1593 (Redirected from AD 1593)

Millennium: 2nd millennium
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June 22: Battle of Sisak
1593 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1593
MDXCIII
Ab urbe condita2346
Armenian calendar1042
ԹՎ ՌԽԲ
Assyrian calendar6343
Balinese saka calendar1514–1515
Bengali calendar1000
Berber calendar2543
English Regnal year35 Eliz. 1 – 36 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar2137
Burmese calendar955
Byzantine calendar7101–7102
Chinese calendar壬辰年 (Water Dragon)
4289 or 4229
    — to —
癸巳年 (Water Snake)
4290 or 4230
Coptic calendar1309–1310
Discordian calendar2759
Ethiopian calendar1585–1586
Hebrew calendar5353–5354
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1649–1650
 - Shaka Samvat1514–1515
 - Kali Yuga4693–4694
Holocene calendar11593
Igbo calendar593–594
Iranian calendar971–972
Islamic calendar1001–1002
Japanese calendarBunroku 2
(文禄2年)
Javanese calendar1513–1514
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3926
Minguo calendar319 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..."
  • April 18Anglo-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.
  • 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.
  • May 5 – "Dutch church libel" bills posted in London threaten Protestant refugees from France and the Netherlands, alluding to Christopher Marlowe's plays.
  • May 12 – English dramatist Thomas Kyd is arrested over the "Dutch church libel". "Atheist" literature found in his home is claimed to be Marlowe's.
  • May 18 – A warrant for the arrest of Christopher Marlowe is issued. On May 20 he presents himself to the Privy Council.
  • May 30Christopher Marlowe is stabbed to death in a dispute over a bill at a lodging house in Deptford.
  • 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.
  • June 22Battle of Sisak in Croatia: The Habsburgs defeat the Ottoman Empire.

July–September

  • July 25 – As he promised in January, Henry IV of France abjures Protestantism at the Basilica of Saint-Denis. Legend attributes to him the saying Paris vaut bien une messe ("Paris is well worth a mass").
  • July 29 – The 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

Saint 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

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