Historical Events
- Jan 30 Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII
- Mar 14 "Ultimate Pi day": on this day at 6.53am is the largest correspondence between calendar dates and significant digits of pi, since the introduction of the Julian calendar (3.141592653)
- May 29 Battle of Sacheon: Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin repels a Japanese fleet - first use of Korean Turtle ship
World Leaders in 1592
Elizabeth I
Queen of England and Ireland
Philip II
King of Spain
Famous People in 1592
William Shakespeare
Playwright
Famous People Born in 1592
- Jan 5 Shah Jahan, 5th Mughal Emperor of India (1628-58) who built the Taj Mahal for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, born in Lahore, Mughal Empire (d. 1666)
- Jan 14 Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India
- Jan 22 Pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher
- Jan 27 Pierre de La Barre, composer
- Mar 28 John Amos Comenius, Czech-speaking Moravian teacher, educator and writer, born in Margraviate of Moravia, Crown of Bohemia (Nivnice, Czech Republic) (d. 1670)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 5 Willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75
- Jan 6 John Casimir of Simmern, German prince and regent for his nephew, Elector Frederick IV (b. 1543)
- Feb 13 Jacopo Bassano, Italian painter
- Feb 29 Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (b. 1540)
- Mar 10 Michiel Coxcie, Flemish (court) painter and carpet designer, dies
