of Myeongnyang: The Koreans, commanded by Yi Sunsin, are victorious over a Japanese invasion fleet. November 12 – Lingen capitulates to forces led by Maurice of Nassau. Date unknown Abbas I ends the Uzbek raids on his lands. Yaqob succeeds his father Sarsa Dengel, as Emperor of Ethiopia at the age of 7. Jacopo Peri writes Dafne, now recognised as the first opera. The first edition of Francis Bacon's Essays is published. Andreas Libavius publishes Alchemia, a pioneering chemistry textbook. 12 million pesos of silver cross the Pacific. Although it is unknown just how much silver flowed from the Spanish base of Manila in the Philippines to the Ming Dynasty of China, it is known that the main port for the Mexican silver trade—Acapulco—shipped out 150,000 to 345,000 kg (4 to 9 million taels) of silver annually from this year to 1602. Tobias Hess corresponds with Simon Studion and agrees with him that the Papacy must fall in 1604. Births January–March January 12 – François Duquesnoy, Flemish Baroque sculptor in Rome (d. 1643) January 25 – Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, German Duke (d. 1639) January 31 – John Francis Regis, French Jesuit priest (d. 1640) February 24 – Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648) March 1 – Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652) March 10 – Ercole Gennari, Italian drawer and painter (d. 1658) March 18 – Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière, French nobleman, founder of Montreal and an order of nursing Sisters (d. 1659) March 21 – Juan Alonso y Ocón, Spanish Catholic prelate, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (d. 1656) March 27 – William Hyde, President of English College, Douai (d. 1651) April–June April 9 – John Davenport, English Puritan clergyman, co-founder of the American colony of New Haven (d. 1670) April 13 – Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Italian astronomer (d. 1660) April 23 – Alvise Contarini, Italian diplomat, nobleman (d. 1651) May 13 – Cornelis Schut, Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver (d. 1655) May 15 – Squire Bence, English politician (d. 1648) May 25 – Veit Erbermann, German theologian (d. 1675) May 31 – Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French author (d. 1654) June 9 – Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch painter (d. 1665) July–September July 2 – Theodoor Rombouts, Flemish painter (d. 1637) July 13 – Sebastian Stoskopff, French painter (d. 1657) July 22 – Virgilio Mazzocchi, Italian Baroque composer (d. 1646) July 29