1597

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

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1597 Media

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  October 26: Battle of Myeongnyang

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  Andreas Libavius's Alchemia, an early chemistry text, is published.

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  Henry Gage

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  Willem Barentsz, portret. 16e/17e eeuws, dus vrij van auteursrechten /Portrait engraving of Willem Barents, a Dutch explorer.

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  Petrus Canisius

1597 (MDXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1597th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 597th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 16th century, and the 8th year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1597, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• 17 January – A court case in Guildford recorded evidence that a certain plot of land was used for playing “kreckett” (i.e., cricket) as early as 1550.
• January 24 – Battle of Turnhout. Maurice of Nassau defeats a Spanish force under Jean de Rie of Varas in the Netherlands
• February 5 – In Nagasaki, Japan, 26 people were martyred. They practiced Catholicism and were taken captive after all forms of Christianity were outlawed the previous year.
• 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.
• Yaqob succeeds his father Sarsa Dengel as Emperor of Ethiopia
• First edition of Francis Bacon's Essays published.