1599
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1560s 1570s 1580s – 1590s – 1600s 1610s 1620s |
| Years: | 1596 1597 1598 – 1599 – 1600 1601 1602 |
| 1599 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – Art – |
| Literature – Music – Poetry – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
1599 (MDXCIX) 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 1599
January–June
- January 8 – The Jesuit educational plan known as the Ratio Studiorum is issued.
- March 12 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- April 23 – The Earl of Essex arrives in Dublin at the head of 16,000 troops, the largest army ever seen in Ireland.
- May 29 – Essex takes Cahir Castle, supposedly the strongest in Ireland, after a short siege.
- June 20 – The Synod of Diamper is convened.
July–December
- July 24 – The Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is dethroned by his uncle Duke Charles, who takes over as regent of the realm until 1604, when he becomes King Charles IX.
- August 15 – First Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces defeat the English.
- September 21 – The first performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Globe Theatre in London, is reported by Swiss traveller Thomas Platter the Younger.
- September 28 – The Earl of Essex arrives back in England, disobeying the Queen's strict orders.
- November – A Persian embassy arrives in Moscow.
Undated
Globe Theatre (remade).
- The Globe Theatre opens in London.
- The first Capuchin friar is entombed in the Capuchin catacombs of Palermo.
- A Dutch fleet returns to Amsterdam, carrying 600,000 pounds of pepper and 250,000 pounds of cloves and nutmeg.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1599 MDXCIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2352 |
| Armenian calendar | 1048 ԹՎ ՌԽԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -245 – -244 |
| Bengali calendar | 1006 |
| Berber calendar | 2549 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2143 |
| Burmese calendar | 961 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7107 – 7108 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年十二月初五日 (4235/4295-12-5) — to —
己亥年十一月十五日(4236/4296-11-15) |
| Coptic calendar | 1315 – 1316 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1591 – 1592 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5359 – 5360 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 1655 – 1656 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1521 – 1522 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4700 – 4701 |
| Holocene calendar | 11599 |
| Iranian calendar | 977 – 978 |
| Islamic calendar | 1007 – 1008 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō 4 (慶長4年) |
| Korean calendar | 3932 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2142 |
- February 13 – Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667)
- March 22 – Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (d. 1641)
- March 28 – Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658)
- April 25 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1658)
- June 6 – Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)
- August 14 – Méric Casaubon, English classicist (d. 1671)
- September 20 – Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (d. 1626)
- September 25 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (d. 1667)
- October 31 – Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)
- November 11 – Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (d. 1656)
- date unknown
Deaths
- January 13 – Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
- January 22 – Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b. 1547)
- February 8 – Robert Rollock, first principal of the university of Edinburgh (b. 1555)
- April 10 – Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress of King Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
- April 14 – Henry Wallop, English statesman (b. c. 1540)
- April 27 – Maeda Toshiie, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1538)
- August – Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (b. 1565)
- August 22
- November 7 – Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546)
- November 8 – Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (b. 1528)
- December 14 – Joan Boyle, first wife of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (b. 1568)
- date unknown