1598
| Years: 1595 1596 1597 - 1598 - 1599 1600 1601 | |
| Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century 1598 in art 1598 state leaders | |
Events
- January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I
- April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. Considered the end of the French Wars of Religion.
- May 2 - Peace of Vervins - End of war between France and Spain
- September 25 - Battle of Stĺngebro. The Catholic King Sigismund of Sweden and Poland is defeated in his attempt to resume control of Sweden by the Protestant forces of his uncle, Charles Albert. Sigismund is deposed shortly thereafter.
- Philosopher Tommaso Campanella organizes an uprising in Calabria against the rule of Spanish viceroy - he is captured and sentenced for 27 years in jail
- Irish rebellion against the English rule - rebel victory at battle of the Yellow Ford
- Parliament of England passes an act that allows transportation of convicts to colonies
Births
- April 17 - Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian astronomer (died 1671)
- April 23 - Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (died 1653)
- July 31 - Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (died 1654)
- August 7 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish civil servant (died 1672)
- September 23 - Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1655)
- November 7 - Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (died 1664)
- November 28 - Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (died 1667)
- December 7 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor (died 1680)
- Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician (died 1647)
- Johan van Galen, Dutch naval officer (died 1653)
- Ralph Hopton, Royalist commander in the English Civil War (died 1652)
- Marmaduke Langdale, Royalist in the English Civil War (died 1661)
- Baldassarre Longhena, Venetian architect (died 1682)
- Jean Nicolet, French explorer (died 1642)
- Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1677)
- William Strode, English parliamentarian (died 1645)
- Ĺke Henriksson Tott, Swedish soldier and politician (died 1640)
Deaths
- January 6 - Feodor I of Russia, last Riurikid Tsar of Russia (born 1557)
- January 9 - Jasper Heywood, English classicist and translator (born 1553)
- May 3 - Anna Guarini, Italian virtuoso singer (born 1563)
- September 13 - Philip II of Spain (born 1527)
- September 18 - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese shogun (born 1536)
- December 15 - Philips van Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde, Dutch writer and statesman (born 1538)
- December 16 - Yi Sun-sin, Korean naval leader (born 1545)
- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English politician (born 1520)
- Johann Georg, Margrave and Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia (born 1525)
- Abdulla Khan, Uzbek/Turkoman ruler
- Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (born 1548)
- Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (born 1527)
- Nicolas Pithou, French lawyer and author (born 1524)