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1599 Historical Event(s)
August 15, 1599
– Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
October 18, 1599
– Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Bathory in the Battle of Şelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.
December 25, 1599
– The city of Natal, Brazil is founded.
Who Were Born On 1599?
February 13, 1599
– Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667)
March 22, 1599
– Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (d. 1641)
April 25, 1599
– Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1658)
June 6, 1599
– Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)
August 14, 1599
– Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)
September 20, 1599
– Christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader (d. 1623)
September 25, 1599
– Francesco Borromini, Swiss Italian architect (d. 1667)
October 31, 1599
– Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)
November 11, 1599
– Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1655)