Ruins of the penitentiary on Sarah Island, part of the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station in Tasmania, Australia. Picture credit: Scott Davis
In the year 1598, Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia (Feb 21), Tycho Brahe publishes his star catalogue, listing the positions of 1004 stars (May), an allied Korean and Chinese fleet defeats the Japanese navy, ending the Japanese invasions of Korea (Dec 19), the Parliament of England passes the Vagabonds Act, that allows transportation of convicts to colonies, the Kingdom of Nuevo México is founded – and all these fine people were born:
1598-xxxx Bonaventura Cavalieri* Italian mathematician - Milan, Duchy of Milan, Hapsburg Spain (1647/c. 49)
1598-xxxx Jean Nicolet* explorer of North America/translator - Cherbourg, Kingdom of France (1642/c. 44)
1598-xxxx Guðríður Símonardóttir* Icelandic fisherman’s wife abducted by Barbary pirates/sold as a slave and concubine in Algeria/ ransomed by the Danish king - Iceland (1682/84)
1598-0123 François Mansart* architect – Paris, Kingdom of France (1666/68)
1598-0312 Guillaume Colletet* poet - Paris, Kingdom of France (1659/60)
1598-0313 Johannes Loccenius* (b Johan Locken) German jurist/historian/ active in Sweden - Itzehoe, Holstein (1677/79)
1598-0325 Robert Trelawney* merchant/ colonist in Maine/politician - England (1643/45)
1598-0409 Johann Crüger* (b Jan Krygar) teacher/ cantor/composer of well-known hymns - n Groß Breesen, (1662/63)
1598-0417 Giovanni Battista Riccioli* astronomer/priest – Ferrara, Italy (1671/73)
1598-0427 Michael van Langren (B) astronomer/cartographer (lunar) – Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (1675/77)
1598-0523 Claude Mellan* draughtsman/ engraver/painter - Abbeville, Kingdom of France (1688/c. 90)
1598-0604 Åke Tott* Swedish soldier/field marshall – Kirkniemi, Lohja, Sweden-Finland (1640/42)
1598-0615 Arvid Forbus* (b Forbes) baron/general/w Scottish roots – Porvoo, Sweden-Finland (1665/66)
1598-0706 Kirsten Munk* Danish noble/ the second spouse of King Christian IV of Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark (1658/59)
1598-0729 Henricus Regius* Dutch philosopher/physician/professor of medicine - Utrecht (1679/80)
1598-0807 Georg Stiernhielm* (b Göran Olofsson) civil servant/ mathematician/linguist - Svartskär, Kingdom of Sweden (1672/73)
1598-0911 Imre Thurzó* Hungarian aristocrat - Nagybiccse, Kingdom of Hungary (1621/23)
1598-0924 Giovanni Francesco Busenello* lawyer/librettist/poet - Venice (1659/61)
1598-0927 Robert Blake* admiral/ recognised as the chief founder of England’s naval supremacy- Bridgwater, England (1657/58)
1598-1014 Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy* nobleman/marshal of France - KIngdom of France (1685/87)
1598-1017 Jørgen Knudsen Urne* nobleman/head of the armed forces - Halsted Abbey, Denmark (1642/43)
1598-1019 Isaac Commelin* historian/ manager of a charity hospital - Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (1676/77)
1598-1027 Lars Stigzelius* Archbishop of Uppsala - Stigsjö, Ångermanland, Kingdom of Sweden (1676/77)
1598-1104 Ernst Adalbert von Harrach* Austrian Catholic cardinal - Vienna, Austria (1667/68)
1598-1107 Francisco de Zurbarán (B) painter - Fuente de Santos, Extredemadura, Spanish Empire (1664/65)
1598-1128 Hans Nansen* Danish statesman/burgomaster - Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Denmark (1667/68)
1598-1207 Gian Lorenzo Bernini* sculptor – Naples, Kingdom of Naples (1680/81)
1598-1222 Henri de La Trémoille* nobleman/ general - Thouars, Kingdom of France (1674/75)
1598-1224 Margaret Stuart* the second daughter of the future King James VI of Scotland - Dalkeith Palace, Edinburgh (1600/1)
Updated 26.1.2022
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