Unix Timestamp: -11750054400
Thursday, August 28. 1597, 12:00:00 AM UTC

October ndash John Gerard, a Jesuit priest, escapes from the Tower of London.

September ndash Tycho Brahe leaves Rostock, where plague is spreading, and travels to Wandsbæk.

Battle of Chilcheollyang: The Japanese fleet defeats the Koreans. It is the only Japanese naval victory in the Imjin War.