Abolition of the Hanseatic League's privileges in England.
1598.
Toleration granted to the Huguenots.
Treaty of Vervins, securing peace between France and Spain.
Founding of the Bodleian Library at Oxford, England.
Shakespeare performs in his own plays at the new Globe theatre, London.
1599.
Essex sent to Ireland to crush the rebellion there; he treats with the rebel leader.
Attempt of Sigismund Vasa to establish Catholicism in Sweden; he loses the crown.
1600.