1593
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s |
| Years: | 1590 1591 1592 - 1593 - 1594 1595 1596 |
| 1593 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1593 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1593
[edit] January - June
- February 2 - The Battle of Piątek is a victory for Polish forces led by Janusz Ostrogski.
- May 18 - Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
- June 22 - Ottoman Empire defeated in Battle of Sisak, their first defeat in Europe.
[edit] July - December
- July 25 - King Henry IV of France returns to Catholicism and is recognized as King in most of France.
- October 24 - Alleged teleportation of Gil Perez.
[edit] Undated
- Outbreak of the Long War in Hungary, between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans.
- Mihai Viteazul becomes prince of Walachia.
[edit] Births
- March 13 - Georges de La Tour, French painter (died 1652)
- March 25 - Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
- April 3 - George Herbert, English poet and orator (died 1633)
- April 4 - Edward Nicholas, English statesman (died 1669)
- April 13 - Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English statesman (died 1641)
- May 19 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (died 1678)
- July 8 - Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (died 1653)
- August 9 - Izaak Walton, English writer (died 1683)
- September 22 - A. Matthäus Merian, Swiss cartographer (died 1650)
- November 1 - Abel Servien, French diplomat (died 1659)
[edit] Unknown dates
| Gregorian calendar | 1593 MDXCIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2346 |
| Armenian calendar | 1042 ԹՎ ՌԽԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -251 – -250 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2137 |
| Chinese calendar | 4229/4289-11-29 (壬辰年十一月廿九日) — to —
4230/4290-intercalary 11-9(癸巳年閏十一月初九日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1585 – 1586 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5353 – 5354 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1648 – 1649 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1515 – 1516 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4694 – 4695 |
| Holocene calendar | 11593 |
| Iranian calendar | 971 – 972 |
| Islamic calendar | 1001 – 1002 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunroku 2 (文禄2年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2253 (皇紀2253年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11593 |
| Julian calendar | 1638 |
| Korean calendar | 3926 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2136 |
- Leonardo Agostini, Italian antiquary (died 1685)
- Louis Barbier, French bishop (died 1670)
- Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford (died 1641)
- Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven (died 1631)
- Anthony van Diemen, Dutch merchant (died 1645)
- Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese nobleman (died 1615)
- Joannes de Laet, Flemish geographer and merchant (died 1649)
- Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (died 1678)
- Mumtaz Mahal, Persian wife of Shah Jahan I (died 1631)
- Mikołaj Ostroróg, Polish nobleman (died 1651)
- Sir George Radcliffe, English politician (died 1657)
- Maeda Toshitsune, Japanese warlord (died 1658)
- See also Category:1593 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 6
- Jacques Amyot, French writer (born 1513)
- Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (born 1517)
- March 23 - Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and separatist (born 1550)
- April 6 - John Greenwood, English Puritan and separatist (hanged)
- May 29 - John Penry, Welsh Protestant martyr (born 1559)
- May 30 - Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (born 1564)
- June 25 - Michele Mercati, Italian physician and botanist (born 1541)
- July 11 - Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian painter (born 1527)
- September 25 - Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (born 1531)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Jeong Cheol, Korean administrator and poet (born 1536)
- William Harrison, English clergyman (born 1534)
- Krzysztof Kosiński, Polish noble (born ?)
- See also Category:1593 deaths.
