1596
Siege of Cadiz
Assists Essex on his Cadiz expedition
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Browse historical records dated to 1596. Records are rendered from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Assists Essex on his Cadiz expedition
Rene Descartes is born at La Haye en Touraine to Joachim Descartes and Jeanne Brochard.
Dies of dysentery on board his ship
Death of Francis Knollys
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