What is 1596?
{{Year nav|1596}} {{Year in various calendars|1596}} {{Year article header|1596}} == Births == *[[March 31]] – [[René Descartes]], [[French people|French]] [[philosopher]] and [[physicist]] *[[June 29]] – [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan]] *[[Micheal I of Russia]], [[Russia]]n [[Tsar]] == Deaths == *[[January 28]] – Sir [[Francis Drake]], [[English people|English]] [[explorer]] == Events == * [[Warsaw]] becomes the capital of [[Poland]]. * [[The Cudel War]] starts in [[Finland]] [[Category:1596| ]]