1590s

1590s

Events

1590

* 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.
* August 18 - John White, the governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply-trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
* 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
* Seven-Year War - Japan invades Korea in 1592 and 1597.
* The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in China begins to neglect court affairs and grants his court eunuchs unprecedented power by allowing their bureaus the privilege to collect federal taxes from the provinces of China. Court eunuch leaders of the Directorate of Ceremonial would act as virtual, "de facto" dictators of the state, such as Wei Zhongxian in the 1620s.


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