PEACH

History

1598

Population: 539 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Lope de Vega La Dragontea (about Drake's adventures), Ben Johnson Every Man in His Humor, Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing and Henry V, Juan de Mariana (kingship), John Florio (English-Italian dictionary), John Manwood (laws of the forest), Philibert Mareschal (guide to arts and sciences), Francis Meres (anthology of quotes), James of Scotland ("True monarchy" - kings as gods)
Art includes Jan Brueghel "Adoration of the Kings", El Greco, Reubens,
Exploration: Fourth circumnavigation of the world by Olivier van Noort
Philip III of Spain and Holland’s Staats-Generaland offer prizes for method of ascertaining longitude
Science: Carlo Ruini writes manual of veterinary science
Tycho Brahe writes account of discoveries and description of astronomical instruments – moves to Prague from Denmark where Kepler becomes his student
Deaths: King Philip II of Spain, Writer Marnix Van St. Aldegonde, Dramatist George Peele, Fydor (Fedor, Feyodor) I of Russia, Duke of the House of Este Alfonso II, Hideyoshi of Japan, Religious author Philip van Marnix

India: Mughal capital in India moved to Agra
End of famine
Japan: Death of Hideyoshi of Japan and successor Ieyasy Tokugawa restores shogunate which endures over 200 years
Korea: Korea fends off Japanese invasions
Korean Admiral Visunsin invents iron-clad worship
Pegu: Famine in Pegu (Bago Burma)

England: Steelyard – London headquarters of Hanseatic League – closed
Sir Thomas Bodley begins rebuilding library at Oxford
Globe theater built in London
Dutch trade with Lisbon banned by the Spaniards prompting Dutch campaign against Portugal
Treaty of Vervins between France and Spain – all conquests restored to France
France: Henry IV the first Bourbon king of France grants equal rights to Protestants (Huguenots) under Edict of Nantes - revoked 1685
Treaty of Ponts de Ce ends civil war
Reorganization of the U of Paris by Henry IV
Peace of Vervins – Philip II resigns claim to French crown – country united under Henry IV as single sovereign
Holland: Reubens named as member of Antwerp Painter's Guild
Ireland: Earl of Essex goes to Ireland
Italian States: After death of Duke Alfonso II – last of the House of Este – Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara
Russia: Death of Fydor I of Russia – Boris Godunov takes throne after formerly elected by national assembly
Spain: End of reign of Philip II - Philip III reigns