Today in History for Year 1589

Months in Year 1589: January February March April July August September October November

Historical Events

Events 1 - 4 of 4

Jan 26th - Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
Apr 10th - Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg
Aug 1st - Assination of French King Henry III by friar Jacques Clément
Sep 21st - Battle at Arques: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 10 of 10

Jan 8th - Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)
Feb 5th - Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet
Feb 5th - Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)
Feb 7th - Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician
Mar 3rd - Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist
Mar 19th - William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)
Jul 2nd - Guillaume van Messaus, composer
Jul 9th - Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist
Aug 10th - Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer
Oct 7th - Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 12 of 12

Jan 5th - Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69
Feb 19th - Saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522)
Mar 2nd - Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
Mar 22nd - Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67
Jul 1st - Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies
Aug 1st - Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)
Aug 2nd - Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37
Aug 10th - Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49
Aug 11th - Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, lt col (80 year war), dies at about 49
Sep 16th - Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
Oct 18th - Adolf van Nieuwenaar & Meurs, viceroy of Utrecht, dies in battle
Nov 14th - Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German geographer, dies at 58