1599 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1599?
- August 15, 1599 – Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
- October 18, 1599 – Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Bathory in the Battle of Şelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.
- December 25, 1599 – The city of Natal, Brazil is founded.
Who Were Born In The Year 1599?
- February 13, 1599 – Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667)
- March 22, 1599 – Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (d. 1641)
- March 28, 1599 – Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658)
- April 25, 1599 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1658)
- June 6, 1599 – Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)
- August 14, 1599 – Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)
- September 20, 1599 – Christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader (d. 1623)
- September 25, 1599 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss Italian architect (d. 1667)
- October 31, 1599 – Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)
- November 11, 1599 – Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (d. 1656)
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