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1597

Years: 1594 1595 1596 - 1597 - 1598 1599 1600

Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s

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

Events

• January 24 - Battle of Turnhout. Maurice of Nassau defeats a Spanish force under Jean de Rie of Varas in the Netherlands
• The first opera is considered to have been written.
• Bali discovered by the Dutch explorer Cornelis Houtman

Births

• Pieter Saenredam, Dutch painter

Deaths

• Willem Barents, Dutch navigator and explorer.

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