Explore 99 historical events from 1590–1599.
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, also spelled Arcimboldi, was an Italian Mannerist painter best known for creating imaginative portraits in the shapes of human heads, though composed entirely …
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian painter (born 1527)
The Habsburg monarchy, also known as the Habsburg Empire or Habsburg Realm, and Danube Monarchy, was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that …
Habsburg troops defeated a larger Ottoman force at the Battle of Sisak in the Kingdom of Croatia, triggering the Long Tu
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…
During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although…
Wilhelm Schickard was a German professor of Hebrew and astronomy who became famous in the second part of the 20th century after Franz Hammer, a biographer of Johannes Kepler, claim…
Wilhelm Schickard, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1635)
Alice Barnham, Viscountess St Albans was the wife of English scientific philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon.
Alice Barnham, wife of statesman Francis Bacon (died 1650)
Pierre d'Hozier, seigneur de la Garde, was a French genealogist.
Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (died 1660)
Johan Björnsson Printz was a Swedish military officer and colonial official. He served as the 3rd governor of New Sweden, the Swedish colony in North America, from 1643 until 1653.
Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden (died 1663)
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance. He was born in Verona and died in Cremona. Even though he spent most of his life working in northern Italy, …
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer and educator (born 1535)
Armand de Gontaut, Baron of Biron was a soldier, diplomat and Marshal of France. Beginning his service during the Italian Wars, Biron served in Italy under Marshal Brissac and Guis…
Armand de Gontant, French marshal (born 1524)
Alexander Farnese was an Italian noble and military leader, who was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1586 to 1592, as well as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 t…
The Duke of Parma is defeated near the Dutch city of Nijmegen by an Anglo-Dutch force led by Maurice of Orange.
Johann Adam Schall von Bell was a German Jesuit, astronomer and instrument-maker. He spent most of his life as a missionary in China and became an adviser to the Shunzhi Emperor of…
Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (died 1666)
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, also known as Yashar Mi-Qandia, was a rabbi, author, physician, mathematician, and music theorist.
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (died 1655)
Anne Hutchinson was an English-born religious figure who was an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the nascent Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 16…
Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (died 1643)
Sen no Rikyū , also known simply as Rikyū, was a Japanese tea master considered the most important influence on the Japanese tea ceremony, particularly the tradition of wabi-cha. H…
Sen no Rikyū, Japanese exponent of the tea ceremony (born 1522)
John Blitheman was an English composer and organist.
John Blitheman, English organist and composer (born 1525)
Aloysius de Gonzaga, SJ was an Italian aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus. While still a student at the Roman College, he died as a result of caring for the vic…
Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (born 1568)
Vincenzo Galilei was an Italian lutenist, composer, and music theorist. His children included the astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei and the lute virtuoso and composer Michel…
Vincenzo Galilei, Italian lute player and composer (born 1520)
Jacobus Gallus was a late-Renaissance composer of presumed Slovene ethnicity. Born in Carniola, which at the time was one of the Habsburg lands in the Holy Roman Empire, he lived a…
Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (born 1550)
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war include…
Eighty Years' War: Dutch and English forces relieved the siege of Knodsenburg in the Spanish Netherlands, having…
Anne of Denmark was Queen of Scotland from her marriage to King James VI on 20 August 1589 and became the Queen of England and Ireland from the union of the Scottish and English Cr…
Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland
Ahmed I was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1617. Ahmed's reign is noteworthy for marking the first breach in the Ottoman tradition of royal fratricide; henceforth, O…
Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (died 1617)
Cosimo II de' Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 until his death. He was the elder son of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Christina of Lorraine.
Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1621)
Philip Bell was Governor of Bermuda from 1626 to 1629, of the Providence Island colony from 1629 to 1636, and of Barbados from 1640 to 1650 during the English Civil War. During his…
Philip Bell, British colonial governor (died 1678)
Pope Clement X, born Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 April 1670 to his death on 22 July 1676.
Pope Clement X (died 1676)