Today in History for Year 1593

Months in Year 1593: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 11 of 11

Jan 5th - William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe
Jan 27th - Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno
Mar 1st - The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.
Mar 23rd - English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander
May 18th - Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
Jun 22nd - Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
Jun 28th - Earl Mauritius conquerors Geertruidenberg
Jul 25th - France's Protestant King Henri IV converts to Roman Catholic faith
Oct 24th - Alleged teleportation of Gil Perez.
Dec 15th - State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft
Dec 24th - Storm hits Texel: 40 ships hit, 500 killed

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 14 of 14

Mar 19th - Georges de la Tour, French painter
Mar 25th - Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
Apr 3rd - George Herbert, English metaphysical poet (5 Mystical Songs)
Apr 4th - Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)
Apr 13th - Thomas Wentworth, London, earl of Strafford/Viceroy of Ireland
May 20th - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist
May 20th - Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)
Jul 8th - Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)
Aug 9th - Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)
Aug 23rd - Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)
Sep 20th - Gottfried Scheidt, composer
Sep 25th - Matthew Merian, the Elder, engraver/bookseller
Oct 11th - Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)
Nov 30th - Johann Dilliger, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

Feb 6th - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)
Feb 7th - Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79
Apr 6th - Henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged
Apr 6th - John Greenwood, English Congressionalist, hanged
May 29th - John Penry, English congressionalist, executed
May 30th - Christopher Marlowe, Brit dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered
Jun 25th - Michele Mercati, Italian physician and gardener (b. 1541)
Jul 11th - Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1st surrealist painter, dies (birth date unkn)
Jul 25th - Steven Haghen, navigator/governor of Ambon (1617-18), dies at 61