1599

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s

Years: 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 - 1599 - 1600 1601 1602 1603 1603 1604

• Swedish king Sigismund III Vasa is replaced by his brother Charles IX of Sweden

Births

• March 22 - Anthonis van Dyck[?], painter (+ 1641)
• April 25 - Oliver Cromwell, later Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland
• John Alden, English settler of the Plymouth Colony, passenger of the Mayflower

Deaths

• April 10 - Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress to French king, Henri IV