Today in History for Year 1591

Months in Year 1591: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 14 of 14

Jan 18th - King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.
Feb 3rd - German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau
Mar 1st - Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French king Henri IV
Mar 13th - Battle at Tondibi: Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai
Apr 19th - Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France
May 20th - Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius
Jun 20th - Mauritius & Willem van Nassau occupy Devente
Aug 18th - Governor of Roanoke Island colony returns from England & found everyone in the colony had disappeared [or Aug 17, 1590]
Aug 19th - French king Henri IV occupies Rouen
Sep 9th - -10] Battle at Flores Azores: Spanish beat English
Sep 21st - French bishops recognize Henri IV as king of France
Oct 21st - Nijmegen surrenders to Earl Mauritius van Nassau
Oct 29th - Giovanni A Facchinetti elected as Pope Innocentius IX
Nov 12th - Castiliaans army occupies Zaragoza

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 9 of 9

Jan 11th - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)
Jan 12th - José Ribera/Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish painter and printmaker, nicknamed Lo Spagnoletto (d. 1652)
Feb 25th - Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)
Mar 15th - Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)
May 26th - Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer
Jun 16th - Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)
Aug 24th - Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)
Sep 8th - Jacqueline M A de Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess
Sep 23rd - Michael Lohr, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 14 of 14

Jan 7th - Jacobus de Kerle, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 59
Jan 19th - Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60
Feb 5th - Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies
May 15th - Dmitry Ivanovitch, youngest son of Russian Tsar Ivan IV, murdered at 8
May 17th - Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51
Jun 21st - Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies
Jul 2nd - Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
Jul 18th - Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40
Aug 23rd - Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies
Sep 12th - Richard Grenville, vice-admiral (Roanoke) dies in battle at 49
Oct 16th - Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56
Nov 20th - Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)
Dec 14th - Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies
Dec 30th - Innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72