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What Happened in December 1598

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Historical Events

  • Dec 16 Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point - in the final battle of the war Korean navy decisively defeats the Japanese
  • Dec 21 Battle of Curalaba: the Mapuche people led by Pelentaru revolt and inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile

Events in 1598

Famous Birthdays

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)

Dec 7 Italian baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy), painter and architect, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy)

Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Born in 1598

Famous Deaths

  • Dec 6 Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78
  • Dec 15 Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58
  • Dec 16 Yi Sun-sin, Korean Naval Commander, shot at the naval Battle of Noryang at 53

Famous Living People by Age

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