1593
|
|
| Years: 1590 1591 1592 - 1593 - 1594 1595 1596 | |
| Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century 1593 state leaders | |
Events
- May 18 - Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
- July 25 - King Henry IV of France returns to Catholicism, and is recognized as King in most of France.
- Outbreak of the Long War in Hungary between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans.
- Mihai Viteazul becomes prince of Walachia.
Births
- April 3 - George Herbert, English poet and orator (died 1633)
- April 4 - Edward Nicholas, English statesman (died 1669)
- April 13 - Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English statesman (died 1641)
- May 19 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (died 1678)
- July 8 - Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (died 1651)
- August 9 - Izaak Walton, English writer (died 1683)
- September 22 - A. Matthäus Merian, Swiss cartographer (died 1650)
- Leonardo Agostini, Italian antiquary (died 1685)
- Louis Barbier, French bishop (died 1670)
- Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford (died 1641)
- Jean de Brébeuf, Jesuit missionary (died 1649)
- Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven (died 1631)
- Anthony van Diemen, Dutch merchant (died 1645)
- Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese nobleman
- Andrej Kobav, Slovenian mathematician
- Joannes de Laet, Flemish geographer and merchant
- Jeronimo Lobo, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (died 1678)
- Mumtaz Mahal, Indian wife of Shah Jahan I (died 1631)
- Mikolaj Ostroróg, Polish nobleman (died 1651)
- Sir George Radcliffe, English politician (died 1657)
- Abel Servien, French diplomat (died 1659)
- Maeda Toshitsune, Japanese daimyo (died 1658)
- Georges de La Tour, French painter (died 1652)
Deaths
- February 6 - Jacques Amyot, French writer (born 1513)
- February 6 - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (born 1517)
- March 23 - Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and separatist (born 1550)
- April 6 - John Greenwood, English Puritan and separatist (hanged)
- May 29 - John Penry, Welsh protestant martyr (born 1559)
- May 30 - Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (born 1564)
- June 25 - Michele Mercati, Italian physician and botanist (born 1541)
- September 25 - Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (born 1531)
- Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian painter (born 1527)
- Jeong Cheol, Korean administrator and poet (born 1536)
- William Harrison, English clergyman (born 1534)
- Krzysztof Kosinski, Polish noble
- John White, English surveyor and explorer (born 1537)af:1593
ast:1593 bg:1593 ca:1593 cs:1593 cy:1593 da:1593 de:1593 et:1593 el:1593 es:1593 eo:1593 eu:1593 fr:1593 ko:1593년 hr:1593 io:1593 id:1593 it:1593 he:1593 lb:1593 hu:1593 nl:1593 nb:1593 nn:1593 os:1593 pl:1593 pt:1593 ro:1593 ru:1593 sk:1593 sl:1593 sr:1593 fi:1593 sv:1593 tt:1593 tr:1593 uk:1593 zh:1593年