Explore 199 historical events from 1590–1599.
José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, SJ was a Spanish missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century. A highly influential figure in Brazil's h…
José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1534)
Willem Barentsz, anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer.
Willem Barentsz, Dutch cartographer and explorer (born 1550)
Sarsa Dengel, also known as Sarsa the Great, was Emperor of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His throne name was Malak Sagad I. He is considered one of the greatest…
Sarsa Dengel, Ethiopian emperor (born 1550)
The Imjin War was a series of two Japanese invasions of Korea: an initial invasion in 1592 also individually called the "Imjin War", a brief truce in 1596 between the conflicts, fo…
Imjin War: Thirteen Korean ships commanded by Admiral Yi Sun-sin defeated a far larger Japanese invading fleet at the…
Willem Barentsz, anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer.
Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk discover Bear Island
Willem Barentsz, anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer.
The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen
Peter Wtewael was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Peter Wtewael, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1660)
Johan Banér was a Swedish field marshal in the Thirty Years' War.
Johan Banér, Swedish field marshal (died 1641)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) was an intermittent conflict between Habsburg Spain and the Kingdom of England that was never formally declared. It began with England's military …
Anglo-Spanish War: English and Dutch troops sack the Spanish city of Cádiz before leaving the next day.
On October 19, 1596, the Spanish ship San Felipe was shipwrecked on Urado in Kōchi on the Japanese island of Shikoku en route from Manila to Acapulco. The local daimyo Chōsokabe …
The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities.
The Second Spanish Armada also known as the Spanish Armada of 1596 was a naval operation that took place during the Anglo–Spanish War. Another invasion of England or Ireland was at…
The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre forcing a…
Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein, was a German prince member of the House of Dietrichstein, Imperial Count (Reichsgraf) of Dietrichstein and owner of the Lordship of Nikolsburg …
Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein (died 1655)
Kotohito (Japanese: 政仁; IPA: [ko̞to̞çito̞]; 29 June 1596 – 11 September 1680, posthumously honored as Emperor Go-Mizunoo , was the 108th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditio…
Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (died 1680)
Jean Bolland, SJ was a Flemish Jesuit priest, theologian, and prominent hagiographer.
Jean Bolland, Flemish priest and hagiographer (died 1665)
Elizabeth Stuart was Electress of the Palatinate and briefly Queen of Bohemia as the wife of Frederick V of the Palatinate. The couple's selection for the crown by the nobles of Bo…
Elizabeth Stuart, queen of Bohemia (died 1662)
Frederick V was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and reigned as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620. He was forced to abdicate both roles…
Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king (died 1632)
Sir Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem, was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was also secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father…
Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (died 1687)
Giaches de Wert was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance, active in Italy. Intimately connected with the progressive musical center of Ferrara, he was one of the leade…
Giaches de Wert, Flemish-Italian composer (born 1535)
Jean Liébault was a doctor and agronomist, born in Dijon.
Jean Liebault, French agronomist and physician (born 1535)
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon was an English peer and courtier. He was the patron of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, William Shakespeare's playing company. The son of Mary Boleyn, he …
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (born 1526)
Hamnet Shakespeare was the only son of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of Judith Shakespeare. Hamnet died at the age of 11. Some Shakespearean scholar…
Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (born 1585)
Anna Jagiellon was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1575 to 1587.
Anna Jagiellon, Polish queen (born 1523)
Leonhard Rauwolf was a German physician, botanist, and traveller. His main notability arises from a trip he made through the Levant and Mesopotamia in 1573–75. The motive of the tr…
Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (born 1535)
Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby was the only surviving daughter of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland, and Lady Eleanor Brandon. Her maternal grandparents were Charles Bran…
Margaret Clifford, countess of Derby (born 1540)