Mar 25 Cornelis de Houtman's fleet departs for East-Indies

Mar 20 French king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty

Mar 11 Countess Charlotte of Nassau marries duke Claude de la Tremoille

Aug 14 Irish rebel Hugh O'Neill, the earl of Tyrone, annihilates an English force at Yellow Ford, marking the greatest Irish victory in the wars with the English

Sep 13 Philip II King of Spain (1556-98), dies at 71

Feb 21 Boris Godunov crowned tsar

Apr 13 Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots

Apr 13 Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots Countdown to the revolution starts

May 02 France &Spain signs Peace of Vervins

May 06 Arch duke Albrecht & Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands

May 01 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java

Jan 08 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy

Jan 08 Genoa Italy expels Jews

Jan 12 Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso

Jan 07 Boris Godunov seizes the Russian throne on death of Feodore I

Jan 07 Boris Godunov seizes the Russian throne on death of Feodore I