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1596 (MDXCVI ) was a leap year starting on Monday (dominical letter GF) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday (dominical letter DC) of the Julian calendar , the 1596th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 596th year of the 2nd millennium , the 96th year of the 16th century , and the 7th year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1596, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
January–June [ edit ]
July–December [ edit ]
July 5 – An English fleet, commanded by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex , and Lord Howard of Effingham , sacks Cádiz .
July 14 – King Dominicus Corea (Edirille Bandara) is beheaded by the Portuguese in Colombo , Ceylon .
August - David Fabricius discovers the star Mira .
September 17 – The Spanish capture Amiens .
September 20 – Diego de Montemayor founds the city of Monterrey , Mexico .
October 8 –October 10 – The Union of Brest : The Ukrainian Church west of the Dnipro becomes known as the Ukrainian rite of Catholicism , whereas the East officially renounces the authority of the Pope .
October 18 the "Second Armada", a Spanish fleet sent to attack England in revenge to the raid on Cadiz, is wrecked in storms between Corcubion and Cape Finisterre. 2,000 men are lost.
October 24 –October 26 – Battle of Keresztes : The Turks defeat a combined Habsburg –Transylvanian army.
Date unknown [ edit ]
January–June [ edit ]
January 1 – Elizabeth Ribbing , Swedish noble (d. 1662 )
January 13 – Jan van Goyen , Dutch painter (d. 1656 )
February 2
February 3 – Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas , soldier, poet and writer (d. 1656 )
February 8 – Louis Giry , French lawyer, classical scholar (d. 1665 )
February 27 – Johan Stiernhöök , Swedish lawyer (d. 1675 )
March 1 – Duke Frederick of Saxe-Weimar , German prince and colonel (d. 1622 )
March 10 – Princess Maria Elizabeth of Sweden (d. 1618 )
March 11 – Isaac Elzevir , Dutch printer and publisher (d. 1651 )
March 16 – Ebba Brahe , Swedish countess (d. 1674 )
March 24 – Elizabeth of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Mecklenburg -Gütsrow (d. 1625 )
March 26 – Catherine Henriette de Bourbon , French noble (d. 1663 )
March 31 – René Descartes , French philosopher and Mathematician (d. 1650 )
April 8 – Juan van der Hamen , Spanish artist (d. 1631 )
April 11 – Moritz Gudenus , German Catholic Preacher (d. 1680 )
May 9 – Abraham van Diepenbeeck , painter (d. 1675 )
May 21 – John Louis II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (d. 1605 )
June 5 – Peter Wtewael , Dutch painter (d. 1660 )
June 6 – Michel Particelli d'Emery , French politician (d. 1650 )
June 23 – Johan Banér , Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War (d. 1641 )
June 27 – Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein , German prince (d. 1655 )
June 29 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680 )
July–December [ edit ]
July 1 – Bertuccio Valiero , Doge of Venice (d. 1658 )
July 12 – Michael I of Russia , Russian Tsar (d. 1645 )
August 10 – Lorentz Eichstadt , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1660 )
August 26 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632 )
August 18 – Jean Bolland , Belgian Jesuit, Founder of the Bollandist (d. 1665 )
August 19 – Elizabeth Stuart , later Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia (d. 1662 )
September
September 4 – Constantijn Huygens , Dutch Golden Age poet and composer (d. 1687 )
September 3 – Nicola Amati , Italian luthier from Cremona (d. 1684 )
September 7 – John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1660 )
September 11 – Francis Eaton , Mayflower passenger and New World colonist (d. 1633 )
September 23 – Joan Blaeu , Dutch cartographer (d. 1673 )
October 1 – Cesare Dandini , Italian painter (d. 1657 )
October 5 – Pieter van Mierevelt , Dutch painter (d. 1623 )
October 18 – Edward Winslow , American Pilgrim leader (d. 1655 )
October 23 – Daniel Hay du Chastelet de Chambon , French mathematician (d. 1671 )
October 26 – Robert Coe , American colonial (d. 1689 )
November 1
November 5 – Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf , French noble (d. 1657 )
November 6 – Jeanne Chezard de Matel , French mystic (d. 1670 )
November 21 – René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson , French politician (d. 1651 )
December 12 – Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet , English politician (d. 1647 )
December 13 – António Luís de Meneses, 1st Marquis of Marialva , Portuguese general and noble (d. 1675 )
December 21
December 24 – Leonaert Bramer , Dutch painter (d. 1674 )
Date unknown [ edit ]
January 27 – Sir Francis Drake , English explorer, English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, pirate and politician (b. 1540 )
February 17 – Friedrich Sylburg , German classical scholar (b. 1536 )
February 19 – Blaise de Vigenère , French cryptographer, diplomat, scientist, and author (b. 1523 )
March 23 – Henry Unton , English diplomat (b. 1557 )
April 4 – Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b. 1533 )
May 6 – Giaches de Wert , Flemish composer (b. 1535 )
May 31 – John Lesley , Scottish bishop (b. 1527 )
July 23 – Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (b. 1526 )
August 11 – Hamnet Shakespeare , son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585 )
September 9 – Anna Jagiellon , daughter of Sigismund I of Poland (b. 1523 )
September 14 – Francisco de Toledo , Catholic cardinal (b. 1532 )
September 15 – Leonhard Rauwolf , German physician and botanist (b. 1535 )
October 3 – Florent Chrestien , French writer (b. 1541 )
November 1 – Pierre Pithou , French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539 )
November 10 – Peter Wentworth , English Puritan politician (b. 1530 )
November 29
December 27 – Pietro Pontio , Italian music theorist and composer (b. 1532 )
date unknown
probable – Henry Willobie , English poet (b. 1575 )
References [ edit ]
^ Emily C. Bartels (April 2006). "Too Many Blackamoors: Deportation, Discrimination, and Elizabeth I". Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900. 46 (2). Rice University: 305–322. JSTOR 3844644 . In 1596, Queen Elizabeth issued an 'open letter' to the Lord Mayor of London, announcing that 'there are of late divers black-moores brought into this realme, of which kinde of people there aire allready here to manie,' and ordering that they be deported from the country.
^ Stratton, J.M. (1969). Agricultural Records . John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4 .