Major Events
- Jan 29 William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" is thought to have been first performed. Officially published early 1597.
- May 24 Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library
- Jul 19 Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz
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Born in 1595
- Jan 6 Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Savoyard grammarian and man of letters, born in Meximieux, Duchy of Savoy (d. 1650)
- Feb 2 Jacob van Campen, Dutch painter and architect (New Church, Amsterdam), born in Haarlem (d. 1657)
- Feb 24 Matthias C. Sarbiewski [Sarbievius], Polish Jesuit and poet (d. 1640)
- Apr 5 John Wilson, English composer, born in Faversham, Kent (d. 1674)
- May 27 Benedictus Carpzovius [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer (d. 1666)
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Who Died in 1595
- Jan 5 Ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies
- Jan 16 Murad III, Ottoman Sultan (1574-95), dies at 48
- Jan 24 Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Governor of Bohemia, dies at 65
- Feb 12 Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)
- Feb 20 Ernst, Archduke of Austria (son of Maximilian II Holy Roman Emperor), dies at 41
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Famous Weddings in 1595
- Apr 15 William I of Orange's daughter Elisabeth of Nassau (17) weds Duke Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne of Bouillion (39), becoming Duchess of Bouillon, until his death in 1623
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