In the year 1599, the Kalmar Bloodbath takes place in Kalmar, Sweden (May 16), the Earl of Essex takes Cahir Castle in Ireland (May 29), a Dutch fleet returns to Amsterdam from the Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia, carrying large amounts of pepper, cloves and nutmeg (Jul 19), the Swedish King Sigismund is dethroned by his uncle Duke Charles (Jul 24), the Åbo Bloodbath takes place in Swedish Finland (Nov 10) and all these fine people were born:

1599-xxxx Simo Olkkoinen* farmer/condemned of witchcraft - Alavus, Finland (1661/c.62)

1599-0131 Juraj V Zrinski* Croatian Ban (viceroy)/warrior - Csáktornya, Kingdom of Hungary (1626/27)

1599-0322 Anthony van Dyck* the leading court painter in England - Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands (1641/42)

1599-0425 Oliver Cromwell* military/political leader – Huntingdon, Kingdom of England (1658/59)

1599-0606 Diego Velázquez*(B) painter – Seville, Spain (1660/61)

1599-0723 Stephanius* historian - Copenhagen, Denmark (1650/50)

1599-0907 Jacob Westerbaen* poet - the Hague, Netherlands (1670/70)
1599-0925 Francesco Borromini* architect - Bissone, the Old Swiss Confederacy (1667/67)

1599-1028 Marie of the Incarnation* (b Guyart) beatified Ursuline nun – Tours, Touraine, Kingdom of France (1672/72)

1599-1111 Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg* German princess/queen consort of Sweden/mother of Queen Christina – Königsberg, Prussia (1655/55)

1599-1211 Pieter Codde* painter - Amsterdam, Netherlands (1678/78)

Updated 25.2.2021
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