1590s — in history
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1590
Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris.
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma · Henry IV of France · Siege of Paris (1590)
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1590
Philip Bell, British colonial governor (d. 1678)
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1590
John Webster, Colonial settler and governor of Connecticut (d. 1661)
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1590
John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
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1590
Simon Vouet, French painter (d. 1649)
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1590
Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne during the French Wars of Religion.
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1590
Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
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1590
Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
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1590
María de Zayas, Spanish writer (d. 1661)
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1590
Carlo Gesualdo, composer, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, murders his wife, Donna Maria d'Avalos, and her lover Fabrizio Carafa, the Duke of Andria at the Palazzo San Severo in Naples.
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1590
Daniel Seghers, Flemish Jesuit brother and painter (d. 1661)
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1590
William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (d. 1640)
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1590
John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
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1590
Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
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1590
Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
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1590
Luis de Carabajal the younger is tortured by the Inquisition in Mexico City.
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1590
Pope Clement X (d. 1676)
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1590
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1649)
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland · Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
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1590
Lady Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford (d. 1676)
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1590
Dietrich Reinkingk, German lawyer and politician (d. 1664)
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1590
Ii Naotaka, Japanese daimyo (d. 1659)
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1590
Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)
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1590
Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)
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1590
Dirck Coornhert, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and politician (b. 1522)
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1590
Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1517)
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1590
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (b. 1528)
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1590
Charles de Bourbon French cardinal and pretender to the throne (b. 1523)
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1590
Ambroise Paré, French physician and surgeon (b. 1510)
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1590
Lawrence Humphrey, English theologian and academic (b. 1527)
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1590
Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)
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1590
Pope Urban VII (b. 1521)
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1590
Bernardino de Sahagún, Spanish-born Franciscan, compiler of the Florentine Codex of Aztecs history in Mexico (b. 1499)
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1590
François Hotman, French lawyer and author (b. 1524)
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1590
Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter and educator (b. 1543)
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1590
George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician, Lord High Steward of Ireland (b. 1528)
George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury · Lord High Steward of Ireland
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1590
Charles II, Archduke of Austria (b. 1540)
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1590
Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
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1590
Francis Walsingham, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1532)
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1590
Lodovico Agostini, Italian priest, composer, and scholar (b. 1534)
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1591
Louise de Marillac, co-founder of the Daughters of Charity (d. 1660)
Louise de Marillac · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
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1591
Battle of Tondibi: In Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi dynasty led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.
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1591
Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)
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1591
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (d. 1655)
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1591
John Christian of Brieg, duke of Brzeg (d. 1639)
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1591
King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Mingyi Swa of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.
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1591
Franciscus Junius, pioneer of Germanic philology (d. 1677)
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1591
Bartholomeus Strobel, Silezian painter (d. 1650)
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1591
Pope Innocent IX is elected.
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1591
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (d. 1646)
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex · Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire
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1591
Friedrich Spee, German poet and author (d. 1635)
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1591
Settimia Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1638)
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1591
Guercino, Italian painter (d. 1666)
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1591
Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (d. 1660)
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1591
Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (d. 1643)
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1591
Pierre Le Muet, French architect (d. 1669)
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1591
Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (d. 1666)
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1591
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English earl (d. 1668)
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1591
John Blitheman, English organist and composer (b. 1525)
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1591
Pope Gregory XIV (b. 1535)
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1591
Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (d. 1666)
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1591
Vincenzo Galilei, Italian lute player and composer (b. 1520)
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1591
Robert Herrick, English poet and cleric (d. 1674)
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1591
Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)
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1591
Sen no Rikyu, Japanese exponent of the tea ceremony (b. 1522)
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1591
Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (b. 1550)
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1591
John of the Cross, Spanish priest and saint (b. 1542)
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1591
Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (b. 1568)
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1591
Christopher Hatton, English academic and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1540)
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1591
Richard Grenville, English admiral and politician (b. 1542)
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1591
Luis de León, Spanish poet and academic (b. 1527)
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1592
Wilhelm Schickard, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1635)
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1592
Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin, Yi Eok-gi, and Won Gyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu.
Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-98) · Battle of Hansan Island · Yi Sun-sin
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1592
Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (d. 1657)
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1592
Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter (d. 1656)
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1592
Charles Chauncy, English-American pastor, theologian, and academic (d. 1672)
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1592
Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer and diplomat (b. 1540)
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1592
Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor (d. 1666)
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1592
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, archbishop of Fermo (d. 1653)
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1592
Hong Taiji, Emperor of China (d. 1643)
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1592
Balthazar Gerbier, Dutch painter (d. 1663)
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1592
Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (d. 1660)
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1592
During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.
Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-98) · Toyotomi Hideyoshi · Pyongyang
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1592
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English courtier and politician (d. 1628)
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1592
The city of San Luis Potosí is founded.
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1592
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (d. 1676)
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1592
Pierre Gassendi, French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (d. 1655)
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1592
John Eliot, English lawyer and politician (d. 1632)
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1592
Nicholas Ferrar, Slovenian trader (d. 1637)
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1592
Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Catholic cardinal (d. 1675)
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1592
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer and educator (b. 1535)