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| Years: 1596 1597 1598 - 1599 - 1600 1601 1602 | |
| Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century 1599 state leaders | |
Events
- Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is replaced by his brother Charles IX of Sweden.
- First reported performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in London.
Births
- February 13 - Pope Alexander VII (died 1667)
- March 22 - Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (died 1641)
- March 28 - Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (died 1658)
- April 25 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (died 1658)
- August 14 - Méric Casaubon, English classicist (died 1671)
- September 25 - Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (died 1667)
- October 31 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (died 1680)
- November 11 - Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi (died 1656)
- John Alden, English settler of Plymouth Colony (died 1687)
- Robert Blake, English admiral (died 1657)
- Stefan Czarniecki, Polish military commander (died 1665)
- Abraham Van Diepenbeck, Flemish painter and engraver (died 1675)
- Dud Dudley, first Englishman to smelt iron ore with coke (died 1684)
- Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (died 1660)
- Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (died 1660)
Deaths
- January 13 - Edmund Spenser, English poet (born 1552)
- January 22 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (born 1547)
- February 8 - Robert Rollock, first principal of the university of Edinburgh (born 1555)
- April 10 - Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of King Henry IV of France (born 1571)
- April 27 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1538)
- August 22 - Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (born 1553)
- September 11 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman who conspired to kill her father (born 1577)
- November 7 - Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (born 1546)
- November 8 - Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (born 1528)
- Joan Boyle, mother of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (born 1529)
- Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (born 1565)
- Koriki Masanaga, Japanese military commander (born 1558)
- Israel ben Moses Najara, Jewish liturgical poet (born 1530)af:1599
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