1594

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1560s  1570s  1580s  – 1590s –  1600s  1610s  1620s
Years:	1591 1592 1593 – 1594 – 1595 1596 1597

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1594 Media

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  June 5: First voyage of Willem Barents in search of the Northeast Passage.

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  Maria Tesselschade Visscher

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  Portrait engraving (135mm by 187mm) of Gerard Mercator: This was published in the first volume of Joannis Francisci Foppens' Bibliotheca Belgica in 1739.[1][2]

1594 (MDXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1594th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 594th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 16th century, and the 5th year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1594, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• February 27 – Henry IV of France became the king of France.
• March 21 – Henry IV of France entered Paris for the first time.