1590

Historical Events in 1590

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Battle of Ivry

Mar 14 Battle of Ivry: French King Henry IV beats Catholic League during French Wars of Religion
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King Henry IV of France at the Battle of Ivry — King Henry IV of France at the Battle of Ivry

Apr 2 States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht
May 17 Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.

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Jul 6 English admiral Francis Drake takes Portuguese Forts at Taag

Admiral and Navigator Francis Drake — Admiral and Navigator
Francis Drake

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Jul 19 King Philip II's secretary Antonio Perez escapes jail

King of Spain Philip II — King of Spain
Philip II

Aug 14 Publication of Christopher Marlowe's play "Tamburlaine the Great" is recorded by Stationers' Company of London.
Aug 17 Governor of Roanoke Island colony, John White, returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he had left there 3 years earlier [or Aug 18, 1591]

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Aug 30 Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)

Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu — Shogun
Tokugawa Ieyasu

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Sep 5 Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris

King Henry IV of France — King
Henry IV of France

Sep 15 Giambattista Catagna elected as Pope Urban VII
Sep 27 Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
Dec 5 Niccolo Sfondrati chosen as Pope Gregory XIV

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