Historical Events In 1598
Sunday, 08 February 2026
Jan 07 Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I. 


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


Jan 07 Theodorus I, [Fedor Ivanovitch], czar of Russia (1584-98), dies at 40. 


Jan 08 Genoa Italy expels Jews. 


Jan 08 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy 


Jan 08 Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72 


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


Feb 10 Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies. 


Feb 17 Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia 


Feb 21 Boris Godunov crowned tsar 


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


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


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


Apr 05 Laurentius Erhard, composer 


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


Apr 13 Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots 


Apr 23 Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander. 


Apr 30 1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande). 


May 01 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java. 


May 02 France and Spain signs Peace of Vervins 


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


May 23 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized. 


Jun 28 Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer, dies at 71. 


Jun 30 King Philip II moves to Escorial palace 


Jul 10 Spanish theater plays "Moros y Los Cristianos" in Rio Grande 


Aug 04 London's head office of Hanze closed 


Aug 04 William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77 


Aug 07 Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) 


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. 


Aug 21 -22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence 


Sep 01 Spanish king Philip II receives sacraments. 


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


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


Sep 15 Hidejoshi, [Hijoshi], Japanese general strategist/kampaku, dies. 


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