What happened in 1598?
Battle of Noryang, Peace of Vervins and Battle of Stångebro — among 53 events recorded in 1598. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 19
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Battle of Stångebro
1598 battle
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War against Sigismund
Late 1500s Polish-Swedish conflict ending in the deposition of the Swedish king Sigismund
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Siege of Ulsan
1597 siege
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Battle of the Yellow Ford
Part of the Nine Years' War in Ireland (1598)
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Battle of Herat
1598 battle
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Battle of Sacheon
Korean and Chinese siege against Japanese in 1598
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Siege of Suncheon
On January 30 ( February 11 ), 1829 a crowd of Tehranis, led by people of Allahar Khan, attacked the Russian embassy.
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Disaster of Curalaba
Indigenous 1598 uprising against Hispanics in Chile
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Battle of Stegeborg
1598 battle
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Battle of San Juan
1598 English force of 20 ships took San Juan from Spain for 65 days
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Siege of Buda
1598 siege during the Long Turkish War
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Siege of Gori
1598 siege
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Battle of Traigh Ghruinneart
1598 battle between Scottish clans
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Second Siege of Ulsan
1598 siege
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Battle of Irmen
1598 battle
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Battle of Samarkand
1598 battle
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Battle of Príncipe
1598 battle
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French Wars of Religion
Religious and military conflicts between Protestants and Catholics in France from 1562 to 1598
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Battle of Noryang
1598 last major battle of the Japanese invasions of Korea
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Politics & Government 1
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Peace of Vervins
Peace treaty
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People 17
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Philip II of Spain died
King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598
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Emery Molyneux died
English globemaker (died 1598)
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Jacopo Mazzoni died
Italian philosopher (1548-1598)
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Juan de Zaldívar died
Juan de Zaldívar (Exploration & Discovery).
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Adrian Le Roy died
French lutist, musician and music publisher
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Gabriel Spenser died
British actor (1578-1598)
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Roch Le Baillif died
Physician
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Giovanni Battista Riccioli born
Born in Ferrara. 16th century Italian theologian and astronomer.
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Maarten Tromp born
Born in Brielle. Dutch admiral (1598-1653).
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Georg Stiernhielm born
Born in Vika church parish. Swedish noble (1598-1672).
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William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar born
Born in Altenburg. German Duke (1598-1662).
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Feodor I of Russia died
Died in Moscow. Tsar of Russia (1584–1598).
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Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland died
Died in Warsaw. Queen consort of Poland and Sweden (1573-1598).
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Abdullah Khan II died
Died in Samarkand. Shaybanid Khan of Bukhara from 1583 to 1598.
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John George, Elector of Brandenburg died
Died in Cölln. Elector of Brandenburg and Regent of the Electorate of Saxony.
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Ernst Adalbert von Harrach born
Born in Vienna. Austrian Catholic cardinal (1598-1667).
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Álvaro III of Kongo born
Born in M'banza-Kongo. Was king of the kingdom of Kongo from 1615 to his death on May 4, 1622.
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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Rocas Alijos
Archipelago
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Religion & Belief Systems 8
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Mosteiro de São Bento
Monastery in São Paulo
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Sinagoga di Pitigliano
Building in Pitigliano, Italy
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Monastery of the Theotokos of the Sign
Monastery in Gorokhovets, Russia
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St. Anna church (Frohndorf)
Church building in Germany
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Goshin-ji Temple
Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect dedicated to Three Sages of the West in Nagasaki, Japan
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Jigen-ji Temple
Temple in Machiya, Arakawa-ku
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Genkō-ji Temple
Temple in Sumida-ku, Tokyo
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Myōkō-ji Temple
Temple in Hirai, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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Amasya–Çorum earthquake of 1598
6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Amasya in northern Turkey on May 1598
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Architecture & Engineering 3
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Chateau with former Prison Tower and Garden Pavilion
Chateau with outbildings in Kehrsatz in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
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Royal Castle in Warsaw
Castle residency in Warsaw, Poland
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Muness Castle
Castle on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
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Empires & Countries 3
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Siberian Khanate dissolved
Siberian Khanate ceased to exist, having been centered at Chimgi-Tura.
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Dutch Gold Coast founded
Dutch Gold Coast was founded, with its capital at Fort Nassau.
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County of Ribagorza dissolved
County of Ribagorza ceased to exist, having been centered at Benabarre.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 1598 is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 1598.
16th century 1
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Gerrit de Veer died
Dutch naval officer
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