1590

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s

Years: 1585 1586 1587 1588 1589 - 1590 - 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595

• March 14 - Battle of Ivry - Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League[?] under the Duc de Mayenne.
• May - August - Unsuccessful siege of Paris by Henry IV of France. Henry is forced to raise the siege when the Duke of Parma[?] comes to its relief with a Spanish army.
• May 17 - Anne of Denmark is crowned queen of Scotland.
• September 15 - Pope Urban VII succeeds Sixtus V.
• December 5 - Pope Gregory XIV succeeds Urban VII.
• Coptic Pope Gabriel VIII[?] succeeds Yoannis XIV[?].
• Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria Meletius I[?] succeeds Silvester[?].
• Japan is united by Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Births

• August 19 - baptize of Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English nobleman
• Andrew Bobola, Jesuit missionary and martyr.
• William Bradford, leader of the Pilgrim settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts.
• Gerald van Honthorst[?], painter.
• Simon Vouet[?], painter.

Deaths

• August 27 - Pope Sixtus V
• September 27 - Pope Urban VII
• Francis Walsingham, English spy
• Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter.
• Per Brahe, Gustavus Vasa Privy Councillor.