1590
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1560s 1570s 1580s – 1590s – 1600s 1610s 1620s |
| Years: | 1587 1588 1589 – 1590 – 1591 1592 1593 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1590 MDXC |
| Ab urbe condita | 2343 |
| Armenian calendar | 1039 ԹՎ ՌԼԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6340 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1511–1512 |
| Bengali calendar | 997 |
| Berber calendar | 2540 |
| English Regnal year | 32 Eliz. 1 – 33 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2134 |
| Burmese calendar | 952 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7098–7099 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 4286 or 4226 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 4287 or 4227 |
| Coptic calendar | 1306–1307 |
| Discordian calendar | 2756 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1582–1583 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5350–5351 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1646–1647 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1511–1512 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4690–4691 |
| Holocene calendar | 11590 |
| Igbo calendar | 590–591 |
| Iranian calendar | 968–969 |
| Islamic calendar | 998–999 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 18 (天正１８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1510–1511 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3923 |
| Minguo calendar | 322 before ROC 民前322年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 122 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2132–2133 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1716 or 1335 or 563 — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1717 or 1336 or 564 |
1590 (MDXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1590th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 590th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1590, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events[change | change source]
- 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