Major Events
- Jan 29 Mathematician John Napier dedicates his "Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John" to King James VI, predicts end of the world in 1688 or 1700
- Feb 19 Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother, Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.
- Feb 27 Henry IV crowned King of France at Chartres Cathedral, only French monarch to be crowned there (Reins and Paris occupied by the Catholic League)
- Mar 12 Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies
- Mar 22 French King Henry IV festival in Paris
- Apr 15 Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague)
- May 22 Siege of Spanish held city of Groningen begins led by Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Orange
- Jun 11 Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, creating a ruling class of native nobility known as the Principalía
- Jul 23 Dutch city Groningen held by Spain surrenders to Dutch and England army led by Maurice of Orange
Born in 1594
- Mar 25 Maria Tesselschade Visscher, Dutch writer and glass engraver (Muiderkring group), born in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (d. 1649)
- Apr 20 Matthäus Appelt, German composer, born in Neustadt, Silesia (d. 1648)
- Apr 24 Benedikt Lechler, German composer, born in Füssen, Duchy of Bavaria (d. 1659)
- May 1 John Haynes, 5th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, born in Essex, England (d. 1653)
- May 29 Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal, born in Treuchtlingen, Bavaria (d. 1632)
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