1593
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1560s 1570s 1580s – 1590s – 1600s 1610s 1620s |
| Years: | 1590 1591 1592 – 1593 – 1594 1595 1596 |
| 1593 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – Art – |
| Literature – Music – Poetry – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
July 25: King Henry IV of France.
1593 (MDXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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Events of 1593
January–June
- January – Siege of Pyongyang (1593): A Japanese invasion is defeated in Pyongyang by a combined force of Korean and Ming troops.
- January 18 – Siamese King Naresuan in combat on elephant back killed Burmese Crown Prince Minchit Sra on Monday, Moon 2 Waning day 2, Year of the Dragon, Chula sakarat 954, reckoned as corresponding to January 25, 1593, of the Gregorian calendar, and commemorated as Royal Thai Armed Forces Day.
- February 2 – Battle of Piątek: Polish forces led by Janusz Ostrogski are victorious.
- February 12 – The Battle of Haengju is victory for Korea over Japan.
- May 18 – Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
- June 22 – Battle of Sisak: The Habsburgs defeat the Ottoman Empire.
Undated
- The Long War breaks out in Hungary, between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans.
- Mihai Viteazul becomes prince of Walachia.
- Henry Constable's Spiritual Sonnetts are written.
Births
- March 13 – Georges de La Tour, French painter (d. 1652)
- March 25 – Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
- April – Mumtaz Mahal, Persian wife of Shah Jahan I (d. 1631)
- April 3 – George Herbert, English poet and orator (d. 1633)
- April 4 – Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)
- April 13 – Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English statesman (d. 1641)
- May 19 – Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
- July 8 – Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)
- August 9 – Izaak Walton, English writer (d. 1683)
- September 22 – A. Matthäus Merian, Swiss cartographer (d. 1650)
- November 1 – Abel Servien, French diplomat (d. 1659)
| Gregorian calendar | 1593 MDXCIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2346 |
| Armenian calendar | 1042 ԹՎ ՌԽԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -251 – -250 |
| Bengali calendar | 1000 |
| Berber calendar | 2543 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2137 |
| Burmese calendar | 955 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7101 – 7102 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬辰年十一月廿九日 (4229/4289-11-29) — to —
癸巳年閏十一月初九日(4230/4290-intercalary 11-9) |
| Coptic calendar | 1309 – 1310 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1585 – 1586 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5353 – 5354 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 1649 – 1650 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1515 – 1516 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4694 – 4695 |
| Holocene calendar | 11593 |
| Iranian calendar | 971 – 972 |
| Islamic calendar | 1001 – 1002 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunroku 2 (文禄2年) |
| Korean calendar | 3926 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2136 |
- date unknown
- Leonardo Agostini, Italian antiquary (d. 1685)
- Louis Barbier, French bishop (d. 1670)
- William Fitz-Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's son (d. 1630?)
- Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford (d. 1641)
- Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven (d. 1631)
- Anthony van Diemen, Dutch merchant (d. 1645)
- Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese nobleman (d. 1615)
- Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (d. 1678)
- Mikołaj Ostroróg, Polish nobleman (d. 1651)
- Sir George Radcliffe, English politician (d. 1657)
- Maeda Toshitsune, Japanese warlord (d. 1658)
Deaths
- February 6
- March 23 – Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and separatist (b. 1550)
- April 6 – John Greenwood, English Puritan and separatist (hanged)
- April 9 – Fredrick Hawrn, English painter
- May 29 – John Penry, Welsh Protestant martyr (b. 1559)
- May 30 – Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1564)
- June 25 – Michele Mercati, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1541)
- July 11 – Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian painter (b. 1527)
- September 25 – Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (b. 1531)
- date unknown