Jan 7 Feodor I (Fyodor/Theodore Ivanovich), Tsar of Russia (1584-98), dies at 40 Jan 8 Johan Georg, Elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72 Jan 9 Jasper Heywood, English translator (b. 1553) Jan 17 Fyodor I Tsar of Russia (b. 1557) 1597 Famous Deaths by Year 1599