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 (+ 1667)
• March 22 - Anthony van Dyck, painter (+ 1641)
• April 25 - Oliver Cromwell, later Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland
• John Alden, English settler of the Plymouth Colony, passenger of the Mayflower
• Robert Blake, famous English Admiral

Deaths

• January 28 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer
• April 10 - Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress to French King, Henri IV
• April 27 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese samurai and warlord
• August 22 - Luca Marenzio, Italian composer