1591: Difference between revisions

1591 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1591; MDXCI
Ab urbe condita	2344
Armenian calendar	1040; ԹՎ ՌԽ
Assyrian calendar	6341
Balinese saka calendar	1512–1513
Bengali calendar	998
Berber calendar	2541
English Regnal year	33 Eliz. 1 – 34 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2135
Burmese calendar	953
Byzantine calendar	7099–7100
Chinese calendar	庚寅年 (Metal Tiger); 4288 or 4081; — to —; 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit); 4289 or 4082
Coptic calendar	1307–1308
Discordian calendar	2757
Ethiopian calendar	1583–1584
Hebrew calendar	5351–5352
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1647–1648
- Shaka Samvat	1512–1513
- Kali Yuga	4691–4692
Holocene calendar	11591
Igbo calendar	591–592
Iranian calendar	969–970
Islamic calendar	999–1000
Japanese calendar	Tenshō 19; (天正１９年)
Javanese calendar	1511–1512
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3924
Minguo calendar	321 before ROC; 民前321年
Nanakshahi calendar	123
Thai solar calendar	2133–2134
Tibetan calendar	阳金虎年; (male Iron-Tiger); 1717 or 1336 or 564; — to —; 阴金兔年; (female Iron-Rabbit); 1718 or 1337 or 565

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century; 16th century ; 17th century;
Decades:	1570s; 1580s; 1590s ; 1600s; 1610s;
Years:	1588; 1589; 1590; 1591 ; 1592; 1593; 1594;

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March 13 - Battle of Tondibi: In Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi Dynasty led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least 5 to 1.
May 15 - In Russia, Tsarevich Dimitri, son of the Ivan the Terrible, is found dead in mysterious circumstances, at the palace in Uglich. The official explanation is that he has cut his own throat during an epileptic seizure. Many believe he has been murdered by his rival, Boris Godunov, who becomes tsar.
May 24 - Sir John Norreys, with an English expeditionary force sent by Queen Elizabeth I of England, takes the town of Guingamp after a brief siege, on behalf of Henry of Navarre.
June - Zutphen is captured by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau.

July - Deventer is captured by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau.
August-September - Maurice maneuvers cautiously against the Duke of Parma near Arnhem.
September 14 - Hulst is captured by Maurice.
October 21 - Nijmegen is captured by Maurice.
October 29 - Pope Innocent IX succeeds Pope Gregory XIV as the 230th pope.

January 11 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)
January 12 - Giuseppe Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)
February 8 - Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino), Italian painter (d. 1666)
February 21 (or March 2) Girard Desargues, French mathematician (d. 1661)
February 25 - Friedrich von Spee, German Jesuit and poet (d. 1635)
March 15 - Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)
June 16 - Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)
July - Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (d. 1643)
August 24 - Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674)
date unknown
- David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (d. 1655)
- Andrew Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1657)
- Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Cretan author, physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)
- Thomas Goffe, English dramatist (d. 1629)
- William Lenthall, English politician of the Civil War period (d. 1662)
- Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German Jesuit missionary to China (d. 1666)
- Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset (d. 1632)

See also Category:1591 births.

April 21 - Sen no Rikyu, Japanese exponent of the tea ceremony (b. 1522)
May 1 - Elizabeth Cecil, 16th Baroness de Ros, English Noblewoman (b. c. 1574)
May 15 - Tsarevich Dimitri, Tsarevich (b. 1582)
June 21 - Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian Jesuit and saint (b. 1568)
July 2 - Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
July 18 - Jacobus Gallus Carniolus, Slovenian composer (b. 1550)
August 23 - Luis Ponce de León, Spanish lyric poet (b. 1527)
August 27 - Katheryn of Berain, Welsh noblewoman (b. 1534)
September 10 - Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (b. 1542)
October 16 - Pope Gregory XIV (b. 1535)
October 19 - Juan de Luna y Celdrán, Baron of Purroy, Spanish nobleman
November 20 - Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)
December 14 - Saint John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (b. 1542)
December 30 - Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)
date unknown
- Crispin van den Broeck, Flemish painter (b. 1523)
- John Erskine of Dun, Scottish religious reformer (b. 1509)
- Toyotomi Hidenaga, Japanese nobleman (b. 1540)
- John Stubbs, English pamphleteer (b. 1543)

See also Category:1591 deaths.

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 * [[March 13]] - [[Battle of Tondibi]]: In [[Mali]], [[Moroccan]] forces of the [[Saadi Dynasty]] led by Judar Pasha defeat the [[Songhai Empire]], despite being outnumbered by at least 5 to 1.
 * [[May 15]] - In [[Russia]], [[Tsarevich Dimitri]], son of the [[Ivan the Terrible]], is found dead in mysterious circumstances, at the palace in [[Uglich]]. The official explanation is that he has cut his own throat during an epileptic seizure.  Many believe he has been murdered by his rival, [[Boris Godunov]], who becomes tsar.
-* [[May 24]] - Sir [[John Norreys]], with an English expeditionary force sent by Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], takes the town of [[Guingamp]] after a brief siege, on behalf of [[Henry IV of France|Henri of Navarre]].
+* [[May 24]] - Sir [[John Norreys]], with an English expeditionary force sent by Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], takes the town of [[Guingamp]] after a brief siege, on behalf of [[Henry IV of France|Henry of Navarre]].
 * [[June]] - [[Zutphen]] is captured by the Dutch under [[Maurice of Nassau]].