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June 22: Battle of Sisak
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Minguo calendar
319 before ROC
民前319年
Nanakshahi calendar125
Thai solar calendar2135–2136
Tibetan calendar阳水龙年
(male Water-Dragon)
1719 or 1338 or 566
    — to —
阴水蛇年
(female Water-Snake)
1720 or 1339 or 567

1593 (MDXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1593rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 593rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 93rd year of the 16th century, and the 4th year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1593, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

January–March

April–June

  • April 10 – The English Parliament enacts a law for the first military disability pension in British history, titled "An Acte for relief of Soudiours". The Act states that "forasmuch as it is agreable with Christian Charity Policy and the Honour of our Nation, that such as have since the 25th day of March 1588, adventured their lives and lost their limbs or disabled their bodies, or shall hereafter adventure the lives, lose their limbs or disable their bodies, in defence and service of Her Majesty and the State, should at their return be relieved and rewarded to the end that they may reap the fruit of their good deservings, and others may be encouraged to perform like endeavors..."[6]
  • April 18 – Anglo-Spanish War: Naval Battle of Blaye in the Gironde estuary sees a Spanish victory over the blockading English fleet, allowing the Spanish to relieve the French Catholic garrison of Blaye.[7]
  • After April – William Shakespeare's poem Venus and Adonis probably becomes his first published work, printed in London from his own manuscript. In his lifetime it will be his most frequently reprinted work: at least nine times.[8]
  • May 5 – "Dutch church libel" bills posted in London threaten Protestant refugees from France and the Netherlands, alluding to Christopher Marlowe's plays.
  • Atheist" literature found in his home is claimed to be Marlowe's.[9]
  • Privy Council
    .
  • May 30 – Christopher Marlowe is stabbed to death in a dispute over a bill at a lodging house in Deptford.[10]
  • June 7 – Battle of Salbertrand in Piedmont: Victory of François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières, over the Spanish of Rodrigue Alvarez of Toledo, allies of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy.[11]
  • Habsburgs defeat the Ottoman Empire.[12]

July–September

  • July 25 – As he promised in January, Henry IV of France abjures Protestantism at the Basilica of Saint-Denis.[13] Legend attributes to him the saying Paris vaut bien une messe ("Paris is well worth a mass").[14]
  • Long War
    breaks out in Hungary between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans.
  • August 3 – Poland's council of nobles, the Sejm, grants permission to King Sigismund III Vasa and his wife, Queen consort Anne, to travel to Sweden to claim the Swedish crown.
  • August 24 – After losing the Battle of Sisak two months earlier, the Ottoman Empire attacks the Austrian fortress guarding the city and breaks through its walls with cannon fire, forcing its surrender on August 30.
  • September 10 – With no fortress or troops to defend Croatia, Ottoman General Mehmed Pasha captures the city of Sisak. Selânikî Mustafa Efendi, Tarih-i Selânikî (Türk Tarih Kurumu, 1999)

October–December

Date unknown


Births

January–June

Jean de Brebeuf
Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena
Cesare Monti
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg

July–December

William, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Sixtinus Amama
Liborius Wagner

Date unknown

Deaths

Emperor Ogimachi
The Marlowe portrait, often claimed to be Christopher Marlowe, playwright

References

  1. ^ Katz, Brigit (2018). "Thailand Drops Charges Against Historian Who Questioned the Facts Around Historic 16th-Century Duel". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  2. ISBN 978-0-87052-394-6
    .
  3. ^ Kenneth M. Swope, A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592–1598 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2009) p.156
  4. ISBN 978-0-275-95823-7
    .
  5. ^ "and Mathematics in the Sixteenth Century", by David Eugene Smith, in Annals of Medical History (July 1917) p.131
  6. ^ Papers Illustrative of the Origin and Early History of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea (Antiposi Verlag, 2023, reprint of 1872) p.5
  7. ISBN 9782921668194
    .
  8. ISBN 0-19-860634-6
    .
  9. S2CID 151720064
    . Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  10. Hotson, Leslie (1925). The Death of Christopher Marlowe
    . London: Nonesuch Press.
  11. ISBN 9782600314688
    .
  12. ISBN 978-0-86356-775-9
    .
  13. ISBN 9782876737518
    .
  14. ISBN 9782226379887
    .
  15. ^ Mark C. Fissel, English Warfare, 1511–1642; Warfare and History. London: Routledge, 2001) p.183 After being halted by winter weather, the Spanish resume the siege in March but abandon it by May 6.
  16. ^ Hewinson, James King (1912). Dumfriesshire. Cambridge University Press. p. 93.
  17. ^ Donald F. Lach, Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume I: The Century of Discovery (University of Chicago Press, 2008) p.721
  18. ^ British Library Harley MS 7553.
  19. ^ Tietoa Laukaasta – Laukaa.fi (in Finnish)
  20. ^ "Khwaja Usman". Banglapedia. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  21. ISBN 978-1-56731-858-6
    .
  22. ISBN 978-0-8014-1014-7
    .
  23. ISBN 978-0-271-01787-7
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  24. ISBN 978-0-333-25292-5
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  25. ^ John Penry (1944). The Notebook of John Penry, 1593. Offices of the Royal Historical Society. p. vii.
  26. ^ British Museum. Department of Printed Books. King's Library; William Shakespeare; Christopher Marlowe (1964). William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, and Christopher Marlowe, 1564-1593: An Exhibition of Books, Manuscripts, and Other Illustrative Material Held in the King's Library of the British Museum, 23 April to 12 July, 1964. British Museum. p. 4.
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