1596

1596 (MDXCVI), she blein vishee v'eh, ghow toshiaght Jelhune rere yn eaillere Gregoiragh as blein vishee ghow toshiaght Jerdein rere feaillere Yool.

Taghyrtyn
 9 Averil – Çhennid Calais: Ren sidooryn Spaainagh taartyn Calais.
 18 Boaldyn – Daag Willem Barents Vlie, er e hrass marrinys Arctagh, as e varrinys jerrinagh.
 10 Mean Souree – Ren Willem Barents as Jacob van Heemskerk feddyn magh Ellan ny Maghouinyn.
 17 Mean Souree – Ren Willem Barents feddyn magh Spitsbergen.
 Luanistyn – Ren David Fabricius feddyn magh dooghys caghlaaee yn rollage Mira.
 Date gyn fys
 Ren y Gorley Doo roshtyn ayrnyn jeh'n Oarpey.

Ruggyryn
 13 Jerrey Geuree – Jan van Goyen, peinteyr Ollanagh (b. 1656)
 31 Mayrnt – René Descartes, fallsoonagh as maddaghteyr Frangagh (b. 1650)
 9 Boaldyn – Abraham van Diepenbeeck, peinteyr Ollanagh (b. 1675)
 10 Luanistyn – Lorentz Eichstadt, maddaghteyr as rollageyder Germaanagh (b. 1660)
 23 Mean Fouyir – Joan Blaeu, kaartgrafee Ollanagh (b. 1673)
 24 Nollick – Leonaert Bramer, peinteyr Ollanagh (b. 1674)
 Date gyn fys
 Pocahontas, ben-phrinse Algonkagh (Americaanagh Dooghyssagh) (b. 1617)

Baaseyn
 28 Jerrey Geuree – Y Reejerey Francis Drake, ronseyder, captan marrey, roosteyr marrey, lhuingeysseyr, traghtalagh sleab, as politickeyr ( 1540)
 6 Boaldyn – Giaches de Wert, cummeyder Flandrynagh (r. 1535)
 10 Jerrey Souree – Alessandro Alberti, peinteyr Iddaalagh (r. 1551)
 3 Jerrey Fouyir – Florent Chrestien, screeudeyr Frangagh (r. 1541)