1590s

The 1590s was a decade that started on 1 January 1590 and ended on 31 December 1599.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1560s 1570s 1580s – 1590s – 1600s 1610s 1620s
Years:	1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Events

1590

• March 14 – Battle of Ivry – Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne.
• May–August – Unsuccessful siege of Paris by Henry IV of France. Henry is forced to raise the siege when the Duke of Parma comes to its relief with a Spanish army.
• May 17 – Anne of Denmark is crowned queen of Scotland.
• August 18 – John White, the governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply-trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
• September 15 – Pope Urban VII succeeds Sixtus V.
• December 5 – Pope Gregory XIV succeeds Urban VII.
• Coptic Pope Gabriel VIII succeeds Yoannis XIV.
• Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria Meletius I succeeds Silvester.
• Japan is united by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Seven-Year War – Japan invades Korea in 1592 and 1597.
• Journey to the West first appears in China.