Historical Events
- Jan 11 Jacob van Neck's fleet leaves Bantam, Java in modern day Indonesia with 1 million pounds of pepper and cloves and a further half a ship full of nutmeg, mace and cinnamon
- Mar 27 English nobleman Robert Devereux becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- Jul 19 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java
- Jul 23 Italian painter Caravaggio gets his first public commission, the Contarelli Chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
- Aug 15 Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass - Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
- Sep 7 Earl of Essex & Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty
- Dec 25 The city of Natal, Brazil, is founded.
Oliver CromwellFamous People in 1599
William ShakespeareWorld Leaders in 1599
Elizabeth I
Famous People Who Died in 1599
- Jan 13 Edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46
- Jan 22 Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer, dies at 51
- Feb 8 Robert Rollock, Scottish educator (1st Regent of Edinburgh University), dies
- Apr 10 Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of King Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
- Apr 14 Henry Wallop, English statesman who governed Ireland
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