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| align="center" colspan=2 | '''Years:'''
1594 1595 1596 - 1597 - 1598 1599 1600 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | '''Decades:'''
1560s 1570s 1580s - '''1590s''' - 1600s 1610s 1620s |- | align="center" | '''Centuries:'''
15th_century - '''16th_century''' - 17th_century
1597 state leaders |} ==Events== * 17_January - A court case in Guildford recorded evidence that a certain plot of land was used for playing “kreckett” (i.e., Cricket) as early as 1550. * January_24 - Battle of Turnhout. Maurice_of_Nassau defeats a Spanish force under Jean de Rie of Varas in the Netherlands * February_5 - In Nagasaki, Japan, 26 people were martyred. They practiced Catholicism and were taken captive after all forms of Christianity were outlawed the previous year. * September_16 - Yi_Sun-sin leads 12 ships of the Korean fleet against an invasion by 133 Japanese ships. The Koreans sink 31 enemy ships and force a Japanese retreat. * The first Opera is considered to have been written. * Bali discovered by the Dutch explorer Cornelis_Houtman * Abbas I ends the Uzbek raids on his lands. * Yaqob succeeds his father Sarsa Dengel as Emperor of Ethiopia * First edition of Francis_Bacon's ''Essays'' published. ==Births== *January_31 - John_Regis, French saint (d. 1640) *February_24 - Vincent_Voiture, French poet (died 1648) *March_1 - Jean-Charles_de_la_Faille, Belgian mathematician (died 1652) *April_9 - John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) *August_21 - Roger_Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) *December_23 - Martin_Opitz_von_Boberfeld, German poet (died 1639) *Christoval_de_Acuna, Spanish missionary and explorer (died 1676) *Johan_van_Heemskerk, Dutch poet (died 1656) *Giovanni_Batista_Hodierna, Italian astronomer (died 1660) *Willem_Kieft, Dutch merchant and director general of New Netherland (died 1647) *Wang Wei, Chinese poet (died 1647) ''See also Category:1597_births.'' ==Deaths== * January_29 - Elias_Ammerbach, German organist (born 1530) * February_5 - Paul_Miki, Japanese Catholic saint (born 1564) * March_11 - Henry_Drummond, Scottish evangelical writer and lecturer * June_20 - Willem_Barents, Dutch navigator and explorer * October_4 - Sarsa_Dengel, Emperor_of_Ethiopia (born 1550) * October_9 - Ashikaga_Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (born 1537) * December_21 - Petrus_Canisius, Dutch Jesuit (born 1521) * James_Burbage, English actor * Luis_Frois, Portuguese missionary (born 1532) * William_Hunnis, English poet * José_de_Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1534) * Edward_Kelley, English spirit medium (born 1555) * Thomas_Nevile, English educator * Francesco_Patrizzi, Italian philosopher and scientist (born 1529) * Rana_Pratap_Singh, Indian statesman (born 1540) ''See also Category:1597_deaths.'' Category:1597 Af:1597 Ast:1597 Bg:1597 Be:1597 Bs:1597 Ca:1597 Cv:1597 Cs:1597 Cy:1597 Da:1597 De:1597 Et:1597 El:1597 Es:1597 Eo:1597 Eu:1597 Fr:1597 Fy:1597 Ko:1597년 Hr:1597 Io:1597 Is:1597 It:1597 He:1597 Lb:1597 Hu:1597 Mk:1597 Nl:1597 No:1597 Nn:1597 Os:1597 Pl:1597 Pt:1597 Ro:1597 Ru:1597 Sk:1597 Sl:1597 Sr:1597 Fi:1597 Sv:1597 Tt:1597 Tr:1597 Uk:1597 Zh:1597年
1594 1595 1596 - 1597 - 1598 1599 1600 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | '''Decades:'''
1560s 1570s 1580s - '''1590s''' - 1600s 1610s 1620s |- | align="center" | '''Centuries:'''
15th_century - '''16th_century''' - 17th_century
1597 state leaders |} ==Events== * 17_January - A court case in Guildford recorded evidence that a certain plot of land was used for playing “kreckett” (i.e., Cricket) as early as 1550. * January_24 - Battle of Turnhout. Maurice_of_Nassau defeats a Spanish force under Jean de Rie of Varas in the Netherlands * February_5 - In Nagasaki, Japan, 26 people were martyred. They practiced Catholicism and were taken captive after all forms of Christianity were outlawed the previous year. * September_16 - Yi_Sun-sin leads 12 ships of the Korean fleet against an invasion by 133 Japanese ships. The Koreans sink 31 enemy ships and force a Japanese retreat. * The first Opera is considered to have been written. * Bali discovered by the Dutch explorer Cornelis_Houtman * Abbas I ends the Uzbek raids on his lands. * Yaqob succeeds his father Sarsa Dengel as Emperor of Ethiopia * First edition of Francis_Bacon's ''Essays'' published. ==Births== *January_31 - John_Regis, French saint (d. 1640) *February_24 - Vincent_Voiture, French poet (died 1648) *March_1 - Jean-Charles_de_la_Faille, Belgian mathematician (died 1652) *April_9 - John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) *August_21 - Roger_Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) *December_23 - Martin_Opitz_von_Boberfeld, German poet (died 1639) *Christoval_de_Acuna, Spanish missionary and explorer (died 1676) *Johan_van_Heemskerk, Dutch poet (died 1656) *Giovanni_Batista_Hodierna, Italian astronomer (died 1660) *Willem_Kieft, Dutch merchant and director general of New Netherland (died 1647) *Wang Wei, Chinese poet (died 1647) ''See also Category:1597_births.'' ==Deaths== * January_29 - Elias_Ammerbach, German organist (born 1530) * February_5 - Paul_Miki, Japanese Catholic saint (born 1564) * March_11 - Henry_Drummond, Scottish evangelical writer and lecturer * June_20 - Willem_Barents, Dutch navigator and explorer * October_4 - Sarsa_Dengel, Emperor_of_Ethiopia (born 1550) * October_9 - Ashikaga_Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (born 1537) * December_21 - Petrus_Canisius, Dutch Jesuit (born 1521) * James_Burbage, English actor * Luis_Frois, Portuguese missionary (born 1532) * William_Hunnis, English poet * José_de_Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1534) * Edward_Kelley, English spirit medium (born 1555) * Thomas_Nevile, English educator * Francesco_Patrizzi, Italian philosopher and scientist (born 1529) * Rana_Pratap_Singh, Indian statesman (born 1540) ''See also Category:1597_deaths.'' Category:1597 Af:1597 Ast:1597 Bg:1597 Be:1597 Bs:1597 Ca:1597 Cv:1597 Cs:1597 Cy:1597 Da:1597 De:1597 Et:1597 El:1597 Es:1597 Eo:1597 Eu:1597 Fr:1597 Fy:1597 Ko:1597년 Hr:1597 Io:1597 Is:1597 It:1597 He:1597 Lb:1597 Hu:1597 Mk:1597 Nl:1597 No:1597 Nn:1597 Os:1597 Pl:1597 Pt:1597 Ro:1597 Ru:1597 Sk:1597 Sl:1597 Sr:1597 Fi:1597 Sv:1597 Tt:1597 Tr:1597 Uk:1597 Zh:1597年