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Historical Events in 1595

Romeo and Juliet

Jan 29 William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" is thought to have been first performed. Officially published early 1597.

Apr 2 Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart Holland for Asia via the Cape of Good Hope on the 1st Dutch Expedition to the East Indies (Indonesia)

Apr 9 Spanish Mendaña and Queirós Expedition departs Callao, Peru, led by Alvaro de Mendan accompanied by 378 men, women and children in four ships to colonise the Solomon Islands (find Marquesas instead) [1]

May 2 King Philip II names Albert Archduke of Austria and his nephew Governor of the Hapsburg Netherlands

May 24 Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library

Jul 19 Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz, Austria

Jul 21 Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña is the first European to discover the Marquesas Island in Eastern Polynesia
Aug 23 Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni.
Sep 6 A polar bear attacks and kills a member of the Second Dutch Expedition to the Arctic on Stateneiland (northern Russia) [1]
Sep 17 Pope Clement VIII recognizes Henry IV as King of France
Oct 9 The Spanish army captures Cambrai
Oct 28 Battle at Giurgevo: Zsigmond Bathory of Transylvania beats Turks

Nov 22 English fleet led by Francis Drake and John Hawkins unsuccessfully attack San Juan, Puerto Rico during the Anglo-Spanish War [1]