1593

1593 was a common year.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1560s  1570s  1580s  – 1590s –  1600s  1610s  1620s
Years:	1590 1591 1592 – 1593 – 1594 1595 1596

Events

• May 18 – Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
• June 22 – Ottoman Empire defeated in Battle of Sisak, their first defeat in Europe.
• July 25 – King Henry IV of France returns to Catholicism, and is recognized as King in most of France.

Births

• July 8 - Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter
• October 27 - Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal empress