13th April » Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. (Edict repealed in 1685.)
30th April » Juan de Oñate makes a formal declaration of his Conquest of New Mexico.
22nd September » English playwright Ben Jonson kills an actor in a duel and is indicted for manslaughter.
21st December » Disaster of Curalaba Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelantaro Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish Empire Spanish troops in southern Captaincy General of Chile Chile.
Famous Birthdays in 1598
9th April » Johann Crüger, German composer (d. 1662)
17th April » Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian priest and astronomer (d. 1671)
23rd April » Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1653)
31st July » Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (d. 1654)
7th August » Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet and linguist (d. 1672)
23rd September » Eleonora Gonzaga (1598–1655) named Eleonore Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)
7th November » Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664)
28th November » Hans Nansen, Danish politician (d. 1667)
7th December » Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1680)
Famous Deaths in History for 1598
8th January » John George, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1525)
9th January » Jasper Heywood, English poet and scholar (b. 1553)