Historical Events In 1593

Jan 05   William Louis of Nassau is recorded as becoming Governor/Viceroy of Drenthe.   

Jan 27   Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno   

Feb 07   Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79   

Mar 01   The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.   

Mar 19   Georges de la Tour, French painter   

Mar 23   English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander.   

Apr 03   George Herbert, English metaphysical poet (5 Mystical Songs)   

Apr 06   Henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged   

Apr 13   Thomas Wentworth, London, earl of Strafford/Viceroy of Ireland.   

May 18   Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.   

May 20   Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist.   

May 29   John Penry, English congressionalist, executed.   

May 30   Christopher Marlowe, Brit dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered.   

Jun 22   Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.   

Jun 28   Earl Mauritius conquerors Geertruidenberg.   

Jul 11   Giuseppe Arcimboldo inaugural surrealist painter, dies   

Jul 11   Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1st surrealist painter, dies (birth date unkn)   

Jul 25   France's Protestant King Henri IV converts to Roman Catholic.   

Jul 25   Steven Haghen, navigator/governor of Ambon (1617-18), dies at 61   

Aug 09   Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler).   

Aug 23   Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia).   

Sep 20   Gottfried Scheidt, composer.   

Sep 25   Matthew Merian, the Elder, engraver/bookseller.   

Oct 11   Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)   

Oct 24   Alleged teleportation of Gil Perez.   

Nov 30   Johann Dilliger, composer.   

Dec 15   State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft.   

Dec 24   Storm hits Texel: 40 ships hit, 500 killed.   

Mar 19   Georges de la Tour, French painter was born on this day in history.   

Mar 25   Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

Apr 03   George Herbert, English metaphysical poet (5 Mystical Songs) was born on this day in history.   

Apr 04   In the year 1593 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

Apr 13   In the year 1593 birth of thomas Wentworth, London, earl of Strafford/Viceroy of Ireland   

May 20   On this day in history birth of jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist   

May 20   Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656) was born in the year 1593.   

Jul 08   On this day in history birth of artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)   

Feb 06   On this day in history death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)   

Feb 07   On this day in history jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79   

Apr 06   Henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged died in the year 1593.   

May 29   On this day in history death of john Penry, English congressionalist, executed   

May 30   In the year 1593 death of christopher Marlowe, Brit dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered   

Jun 25   Michele Mercati, Italian physician and gardener (b. 1541) died in the year 1593.   

Jul 11   In the year 1593 giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1st surrealist painter, dies (birth date unkn)   

Jul 25   Steven Haghen, navigator/governor of Ambon (1617-18), dies at 61 on this day in history.