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   In the year 1593 birth of georges de la Tour, French painter   

Mar 25   Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born in the year 1593.   

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

Apr 04   On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

Apr 13   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)   

Jul 08   In the year 1593 birth of artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)   

Feb 06   In the year 1593 death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)   

Feb 07   In the year 1593 jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79   

Apr 06   In the year 1593 death of henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged   

May 29   John Penry, English congressionalist, executed died on this day in history.   

May 30   Christopher Marlowe, Brit dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered died in the year 1593.   

Jun 25   Michele Mercati, Italian physician and gardener (b. 1541) died on this day in history.   

Jul 11   Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1st surrealist painter, dies (birth date unkn) in the year 1593.   

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