February 12 » Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.
May 12 » London playwright Thomas Kyd is arrested and tortured by the Privy Council for libel.
May 18 » Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
June 22 » Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Ottomans.
July 25 » Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
August 27 » Pierre Barrière failed an attempt to assassinate Henry IV of France.
January 17 » During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
April 27 » The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha; the site of the incineration is now the location of the Church of Saint Sava, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world.
May 24 » Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
August 23 » Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory.
June 25 » Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
August 3 » Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
November 25 » Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri.
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