1593 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1593?
- January 27, 1593 – The Vatican opens seven year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno.
- February 12, 1593 – Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.
- March 1, 1593 – The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.
- May 18, 1593 – Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
- June 22, 1593 – Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
- July 25, 1593 – Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
- August 27, 1593 – Pierre Barrière fails in his attempt to assassinate King Henry IV of France.
Who Were Born In The Year 1593?
- March 19, 1593 – Georges de la Tour, French artist (d. 1652)
- March 25, 1593 – Saint Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
- April 3, 1593 – George Herbert, English poet and orator (d. 1633)
- April 4, 1593 – Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)
- April 13, 1593 – Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English statesman (d. 1641)
- May 19, 1593 – Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
- May 20, 1593 – Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)
- July 8, 1593 – Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)
- August 9, 1593 – Izaak Walton, English angler (d. 1683)
- September 22, 1593 – Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (d. 1650)
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