1597 - Definition and Overview
Years:
1594
1595
1596
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1597
-
1598
1599
1600
Decades
:
1560s
1570s
1580s
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1590s
-
1600s
1610s
1620s
Centuries
:
15th century
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16th century
-
17th century
1597 state leaders
Events
January 24
-
Battle of Turnhout
.
Maurice of Nassau
defeats a Spanish force under Jean de Rie of Varas in the Netherlands
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.
Births
Pieter Saenredam, Dutch painter
Deaths
October 9
-
Ashikaga Yoshiaki
, Ashikaga shogun
Willem Barents
,
Dutch
navigator and explorer.
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