1596
Events February 5 - 26 catholics crucified in Nagasaki, Japan. April 9 - Spanish troops capture Calais July 14 - King Dominicus Corea (Edirille Bandara) was beheaded by the Portugese in Colombo Ceylon September 17 - The Spanish capture Amiens September 20 - Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey, Mexico. First water closet, by Sir John Harrington, is installed in a manor near Kelston in England
Births January 13 - Jan van Goyen, painter (+ 1656). March 31 - René Descartes, French philosopher. June 23 - Johan Banér, Swedish soldier in the Thirty Years War. June 29 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan July 12 - Michael I of Russia August 16 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) August 19 - Princess Elizabeth Stuart of Scotland, later Queen consort Elizabeth of Bohemia. September - James Shirley, English dramatist. September 4 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet Thomas Francis, prince of Carignano. Praise-God Barebone, English leather-seller and Fifth Monarchy man. Moses Amyraut, French Protestant theologian and metaphysician. Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter.
Deaths January 28 - Sir Francis Drake, English explorer, soldier. February 17 - Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar. Blaise de Vigenère, Cryptographer, diplomat, scientist, and author.
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