1597 - What happened in 1597 ?
April 1597
Wednesday 23:
Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance.
June 1597
Tuesday 24:
The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (on Java).
September 1597
Tuesday 16:
Yi Sun-sin leads 12 ships of the Korean fleet against an invasion by 133 Japanese ships. The Koreans sink 31 enemy ships and force a Japanese retreat.
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