1593
| Years: 1590 1591 1592 – 1593 – 1594 1595 1596 | |
| Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s – 1590s – 1600s 1610s 1620s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century 1593 state leaders | |
Events
- May 18 – Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
- July 25 – King Henry IV of France returns to Catholicism, and is recognized as King in most of France.
- Outbreak of the Long War in Hungary between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans.
- Mihai Viteazul becomes prince of Walachia.
Births
- April 3 – George Herbert, English poet and orator (d. 1633)
- April 13 – Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, English statesman (d. 1641)
- July 8 – Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)
- August 9 – Izaak Walton, English writer (d. 1683)
- September 22 – A. Matthäus Merian, Swiss cartographer (d. 1650)
- Paolo Agostino, Italian composer (d. 1629)
- Louis Barbier, French bishop (d. 1670)
- Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
- Andrej Kobav, Slovenian mathematician
- Georges de La Tour, French painter (d. 1652)
- Mumtaz Mahal, Indian wife of Shah Jahan I (d. 1631)
Deaths
- February 6 – Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)
- March 23 – Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and separatist (b. 1550)
- April 6 – John Greenwood, English Puritan and separatist (hanged)
- May 30 – Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1564)
- September 25 – Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (b. 1531)
- Giussepe Arcimboldo, Italian painter (b. 1527)
- William Harrison, English clergyman (b. 1534)
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