1590S

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Events

1590

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.