Major Events Apr 13 Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots Dec 16 Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point - in the final battle of the war Korean navy decisively defeats the Japanese More 1598 Events Born in 1598 Maarten TrompApril 23 Gian Lorenzo BerniniDecember 7 More People Born in 1598 Who Died in 1598 Philip II of SpainSeptember 13 Toyotomi HideyoshiSeptember 18 More 1598 Deaths Famous Weddings in 1598 Mar 11 Countess Charlotte of Nassau marries duke Claude de la Tremoille 1597 History by Year 1599 Famous People in 1598 William ShakespearePlaywright World Leaders in 1598 Elizabeth I Philip II of Spain