1596

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1560s  1570s  1580s  – 1590s –  1600s  1610s  1620s
Years:	1593 1594 1595 – 1596 – 1597 1598 1599

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1596 Media

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  October 24–26: Battle of Keresztes

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  TerborchGoyenuvportret

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  FransHalsPortretvanRenéDescartes

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  EmperorGoMizunoo

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  GheeraertsFrancisDrake

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  A portrait of Hattori Masanari aka Hattori Hanzo from the 17th century.

1596 (MDXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1596th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 596th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 16th century, and the 7th year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1596, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Births

• March 31 – René Descartes, French philosopher and physicist
• June 29 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan
• Micheal I of Russia, Russian Tsar

Deaths

• January 28 – Sir Francis Drake, English explorer

Events

• Warsaw becomes the capital of Poland.
• The Cudel War starts in Finland