicine and medical astronomer from the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands who was active throughout Central Europ ...

arrives at 15 decimal places of Pi using the polygon approximation method). *

April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Coria (Corbridge), Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald of Northumbria, Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 d ...

– Anglo-Spanish War: Naval

Battle of Blaye The Battle of Blaye of 1593, also known as the Battle of Bec d'Ambès (in French) or Battle of the Gironde Estuary, was a naval Spanish victory that took place on 18 April 1593 off Blaye and Bec d'Ambès, Gironde Estuary, France, during the seve ...

in the Gironde estuary sees a Spanish victory over the blockading English fleet, allowing the Spanish to relieve the French Catholic garrison of

Blaye Blaye (; oc, Blaia ) is a commune and subprefecture in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. For centuries, Blaye was a particularly convenient crossing point for those who came from the north and went to Bordea ...

. * After April –

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

's poem '' Venus and Adonis'' probably becomes his first published work, printed in London from his own manuscript. In his lifetime it will be his most frequently reprinted work: at least nine times. *

May 5 Events Pre-1600 * 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins. *1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta. *1260 – Kub ...

– "Dutch church libel" bills posted in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

threaten Protestant refugees from France and the Netherlands, alluding to Christopher Marlowe's plays. *

May 12 Events Pre-1600 * 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism. * 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang d ...

– English dramatist

Thomas Kyd Thomas Kyd (baptised 6 November 1558; buried 15 August 1594) was an English playwright, the author of ''The Spanish Tragedy'', and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama. Although well known in his own time, ...

is arrested over the "Dutch church libel". " Atheist" literature found in his home is claimed to be Marlowe's. *

May 18 Events Pre-1600 * 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. * 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of ...

– A warrant for the arrest of Christopher Marlowe is issued. On

May 20 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. * 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose her ...

he presents himself to the Privy Council. * May 30 – Christopher Marlowe is stabbed to death in a dispute over a bill at a lodging house in

Deptford Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a Ford (crossing), ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home ...

. *

June 7 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire). * 879 – Pope John VIII recognizes the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state. * 1002 – Henr ...

– Battle of

Salbertrand Salbertrand is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, about 60 km west of Turin. At 31 December 2004 it had a population of 522 and an area of 40.9 km².All demographics and other st ...

in Piedmont: Victory of

François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières (, 1 April 1543 – 21 September 1626) was a French soldier of the French Wars of Religion and Constable of France, and one of only six Marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. Early ...

, over the Spanish of Rodrigue Alvarez of Toledo, allies of

Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy Charles Emmanuel I ( it, Carlo Emanuele di Savoia; 12 January 1562 – 26 July 1630), known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630. He was nicknamed (, in context "the Hot-Headed") for his rashness and military aggression. Being ...

. *

June 22 Events Pre-1600 * 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. * 168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus ...

–

Battle of Sisak The Battle of Sisak was fought on 22 June 1593 between Ottoman Bosnian forces and a combined Christian army from the Habsburg lands, mainly Kingdom of Croatia and Inner Austria. The battle took place at Sisak, central Croatia, at the confluence o ...

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: The Habsburgs defeat the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

. *

July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...

– As he promised in January,

Henry IV of France Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch ...

abjures

Protestantism Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

at the

Basilica of Saint-Denis The Basilica of Saint-Denis (french: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, links=no, now formally known as the ) is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the commune of Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. The building ...

. Legend attributes to him the saying ''Paris vaut bien une messe'' ("Paris is well worth a mass"). *

July 29 Events Pre-1600 * 587 BC – The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple. * 615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12. * 904 – Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo ...

– The Long War breaks out in Hungary between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans. *

October 24 Events Pre-1600 * AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius. *1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France. * 1360 – The T ...

– 25 – Supposed date of the event described in the 1593 transported soldier legend.

Date unknown

Mihai Viteazul Michael the Brave ( ro, Mihai Viteazul or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593 – 1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Transylvania (1599 – 1600). ...

becomes prince of

Walachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and so ...

. *

Robert Bellarmine Robert Bellarmine, SJ ( it, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino; 4 October 1542 – 17 September 1621) was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 37. ...

's '' Disputationes de Controversiis Christianae Fidei adversus hujus temporis Haereticos ("Controversiae")'' concludes publication in

Ingolstadt Ingolstadt (, Austro-Bavarian: ) is an independent city on the Danube in Upper Bavaria with 139,553 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2022). Around half a million people live in the metropolitan area. Ingolstadt is the second largest city in Upper Ba ...

. *

Henry Constable Henry Constable (1562 – 9 October 1613) was an English poet, known particularly for ''Diana'', one of the first English sonnet sequences. In 1591 he converted to Catholicism, and lived in exile on the continent for some years. He returned to E ...

's ''Spirituall Sonnettes'' are written. * The parish of

Laukaa Laukaa (; sv, Laukas) is a municipality of Finland. It is located next to Jyväskylä and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The ...

was founded. * Khwaja Usman takes shelter in

Goyghor Mosque Goyghor Masjid, ( bn, গয়ঘর খোজার মসজিদ, ar, مسجد الخواجه), also known as the Goyghor Historical Khwaja's Mosque, is an ancient mosque located in the village of Goyghor in Mostafapur Union, Moulvibazar Dis ...

after the Afghan rebellion against the Subahdar of

Mughal Bengal The Bengal Subah ( bn, সুবাহ বাংলা; fa, ), also referred to as Mughal Bengal ( bn, মোগল বাংলা), was the largest subdivision of the Mughal Empire (and later an independent state under the Nawabs of Beng ...

, Man Singh I. * Irish pirate queen

Grace O'Malley Grace O'Malley ( – c. 1603), also known as Gráinne O'Malley ( ga, Gráinne Ní Mháille, ), was the head of the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland, and the daughter of Eóghan Dubhdara Ó Máille. In Irish folklore she is commonly k ...

meets with Queen

Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". Eli ...

Greenwich Greenwich ( , ,) is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is situated east-southeast of Charing Cross. Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich ...

. * c. 1593-

1604 Events January–June * January 1 – '' The Masque of Indian and China Knights'' is performed by courtiers of James VI and I at Hampton Court. * January 14 – The Hampton Court Conference is held between James I of England ...

– According to

John Warwick Montgomery John Warwick Montgomery (born October 18, 1931) is a lawyer, professor, Lutheran theologian, and author living in France. He was born in Warsaw, New York, United States. From 2014 to 2017, he was Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at ...

, the Rosicrucian manifestos are initially composed by Tobias Hess, in anticipation of the opening of the vault in

, according to Simon Studion's apocalyptic timetable.

Births

January–June

January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...

– Sun Chuanting, Ming Dynasty general (d.

1643 Events January–March * January 21 – Abel Tasman sights the island of Tonga. * February 6 – Abel Tasman sights the Fiji Islands. * March 13 – First English Civil War: First Battle of Middlewich – Roundheads ...

) * January 10 –

Prince Maurice of Savoy Maurice of Savoy (10 January 1593 – 4 October 1657, Turin) was a Prince of Savoy and a 17th-century cardinal. Life He was the son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain. Aged 14, in 1607, he became c ...

, Catholic cardinal and Prince of Savoy (d.

1657 Events January–March * January 8 – Miles Sindercombe and his group of disaffected Levellers are betrayed, in their attempt to assassinate Oliver Cromwell, by blowing up the Palace of Whitehall in London, and arrested. * Febr ...

) *

February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. *1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al ...

–

Louis de Nogaret de La Valette Louis de Nogaret de La Valette (8 February 1593, in Angoulême – 28 September 1639, in Rivoli) was a Roman Catholic cardinal and lieutenant general in the French Army. Louis was the third son of Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette (1554–164 ...

, French Catholic Cardinal (d.

1639 Events January–March * January 14 – Connecticut's first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. * January 19 – Hämeenlinna ( sv, Tavastehus) is granted privileges, after it separates from the Vanaja parish ...

) * February 24 –

Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford Henry may refer to: People * Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portuga ...

, English noble (d.

1625 Events January–March * January 17 – Led by the Duke of Soubise, the Huguenots launch a second rebellion against King Louis XIII, with a surprise naval assault on a French fleet being prepared in Blavet. * February 3 – ...

) *

March 1 Events Pre-1600 *509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocletian ...

–

Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg Franz Wilhelm, Count von Wartenberg (born at Munich, 1 March 1593; died at Ratisbon, 1 December 1661) was a Bavarian Catholic Bishop of Osnabrück, expelled from his see in the Thirty Years' War and later restored, and at the end of his life a Ca ...

, German Catholic cardinal (d. 1661) *

March 13 Events Pre-1600 *624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh. *1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War. *1591 – At the Battle of Tond ...

–

Georges de La Tour Georges de La Tour (13 March 1593 – 30 January 1652) was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648. He painted mostly religious chia ...

, French Baroque painter (d. 1652) *

March 20 Events Pre-1600 * 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. * 1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. * 1600 – The Link ...

– Jean de La Haye, French preacher and biblical scholar (d. 1661) *

March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthelr ...

– Johann Ulrich Steigleder, German composer (d.

1635 Events January–March * January 23 – 1635 Capture of Tortuga: The Spanish Navy captures the Caribbean island of Tortuga off of the coast of Haiti after a three-day battle against the English and French Navy. * January 25 ...

) * March 25 –

Jean de Brébeuf Jean de Brébeuf () (25 March 1593 16 March 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France (Canada) in 1625. There he worked primarily with the Huron (Wyandot people) for the rest of his life, except for a few years in Franc ...

, French Jesuit missionary who travelled to Canada in

(d.

1649 Events January–March * January 4 – In England, the Rump Parliament passes an ordinance to set up a High Court of Justice, to try Charles I for high treason. * January 17 – The Second Ormonde Peace concludes an allianc ...

) *

April April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. It is the first of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. April is commonly associated with ...

–

Mumtaz Mahal Mumtaz Mahal (/'/; ), born Arjumand Banu Begum (27 April 1593 – 17 June 1631) was the empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 19 January 1628 to 17 June 1631 as the chief consort of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. The Taj Mahal in Agra, oft ...

, Queen of India (d. 1631) * April 3 – George Herbert, Welsh-born English poet (d. 1633) * April 4 – Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) * April 12 – Nicholas Martyn, English politician (d. 1653) * April 13 – Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English statesman (d. 1641) * April 19 – Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1647) * April 27 – Jérôme Lalemant, French Jesuit priest and missionary to Canada (d. 1673) * May 2 ** John Forbes (1593–1648), John Forbes, Scottish theologian (d. 1648) ** Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Italian princess (d. 1629) *

– Cesare Monti, Italian cardinal, Archbishop of Milan (d. 1650) * May 19 ** Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678) ** Claude Vignon, French painter (d. 1670) * June 3 – Richard Knightley (died 1639), Richard Knightley, English politician (d.

) * June 8 – George I Rákóczi, Hungarian prince of Transylvania (d. 1648) *

– Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, Parliamentarian politician and military figure in the English Civil War (d. 1671) * June 23 – Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (d. 1650) * June 24 – Abraham von Franckenberg, German writer (d. 1652)

July–December

* July 5 – Achille d'Étampes de Valençay, Knight of Malta (d. 1646) * July 8 ** Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1656) ** Peter Sainthill (MP for Tiverton), Peter Sainthill, English politician (d. 1648) * July 20 – Henry Ernest, Count of Stolberg, then count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg (d. 1672) * July 30 – William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1596–1677) (d. 1677) * August 9 – Izaak Walton, English writer (d. 1683) * August 12 – Jonathan Brewster, American settler (d. 1659) * August 30 – Noël Juchereau, Quebec pioneer (d. 1648) * September 5 – Orazio Riminaldi, Italian painter (d. 1630) * September 8 – Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese nobleman (d. 1615) * September 20 – Gottfried Scheidt, German composer (d. 1661) * September 22 – Matthäus Merian, A. Matthäus Merian, Swiss cartographer (d. 1650) * September 26 – Francis Osborne, English writer (d. 1659) * October 6 – Jobst Herman, Count of Schaumburg (d.

) * October 9 – Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (d. 1674) * October 13 – Sixtinus Amama, Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist (d. 1629) * October 23 – Michael Warton (died 1645), Michael Warton, English politician (d. 1645) * October 27 – Christoffer Urne, Governor General of Norway (d. 1663) * November 1 – Abel Servien, French diplomat (d. 1659) * November 25 – Alain de Solminihac, French bishop and beatified person (d. 1659) * December 5 – Liborius Wagner, German Roman Catholic priest (d. 1631) * December 11 – Sir William Airmine, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1651) * December 12 ** Adam Christian Agricola, German Evangelical preacher (d. 1645) ** Nathaniel Bacon (politician), Nathaniel Bacon, English politician (d. 1660)

Date unknown

* Leonardo Agostini, Italian antiquary (d. 1685) * Louis Barbier, French bishop (d. 1670) * Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford (d. 1641) * Claudia Rusca, Italian composer, singer, and organist (d. 1676) * Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven (d. 1631) * Anthony van Diemen, Dutch merchant (d. 1645) * Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (d. 1678) * Mikołaj Ostroróg, Polish nobleman (d. 1651) * Sir George Radcliffe (politician), George Radcliffe, English politician (d.

) * Kimura Shigenari, Japanese samurai (d. 1615) * Giovanni Battista Pacetti, Italian painter (d. 1630)

Deaths

* January 8 –

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, Burmese crown prince (b. 1558) * January 11 – Scipione Gonzaga, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1542) * February 6 ** Jacques Amyot, French writer (b. 1513) ** Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan (b. 1517) * March 8 – Paul Luther, German scientist (b. 1533) * March 23 – Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and separatist (b. 1550) * April 6 – John Greenwood (Puritan), John Greenwood, English Puritan and separatist (hanged) (b. 1556) * April 24 – William Harrison (priest), William Harrison, English clergyman (b. 1534) * May 29 – John Penry, Welsh Protestant (hanged) (b. 1559) * May 30 – Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (murdered) (b. 1564) * June 3 – Katarina Bengtsdotter Gylta, Swedish abbess (b. 1520) * June 25 – Michele Mercati, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1541) * July 4 – Min Phalaung, Burmese monarch (b. 1535) * July 11 – Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian painter (b. 1527) * September 5 – Andreas von Auersperg, Carniolan noble and military commander in the battle of Sisak (b. 1556) * September 25 – Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, English nobleman, diplomat and politician (b. 1531) * October 25 – Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas, Spanish colonial administrator (murdered) (b. 1519) * November 11 – Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (b. 1537) * November 20 – Hans Bol, Flemish artist (b. 1534) * ''date unknown'' ** Jeong Cheol, Korean administrator and poet (b. 1536) ** Krzysztof Kosiński, Polish noble (b. 1545) ** Li Shizhen, Chinese physician, pharmacologist, and mineralogist (b. 1518)

References

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