Major Events
- Jan 7 Trial of Hungarian aristocrat Elizabeth Báthory for killing and torturing hundreds of young women, later sentenced to house arrest for the rest of her life
- Mar 4 George Abbot appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
- Apr 14 Word "telescope" is 1st used by Prince Federico Cesi
- Apr 20 First known performance of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth at the Globe Theatre, London, recorded by Simon Forman
- Apr 28 Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, oldest existing university in Asia and largest Catholic university in the world
- May 23 Matthias von Habsburg chosen King of Bohemia
- Jun 13 John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication
- Jun 22 English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and seven others set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery and never seen again
- Aug 11 Emperor Rudolf forces out king of Bohemia
- Oct 30 Gustaaf II Adolf (17) becomes king of Sweden
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First known performance of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth at the Globe Theatre, London, recorded by Simon Forman
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