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| Years: 1594 1595 1596 - 1597 - 1598 1599 1600 | |
| Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century 1597 state leaders | |
Events
- January 24 - Battle of Turnhout. Maurice of Nassau defeats a Spanish force under Jean de Rie of Varas in the Netherlands
- February 5 - In Nagasaki, Japan, 26 people were martyred. They practiced catholicism and were taken captive after all forms of christianity were outlawed in 1596. The martyrs were marched to Nagasaki and were crucified.
- The first opera is considered to have been written.
- Bali discovered by the Dutch explorer Cornelis Houtman
- Abbas I ends the Uzbek raids on his lands.
Births
- December 23, Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet (d. 1639)
- Pieter Saenredam , Dutch painter
Deaths
- October 9 - Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Ashikaga shogun
- June 20 - Willem Barents, Dutch navigator and explorer.
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