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| Years: 1594 1595 1596 - 1597 - 1598 1599 1600 | |
| Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 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
Births
- Pieter Saenredam, Dutch painter
Deaths
- October 9 - Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Ashikaga shogun
- Willem Barents, Dutch navigator and explorer.
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