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May 17: Anne of Denmark.

1590 (MDXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1590

January–June

• January 11 – The Cortes of Castile approves a new subsidy, the "millones".
• March – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, takes Breda by concealing 68 of his best men in a peat-boat to get through the impregnable defences.
• March 14 – Battle of Ivry: Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne.
• May – August – Henry IV of France unsuccessfully attempts to besiege Paris. Henry is forced to raise the siege when the Duke of Parma comes to its rescue with a Spanish army.
• May 17 – Anne of Denmark is crowned queen of Scotland.
• May 21 – Treaty of Ferhat Pasha between Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Persia. Ottomans annex Caucasus.

July–December

• August 18 – John White, governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply-trip to England and finds his settlement deserted. After the unsuccessful search, he returned to England on October 24.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

• September 15 – Urban VII succeeds Sixtus V as the 228th pope; he dies of malaria twelve days later.
• September 15 – The Neulengbach earthquake causes significant damage and some loss of life in Lower Austria and Vienna; effects felt as far as Bohemia Silesia
• December 5 – Gregory XIV succeeds Urban VII as the 229th pope.
• December 7 – Agnes Sampson is questioned by King James VI of Scotland and confesses to practising witchcraft.

Undated

• Orthodox Patriarch Meletius I of Alexandria succeeds Silvester.
• Japan is united by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
• The Spanish are pushed out of southern Gelderland by the Dutch forces.
• A group of English merchants gains the right to trade in Ottoman territory in return for supplying the sultan with iron, steel, brass and tin for his war with Persia.

Births

• January 9 – Simon Vouet, French painter (d. 1649)
• January 30 – Lady Anne Clifford, English noblewoman (d. 1676)
• March 18 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Spanish and Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)
• April 18 – Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)
• May – William Cecil, 17th Baron de Ros (d. 1618)
• May 5 – Jakub Sobieski, Polish noble (d. 1646)
• May 12 – Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
• July 13 – Pope Clement X (d. 1676)
• July 26 – Johannes Crellius, Polish–German theologian (d. 1633)
• August 19 – Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)
• date unknown
  • William Bradford, English leader of Plymouth Colony (d. 1657)
  • Francis Burgersdyk, Dutch logician (d. 1629)
  • Isaac de Caus, French landscaper (d. 1648)
  • Theophilus Eaton, merchant (d. 1658)
  • Isaac Manasses de Pas, Marquis de Feuquieres, French soldier (d. 1640)
  • Roger Ludlow, one of the founders of the colony (later the state) of Connecticut (d. 1664)
  • Boris Morozov, Russian statesman and boyar (d. 1661)
  • Yamada Nagamasa, Japanese adventurer (d. 1630)
• probable
  • William Browne, English poet (d. 1645)
  • Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, Irish chronicler (d. 1643)
  • Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester (d. 1646)

Deaths

• February 1
  • Lawrence Humphrey, president of Magdalen College, Oxford (b. 1527)
  • Catherine of Ricci, Catholic prioress and saint (b. 1522)
• February 4 – Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian music theorist and composer (b. 1517)
• February 12 – François Hotman, French Protestant lawyer and writer (b. 1524)
• February 18 – Asahi no kata, Japanese lady, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's sister (b. 1543)
• February 21 – Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (b. 1528)
• April 6 – Francis Walsingham, English spymaster (b. 1530)
• May 9 – Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon French church leader and pretender to the throne (b. 1523)
• May 27 – Richard Hill, Richard Holiday, John Hogg and Edmund Duke, executed Roman Catholic priests
• June 19 – Mogami Yoshimori, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)
• June 28 – Hori Hidemasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1553)
• July 10 – Archduke Charles II of Austria, regent of Inner Austria (b. 1540)
• August 10
  • Hōjō Ujimasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1538)
  • Hōjō Ujiteru, Japanese warlord (b. 1540？)
• August 27 – Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)
• September 20 – Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534)
• September 27 – Pope Urban VII (b. 1521)
• September 29 – Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, Dutch politician and theologian (b. 1522)
• October 4 – Jacques Cujas, French legal expert (b. 1520)
• October 12 – Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543)
• October 23 – Bernardino de Sahagún, Franciscan missionary (b. 1499)
• November 18 – George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)
• November 29 – Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
• December 20 – Ambroise Paré, French surgeon (b. 1510)
• date unknown
  • Nicholas Bobadilla, one of the first Jesuits (b. 1511)
  • Roger Dudley, British soldier (b. 1535)
  • Sorley Boy MacDonnell, Irish chieftain (b. 1505)
  • Juan Bautista de Pomar, Spanish colonial historian and writer
• probable
  • Bernard Palissy, French potter (b. 1510)

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May 17: Anne of Denmark.

Year 1590 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1590

January - June

• January 11 - The Cortes of Castile approve a new subsidy, the "millones".
• March - Maurice of Nassau, takes Breda by concealing 68 of his best men in a peat-boat to get through the impregnable defences.
• March 4 - Lancelot Andrewes, a chaplain of Queen Elizabeth I of England, preaches an outspoken sermon in her presence.
• 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 rescue with a Spanish army.
• May 17 - Anne of Denmark is crowned queen of Scotland.

July - December

• August 18 - John White, the governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply-trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

• September 15 - Pope Urban VII succeeds Sixtus V as the 228th pope; he dies of malaria twelve days later.
• December 5 - Pope Gregory XIV succeeds Urban VII as the 229th pope.
• December 7 - Agnes Sampson is questioned by King James VI of Scotland and confesses to practising witchcraft.

Undated

• Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria Meletius I succeeds Silvester.
• Japan is united by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
• The Spanish are pushed out of southern Gelderland by the Dutch forces.

Births

• January 9 - Simon Vouet, French painter (died 1649)
• January 30 - Lady Anne Clifford, English noblewoman (died 1676)
• March 18 - Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Spanish and Portuguese historian and poet (died 1649)
• April 18 - Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (died 1617)
• May - William Cecil (died 1618)
• May 5 - Jakub Sobieski, Polish noble (died 1646)
• May 12 - Cosimo II de' Medici (died 1621)
• July 13 - Pope Clement X (died 1676)
• July 26 - Johannes Crellius, Polish–German theologian (died 1633)
• August 19 - Henry Rich, English soldier (d. 1649)
• date unknown
  • William Bradford, English leader of Plymouth Colony (died 1657)
  • Francis Burgersdyk, Dutch logician (died 1629)
  • Isaac de Caus, French landscaper (died 1648)
  • Theophilus Eaton, merchant (died 1658)
  • Isaac Manasses de Pas, French soldier (died 1640)
  • Roger Ludlow, one of the founders of the colony (later the state) of Connecticut (died 1664)
  • Boris Morozov, Russian statesman and boyar (died 1661)
  • Yamada Nagamasa, Japanese adventurer (died 1630)
• probable
  • William Browne, English poet (died 1645)
  • Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, Irish chronicler (died 1643)
  • Henry Somerset (died 1646)

See also 1590 births.

Deaths

• February 1
  • Lawrence Humphrey, president of Magdalen College, Oxford (born 1527)
  • Catherine of Ricci, Catholic prioress and saint (born 1522)
• February 4 - Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian music theorist and composer (born 1517)
• February 12 - François Hotman, French Protestant lawyer and writer (born 1524)
• February 18 - Asahi no kata, Japanese lady, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's sister (born 1543)
• April 6 - Francis Walsingham, English spymaster (born 1530)
• May 9 - Charles French church leader and pretender to the throne (born 1523)
• June 19 - Mogami Yoshimori, Japanese warlord(born 1521)
• June 28 - Hori Hidemasa, Japanese warlord(born 1553)
• July 10 - Archduke Charles II of Austria, regent of Inner Austria (born 1540)
• August 10
  • Hōjō Ujimasa, Japanese warlord (born 1538)
  • Hōjō Ujiteru, Japanese warlord (born 1540？)
• August 27 - Pope Sixtus V (born 1521)
• September 20 - Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (born 1534)
• September 27 - Pope Urban VII (born 1521)
• September 29 - Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, Dutch politician and theologian (b. 1522)
• October 4 - Jacques Cujas, French legal expert (born 1520)
• October 12 - Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (born 1543)
• October 23 - Bernardino de Sahagún, Franciscan missionary (born 1499)
• November 18 - George Talbot, English statesman (born 1528)
• November 29 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (born 1547)
• December 20 - Ambroise Paré, French surgeon (born 1510)
• date unknown
  • Nicholas Bobadilla, one of the first Jesuits (born 1511)
  • José Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva, Portuguese explorer (born 1539)
  • Roger Dudley, British soldier (born 1535)
  • Sorley Boy MacDonnell, Irish chieftain (born 1505)
  • Juan Bautista de Pomar, Spanish colonial historian and writer
• probable
  • Bernard Palissy, French potter (born 1510)

See also 1590 deaths.

Fictional 1590

• Mark Twain's book The Mysterious Stranger takes place in Austria in 1590.

People of the year 1590 at Familypedia

8 people were born in 1590

1 children were born to the 1 women born in 1590

7 people died in 1590

309 people lived in 1590

Events of the year 1590 at Familypedia

9 people were married in 1590.

There were 0 military battles in 1590.