Historical Events In 1599
Monday, 15 December 2025
Jan 11 Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove & muskaat in the year 1599. 


Jan 11 Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove &muskaat on this day in history. 


Jan 12 In the year 1599 adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter 


Jan 13 On this day in history edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46 


Jan 22 Cristofano Malvezzi, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history. 


Feb 08 Robert Rollock, Scottish educator on this day in history. 


Feb 13 Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67) on this day in history. 


Feb 22 Anthony Van Dyck, Antwerp Belgium, painter on this day in history. 


Mar 13 Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint in the year 1599. 


Mar 22 On this day in history anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England) 


Mar 22 The birth of Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish artist on this day in history. 


Mar 23 On this day in history thomas Selle, composer 


Mar 27 In the year 1599 robert Devereux becomes Lieutenant-General of Ireland 


Mar 27 On this day in history robert Devereux becomes lt-general of Ireland 


Apr 14 In the year 1599 henry Wallop, English statesman 


Apr 18 Valencia arch duke Albrecht of Austrian marries Isabella of Spain on this day in history. 


Apr 25 Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England (1653-58) in the year 1599. 


Apr 25 The birth of Oliver Cromwell, English civil war leader and Lord Protector on this day in history. 


Jun 12 Jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal on this day in history. 


Jul 19 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java on this day in history. 


Jul 23 Caravaggio's 1st public commission for paintings on this day in history. 


Jul 23 Caravaggio's first public commission for paintings in the year 1599. 


Aug 15 Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass in the year 1599. 


Sep 07 In the year 1599 earl van Essex & Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty 


Sep 11 On this day in history cornelis de Houtman, navigator (1st Dutch trip to Java), murder at 35 


Oct 10 Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea) in the year 1599. 


Nov 11 On this day in history ottavio Piccolomini, Italian/Spanish marshal 


Dec 25 On this day in history the city of Natal, Brazil is founded. 


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