Sep 13 Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98), dies at 71 Sep 15 Hidejoshi [Hijoshi], Japanese general strategist and kampaku, dies Sep 18 Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536) Sep 29 Floris I van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg, dies at about 61 1597 Famous Deaths by Year 1599