1598

1598 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1598; MDXCVIII
Ab urbe condita	2351
Armenian calendar	1047; ԹՎ ՌԽԷ
Assyrian calendar	6348
Bengali calendar	1005
Berber calendar	2548
English Regnal year	40 Eliz. 1 – 41 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2142
Burmese calendar	960
Byzantine calendar	7106–7107
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster); 4294 or 4234; — to —; 戊戌年 (Earth Dog); 4295 or 4235
Coptic calendar	1314–1315
Discordian calendar	2764
Ethiopian calendar	1590–1591
Hebrew calendar	5358–5359
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1654–1655
- Shaka Samvat	1520–1521
- Kali Yuga	4699–4700
Holocene calendar	11598
Igbo calendar	598–599
Iranian calendar	976–977
Islamic calendar	1006–1007
Japanese calendar	Keichō 3; (慶長３年)
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3931
Minguo calendar	314 before ROC; 民前314年
Thai solar calendar	2140–2141
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Years:	1595 1596 1597 – 1598 – 1599 1600 1601

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1598 (MDXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (dominical letter D) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A) of the Julian calendar, the 1598th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 598th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 16th century, and the 9th year of the 1590s decade. Note that the Julian day for 1598 is 10 calendar days difference, which continued to be used from 1582 until the complete conversion of the Gregorian calendar was entirely done in 1929.

Events

January 7 – Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia, following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I; the Time of Troubles starts.
April 13 – Edict of Nantes: Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics; this is considered the end of the French Wars of Religion.
April 30 – Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Oñate holds America's first Thanksgiving celebration
May – Tycho Brahe's star catalogue Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica, listing the positions of 1,004 stars, is published.
May 2 – The Peace of Vervins ends the war between France and Spain.

August 14 – Battle of the Yellow Ford in Ireland: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, gains victory over an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal in the Nine Years' War against English rule.
September 13 – Philip III of Spain starts to rule on the death of his father.
September 25 – Battle of Stångebro at Linköping in Sweden: The Catholic King Sigismund of Sweden and Poland is defeated in his attempt to resume control of Sweden by the Protestant forces of his uncle, Charles. Sigismund is deposed shortly thereafter.
Autumn – Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia: After being separated from the main Dutch fleet of Admiral Wybrand Van Warwyck, three ships under Jacob Corneliszoon van Neck land on the island which they name Mauritius, after Maurice, Prince of Orange, and sight the dodo.
December 16 (November 19 (lunar calendar)) – Battle of Noryang: An allied Korean and Chinese fleet under Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin and Chinese Admiral Chen Lin defeats the Japanese navy, ending the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98).^[1]
December 21 – Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelantaro, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile; all Spanish cities south of the Bío Bío River eventually fall victim to the Destruction of the Seven Cities by the Mapuches, and all conquest of Mapuche territories by Europeans practically ceases until the later 19th century Occupation of Araucanía.

Pentecost – Calvinist congregations in Zürich introduce music into their services.^[2]
Philosopher Tommaso Campanella organizes an uprising in Calabria against the rule of the Spanish viceroy; he is captured, tortured and sentenced to 27 years in jail.
The Parliament of England passes an act that allows transportation of convicts to colonies.
Illustrations of Ottoman Turkish and European riflemen, with detailed illustrations of their firearms, appear in Zhao Shizhen's book Shenqipu in this year, during the Ming dynasty of China.

January 6 – Tsar Feodor I of Russia (b. 1557)
January 8 – John George, Elector of Brandenburg, Margrave and Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia (b. 1525)
January 9 – Jasper Heywood, English classicist and translator (b. 1553)
March 4 or 5 – Lucas Maius, Lutheran Reformation pastor, theologian and playwright (b. 1522)
April 10 – Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (b. 1548)
May 3 – Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
June – Emery Molyneux, English maker of globes and instruments (date of birth unknown)
June 28 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (b. 1527)
August 4 – William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English statesman (b. 1520)
September 13 – Philip II of Spain (b. 1527)
September 18 – Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536)
December 15 – Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Dutch writer and statesman (b. 1538)
December 16 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean naval leader (b. 1545)
date unknown
- Abdulla Khan, Uzbek/Turkoman ruler
- Nicolas Pithou, French lawyer and author (b. 1524)

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Gregorian calendar	1598 MDXCVIII
Ab urbe condita	2351
Armenian calendar	1047 ԹՎ ՌԽԷ
Assyrian calendar	6348
Bengali calendar	1005
Berber calendar	2548
English Regnal year	40 Eliz. 1 – 41 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2142
Burmese calendar	960
Byzantine calendar	7106–7107
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 4294 or 4234 — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 4295 or 4235
Coptic calendar	1314–1315
Discordian calendar	2764
Ethiopian calendar	1590–1591
Hebrew calendar	5358–5359
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1654–1655
- Shaka Samvat	1520–1521
- Kali Yuga	4699–4700
Holocene calendar	11598
Igbo calendar	598–599
Iranian calendar	976–977
Islamic calendar	1006–1007
Japanese calendar	Keichō 3 (慶長３年)
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3931
Minguo calendar	314 before ROC 民前314年
Thai solar calendar	2140–2141
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