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1599

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

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

Years: 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 - 1599 - 1600 1601 1602 1603 1603 1604

Events

Swedish king Sigismund III Vasa is replaced by his brother Charles IX of Sweden

Births

March 22 - Anthonis 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

Deaths

April 10 - Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress to French king, Henri IV

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