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1588 (MDLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1588th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 588th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 16th century, and the 9th … See more
January–June
• February – The Sinhalese abandon the siege of Colombo, capital of Portuguese Ceylon.
• February 9 – The sudden death of Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, … See more• January 17 – Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528)
• February 9 – Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (b. 1526)
• February 24 – Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515) See moreJanuary–June
• January 4 – Arnold Vinnius, Dutch lawyer (d. 1657)
• January 6 – Elizabeth Stanley, Countess of Huntingdon, English noblewoman and … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license Category:1588 - Wikipedia