What Happened In 1599 - Historical Events 1599

Historical Events for the Year 1599

18th October » Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Bathory in the Battle of Şelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.

13th February » Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667)
22nd March » Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (d. 1641)
23rd March » Thomas Selle, German composer (d. 1663)
28th March » Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch captain (d. 1658)
25th April » Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician (d. 1658)
6th June » Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)
14th August » Méric Casaubon, Swiss-English scholar (d. 1671)
20th September » Christian the Younger of Brunswick (d. 1623)
10th October » Étienne Moulinié, French composer (d. 1676)
31st October » Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (d. 1680)
11th November » Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (d. 1655)
11th November » Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (d. 1656)

13th January » Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
22nd January » Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1547)
8th February » Robert Rollock, Scottish educator (b. 1555)
14th April » Henry Wallop, English politician (b. 1540)
27th April » Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)
11th July » Chōsokabe Motochika, Japanese daiymo (b.1539)
22nd August » Luca Marenzio, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1553)
11th September » Beatrice Cenci, Italian murderer (b. 1577)
7th November » Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon and educator (b. 1546)
8th November » Francisco Guerrero (composer) e.g Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (b. 1528)