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1598

1598 - Events

• January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I.
• April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. Considered the end of the French Wars of Religion.
• May 2 - Peace of Vervins - End of war between France and Spain.
• September 22 - Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter.
• September 25 - Battle of Stångebro. The Catholic King Sigismund of Sweden and Poland is defeated in his attempt to resume control of Sweden by the Protestant forces of his uncle, Charles Albert. Sigismund is deposed shortly thereafter.
• Philosopher Tommaso Campanella organizes an uprising in Calabria against the rule of Spanish viceroy - he is captured and sentenced for 27 years in jail.
• Irish rebellion against the English rule - rebel victory at battle of the Yellow Ford.
• Parliament of England passes an act that allows transportation of convicts to colonies.

1598 - Births

• April 17 - Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian astronomer (died 1671)
• April 23 - Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (died 1653)
• July 31 - Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (died 1654)
• August 7 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (died 1672)
• September 23 - Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1655)
• November 7 - Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (died 1664)
• November 28 - Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (died 1667)
• December 7 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor (died 1680)
• Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician (died 1647)
• Johan van Galen, Dutch naval officer (died 1653)
• Ralph Hopton, Royalist commander in the English Civil War (died 1652)
• Marmaduke Langdale, Royalist in the English Civil War (died 1661)
• Baldassarre Longhena, Venetian architect (died 1682)
• Jean Nicolet, French explorer (died 1642)
• Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1677)
• William Strode, English parliamentarian (died 1645)
• Åke Henriksson Tott, Swedish soldier and politician (died 1640)

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