Major Events
- Jan 11 Jacob van Neck's fleet leaves Bantam, Java in modern day Indonesia with 1 million pounds of pepper and cloves and a further half a ship full of nutmeg, mace and cinnamon
- Mar 27 English nobleman Robert Devereux becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- Jul 19 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java
- Jul 23 Italian painter Caravaggio gets his first public commission, the Contarelli Chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
- Aug 15 Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass - Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
- Sep 7 Earl of Essex and Irish rebel Tyrone sign treaty
- Dec 25 The city of Natal, Brazil, is founded.
Alexander VII
Oliver Cromwell
Cornelis de HoutmanFamous Weddings in 1599
- Apr 18 Albert VII Archduke of Austria marries his cousin Isabella, daughter of Philip II of Spain
William Shakespeare
Elizabeth I