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June 4 – The Bishops' Ban of 1599: Middleton's Microcynicon: Six Snarling Satires and Marston's Scourge of Villainy are publicly burned as the English ecclesiastical authorities crack down on the craze for satire in the past year.
C. João Cabral; William Campion (Jesuit) Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle; Méric Casaubon; Filippo Casoni (bishop) Anne Lake Cecil, Lady Ros; Henri de Talleyrand-Périgord, comte de Chalais
1599 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1599th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 599th year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th year of the 16th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of ...
1599 22 January – Robert Petre, 3rd Baron Petre (died 1638) 12 February – Thomas Whitmore, politician (died 1677) 1 March – John Mennes, admiral (died 1671) 9 April – Sir Thomas Mauleverer, 1st Baronet (died 1655) 25 April – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (died 1658)
Events from the year 1599 in art. Events. July 23 - Caravaggio receives his first public commission for paintings. Works. Caravaggio, Basket of Fruit.
Anthony van Dyck was born in Antwerp on 22 March 1599 as the seventh of 12 children of his parents. He was baptized the next day in the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk (now the Antwerp Cathedral) [5] His father was Frans van Dyck, a well-to-do silk merchant. His mother was Maria Cupers (or Cuypers), daughter of Dirk Cupers (or Cuypers) and Catharina ...
It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men. It was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and stayed open until the London theatre closures of 1642.
Edmund Spenser (/ ˈ s p ɛ n s ər /; born 1552 or 1553; died 13 January O.S. 1599) [2] [3] was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and he is considered one of the ...