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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
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Years:	1595 1596 1597 – 1598 – 1599 1600 1601

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January 7 – Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia, following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I; the Time of Troubles starts.
April 13 – Edict of Nantes: Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics; this is considered the end of the French Wars of Religion.
April 30 – Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Oñate holds America's first Thanksgiving celebration
May – Tycho Brahe's star catalogue Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica, listing the positions of 1,004 stars, is published.
May 2 – The Peace of Vervins ends the war between France and Spain.

August – Battle of the Yellow Ford: The Irish rebellion against English rule gains a victory.
September 13 – Philip III of Spain starts to rule.
September 25 – Battle of Stångebro: The Catholic King Sigismund of Sweden and Poland is defeated in his attempt to resume control of Sweden by the Protestant forces of his uncle, Charles Albert. Sigismund is deposed shortly thereafter.
Autumn – Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia: After being separated from the main Dutch fleet of Admiral Wybrand Van Warwyck, three ships under Jacob Cornelisz. van Neck land on the island which they name Mauritius, after Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, and sight the Dodo.
November 19 (lunar calendar) – Battle of Noryang Point: The China and Korean Allied Forces defeat the Japanese navy, ending the Seven-Year War.
December 16 – Battle of Noryang Point: The China and Korean Allied Forces are victorious over Japan.
December 21 – Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spaniards troops in southern Chile; all Spanish cities south of the Biobio river are eventually taken by the Mapuches, and all conquest of Mapuche territories by Europeans practically ceases, until the 1870s "Pacification of Araucania".

Philosopher Tommaso Campanella organizes an uprising in Calabria against the rule of the Spanish viceroy; he is captured, tortured and sentenced to 27 years in jail.
The Parliament of England passes an act that allows transportation of convicts to colonies.
Illustrations of Ottoman Turkish and European riflemen, with detailed illustrations of their firearms, appear in Zhao Shizhen's book Shenqipu in this year, during the Ming Dynasty of China.

April 17 – Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian astronomer (d. 1671)
April 23 – Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1653)
July 31 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (d. 1654)
August 7 – Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (d. 1672)
September 23 – Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)
November 7 – Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664)
November 28 – Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)
December 7 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor (d. 1680)
date unknown
- Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician (d. 1647)
- Ralph Hopton, Royalist commander in the English Civil War (d. 1652)
- Kirsten Munk, second wife of Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1658)
- Marmaduke Langdale, Royalist in the English Civil War (d. 1661)
- Baldassarre Longhena, Venetian architect (d. 1682)
- Jean Nicolet, French explorer (d. 1642)
- Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French officer (d. 1672)
- Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1677)
- William Strode, English parliamentarian (d. 1645)
- Åke Henriksson Tott, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1640)
- Mary Bankes, a Royalist in the English Civil War, who defended Corfe Castle (d. 1661)

January 6 – Tsar Feodor I of Russia (b. 1557)
January 8 – John George, Elector of Brandenburg, Margrave and Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia (b. 1525)
January 9 – Jasper Heywood, English classicist and translator (b. 1553)
March 4 or 5 – Lucas Maius, Lutheran Reformation pastor, theologian and playwright (b. 1522)
May 3 – Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
June – Emery Molyneux, English maker of globes and instruments (date of birth unknown)
June 28 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (b. 1527)
August 4 – William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English statesman (b. 1520)
September 13 – Philip II of Spain (b. 1526)
September 18 – Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536)
November 19 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean naval leader (in battle) (b. 1545)
December 15 – Philips van Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde, Dutch writer and statesman (b. 1538)
date unknown
- Abdulla Khan, Uzbek/Turkoman ruler
- Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (b. 1548)
- Nicolas Pithou, French lawyer and author (b. 1524)

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