March 14 – Ultimate Pi Day: the largest correspondence between calendar dates and significant digits of
pi since the introduction of the
Julian calendar according to the American method of writing the number of the month prior to the day.
The
Malta plague epidemic begins when galleys from the
Grand Duchy of Tuscany arrive on the island with 100 prisoners of war from
Egypt, and 20 ill crewmembers; over the next 18 months, 3,000 people on Malta die of the bubonic plague. [4]
Battle of Okpo: The Korean navy is victorious over Japan.
November 4 – (2nd waxing of Natdaw, 954 ME) In a war between what are now the nations of Myanmar and Thailand, the Army of Burma, led by King
Nanda Bayin Burma (Toungoo) begins its invasion of the
Kingdom of Siam (Ayutthaya), defended by King
Naresuan. [6]
December 4 –
Ryu Seong-ryong becomes the new Yeonguijeong (Chief State Councillor of the government of the Korean Empire, similar to Prime Minister) and serves until 1598.
December 21 – The city of
London begins publishing the Bill of Mortality, the first regular data of deaths from an epidemic, as the government reports its weekly survey of the number of burials in the 113 parishes of London of deaths from
bubonic plague. The death statistics continue to be published until December 18, 1595. [8]
^John Lothrop Motley, History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years' Truce to 1609 (Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1895) p.146
^ James D. Tully, The History of Plague: As it Has Lately Appeared in the Islands of Malta, Gozo, Corfu, Cephalonia, Etc. Detailing Important Facts, Illustrative of the Specific Contagion of that Disease, with Particulars of the Means Adopted for Its Eradication (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821)
March 14 – Ultimate Pi Day: the largest correspondence between calendar dates and significant digits of
pi since the introduction of the
Julian calendar according to the American method of writing the number of the month prior to the day.
The
Malta plague epidemic begins when galleys from the
Grand Duchy of Tuscany arrive on the island with 100 prisoners of war from
Egypt, and 20 ill crewmembers; over the next 18 months, 3,000 people on Malta die of the bubonic plague. [4]
Battle of Okpo: The Korean navy is victorious over Japan.
November 4 – (2nd waxing of Natdaw, 954 ME) In a war between what are now the nations of Myanmar and Thailand, the Army of Burma, led by King
Nanda Bayin Burma (Toungoo) begins its invasion of the
Kingdom of Siam (Ayutthaya), defended by King
Naresuan. [6]
December 4 –
Ryu Seong-ryong becomes the new Yeonguijeong (Chief State Councillor of the government of the Korean Empire, similar to Prime Minister) and serves until 1598.
December 21 – The city of
London begins publishing the Bill of Mortality, the first regular data of deaths from an epidemic, as the government reports its weekly survey of the number of burials in the 113 parishes of London of deaths from
bubonic plague. The death statistics continue to be published until December 18, 1595. [8]
^John Lothrop Motley, History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years' Truce to 1609 (Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1895) p.146
^ James D. Tully, The History of Plague: As it Has Lately Appeared in the Islands of Malta, Gozo, Corfu, Cephalonia, Etc. Detailing Important Facts, Illustrative of the Specific Contagion of that Disease, with Particulars of the Means Adopted for Its Eradication (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821)