Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1598
Birthdays
- April 17 - Giovanni Riccioli, Italian astronomer (d. 1671)
- April 23 - Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1653)
- July 31 - Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)
- August 7 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (d. 1672)
- September 23 - Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II
- November 7 - Francisco Zurbarαn, Spanish painter (d. 1664)
- November 28 - Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)
- December 7 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian artist (d. 1680)
Deaths
- January 8 - John George, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1525)
- January 9 - Jasper Heywood, English translator (b. 1553)
- January 17 - Fyodor I Tsar of Russia, (b. 1557)
- May 3 - Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
- June 28 - Abraham Ortelius, Flemish-born cartographer (b. 1527)
- August 4 - William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
- September 13 - Philip II, King of Spain (b. 1526)
- September 18 - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536)
- December 15 - Philips van Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde
- December 16 - Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545)
Events
- January 7 - Boris Godunov becomes Tsar of Russia.
- April 13 - Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. (Edict repealed in 1685.)
- August 14 - Nine Years War: Battle of the Yellow Ford
- September 22 - Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter.
- December 16 - Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point
- December 21 - Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile; all Spanish cities south of the Biobio river are eventually taken by the Mapuches, and all conquest of Mapuche territories by Europeans practically ceases, until the 1870s "Pacification of Araucania".
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