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1597

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s

Years: 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 - 1597 - 1598 1599 1600 1601 1602

Events

January 24 - Battle of Turnhout. Maurice of Nassau defeats a Spanish force under Jean de Rie of Varas in the Netherlands
The first opera is considered to have been written.

Births

Deaths

Willem Barents, Dutch navigator and explorer.

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