Unix Timestamp: -11847945600
Friday, July 22. 1594, 12:00:00 AM UTC

First voyage of Willem Barents in the Arctic Ocean in search of the North-east passage.

In Amsterdam, the Compagnie van Verre is created, with the goal of breaking the Portuguese monopoly on spice trade.

St. Paul\'s College, Macao is founded in Macau by Jesuits, being the first western style university in the far east.

Tulip bulbs planted by Carolus Clusius in the Hortus Botanicus Leiden, Holland, first flower.

After a 2-month siege, the city of Groningen submits to Dutch troops, bringing the whole northern Netherlands under the Republic