What is 1597?
{{Year nav|1597}} {{Year in various calendars|1597}} {{Year article header|1597}} == Events == * [[17 January]] – A court case in Guildford recorded evidence that a certain plot of land was used for playing “kreckett” (i.e., [[cricket]]) as early as [[1550]]. * [[January 24]] – [[Battle of Turnhout (1597)|Battle of Turnhout]]. [[Maurice of Nassau]] defeats a Spanish force under Jean de Rie of Varas in the Netherlands * [[February 5]] – In [[Nagasaki]], Japan, 26 people were [[martyr]]ed. They practiced [[Catholicism]] and were taken captive after all forms of [[Christianity]] were outlawed the previous year. * The first [[opera]] is considered to have been written. * [[Bali]] discovered by the Dutch explorer [[Cornelis Houtman]] * [[Abbas I of Safavid|Abbas I]] ends the [[Uzbekistan|Uzbek]] raids on his lands. * [[Yaqob of Ethiopia|Yaqob]] succeeds his father Sarsa Dengel as Emperor of [[Ethiopia]] * First edition of [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Francis Bacon]]'s ''Essays'' published. [[Category:1597| ]]