1597

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
February 5 - In Nagasaki, Japan, 26 people were martyred. They practiced catholicism and were taken captive after all forms of christianity were outlawed in 1596. The martyrs were marched to Nagasaki and were crucified.
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.

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