Capture of Zutphen by Maurice of Orange in 1591 - Verovering van Zutphen door Prins Maurits in 1591 (Johannes Janssonius, 1663)

Events

Het beleg van Deventer (1591) door Prins Maurits - The siege of Deventer in 1591 by Prince Maurice (Bartholomeus Willemsz

January–June

March 13 Events Pre-1600 *624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh. *1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War. *1591 – At the Battle of Tond ...

–

Battle of Tondibi The Battle of Tondibi was the decisive confrontation in the 16th-century invasion of the Songhai Empire by the army of the Saadi dynasty in Morocco. Though vastly outnumbered, the Moroccan forces under Judar Pasha defeated the Songhai Askia ...

: In

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

, forces sent by the

Saadi dynasty The Saadi Sultanate (also rendered in English as Sa'di, Sa'did, Sa'dian, or Saadian; ar, السعديون, translit=as-saʿdiyyūn) was a state which ruled present-day Morocco and parts of West Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was l ...

ruler of

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

Ahmad al-Mansur Ahmad al-Mansur ( ar, أبو العباس أحمد المنصور, Ahmad Abu al-Abbas al-Mansur, also al-Mansur al-Dahabbi (the Golden), ar, أحمد المنصور الذهبي; and Ahmed al-Mansour; 1549 in Fes – 25 August 1603, Fes) was t ...

, and led by

Judar Pasha Judar Pasha ( ar, جؤذر باشا) was a Spanish-Moroccan military leader under the Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur in the late 16th century. He led the Saadian army in the conquest of the Songhai Empire. Born as Diego de Guevara in Cuevas d ...

, defeat the fractured Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one. *

April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 140 ...

–

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merchant

James Lancaster Sir James Lancaster (c. 1554 – 6 June 1618) was an English privateer and trader of the Elizabethan era. Life and work Lancaster came from Basingstoke in Hampshire. In his early life, he was a soldier and a trader in Portugal. On 10 April 1 ...

sets off on a voyage to the

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. * April 21 – Japanese tea-master

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commits seppuku, on the order of

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. *

May 15 Events Pre-1600 * 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. * 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbog ...

– In

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

, Tsarevich Dimitri, son of Ivan the Terrible, is found dead in mysterious circumstances, at the palace in

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. The official explanation is that he has cut his own throat during an epileptic seizure. Many believe he has been murdered by his rival, Boris Godunov, who becomes tsar. * May 24 – Sir John Norreys, with an expeditionary force sent by Queen

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, takes the town of

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after a brief siege, on behalf of

Henry of Navarre Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarc ...

. * May 30 –

Timbuktu Timbuktu ( ; french: Tombouctou; Koyra Chiini: ); tmh, label=Tuareg, script=Tfng, ⵜⵏⴱⴾⵜ, Tin Buqt a city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River. The town is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrativ ...

is captured by an expedition of Arma people, sent by the Saadi ruler of

, and led by

. * May 30 –

Zutphen Zutphen () is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It lies some 30 km northeast of Arnhem, on the eastern bank of the river Ijssel at the point where it is joined by the Berkel. First mentioned in th ...

is captured by the Dutch and English, under

Maurice of Nassau Maurice of Orange ( nl, Maurits van Oranje; 14 November 1567 – 23 April 1625) was ''stadtholder'' of all the provinces of the Dutch Republic except for Friesland from 1585 at the earliest until his death in 1625. Before he became Prince o ...

. *

June 10 Events Pre-1600 * 671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock ( clepsydra) called ''Rokoku''. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu. *1190 – Third Crusade: Frederick I ...

– Deventer is captured by the Dutch, under Maurice of Nassau.

July–December

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– Battle of Bhuchar Mori in

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: the

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gains a decisive victory over the

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. *

July 22 Events Pre-1600 * 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids. *1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of J ...

– The Durtnell (Dartnell) family of Brasted,

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, England, begin to work as building contractors. The business continues under thirteen generations of the family until ceasing to trade in

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. *

July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...

–

Siege of Knodsenburg The siege of Knodsenburg, Relief of Knodzenburg or also known as Battle of the Betuwe was a military action that took place during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War at a sconce known as Knodsenburg in the district of Nijmegen ...

and

Francis Vere Sir Francis Vere (1560/6128 August 1609) was a prominent English soldier serving under Queen Elizabeth I fighting mainly in the Low Countries during the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War. He was a sergeant major-general ...

defeat the Duke of Parma outside Nijmegen. *

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–

Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (; 10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following ...

leads an English army in support of the

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Henry IV of France Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch ...

at the Siege of Rouen. * August–September – During this year's Atlantic hurricane season, probably the most severe of the pre-1600 seasons, at least eight intense hurricanes occur. *

August 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple. * 1282 – Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers. *1363 – The five-week Battle of Lake ...

–

September 1 Events Pre-1600 *1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. *1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona b ...

– Battle of Flores off

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: the Spanish fleet is victorious over the English; English ship ''Revenge'' is captured on September 1 (and Richard Grenville fatally wounded) but soon afterwards lost with all hands in a week-long storm, along with a large number of the Spanish ships. *

September 14 Events Pre-1600 *AD 81 – Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. * 629 – Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire. * 786 – "Night ...

– Siege of Hulst:

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is captured by Maurice. *

October 8 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Constantine I defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories. * 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins. * 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger preven ...

– The

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, a law preventing social mobility in Japan, is promulgated by

. *

October 21 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fights off the People's Crusade. *1097 – First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of A ...

– Siege of Nijmegen: Nijmegen is captured by Maurice. *

October 26 Events Pre-1600 * 1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire. * 1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally b ...

– The Portuguese invasion of Jaffna Kingdom begins. *

October 29 Events Pre-1600 * 312 – Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand '' adventus'' in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber an ...

–

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succeeds Pope Gregory XIV, becoming the 230th

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Date unknown

* The city of

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is founded by

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. * The

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, designed by

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, is completed. * The first of the ''

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'' commentaries on

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, by the

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of the

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, is published. * The Siamese-Cambodian War begins. * The defeated

Askia dynasty The Askiya dynasty, also known as the Askia dynasty, ruled the Songhai Empire at the height of that state's power. It was founded in 1493 by Askia Mohammad I, a general of the Songhai Empire who usurped the Sonni dynasty. The Askiya ruled from Gao ...

move to the Dendi province in modern-day

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January–June

* January 3 –

Valentin de Boulogne Valentin de Boulogne (before 3 January 1591 – 19 August 1632), sometimes referred to as Le Valentin, was a French painter in the tenebrist style. Origins Valentin was born in Coulommiers, France, where he was baptised in the parish of Sai ...

, French painter (d.

1632 Events January–March * January – The Holland's Leaguer (brothel), Holland's Leguer, a brothel in London, is closed after having been besieged for a month. * February 22 – Galileo Galilei, Galileo's ''Dialogue Conce ...

) * January 4 –

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, British baron (d.

1636 Events January–March * January 1 – Anthony van Diemen takes office as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), and will serve until his death in 1645. * January 18 – ''The Duke's Mistress'', the last ...

) * January 7 – Princess Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg (d.

1617 Events January–June * February 27 – The Treaty of Stolbovo ends the Ingrian War between Sweden and Russia. Sweden gains Ingria and Kexholm. * April 14 – Second Battle of Playa Honda: The Spanish navy defeats a Dutch ...

) *

January 11 Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muha ...

– Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d.

1646 It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+(-10(X)+50(L))+5(V)+1(I) = 1646). Events January–March * January 5 – The English House of Commons approves a bill to provide for Ireland ...

) *

January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. * 1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already rei ...

–

Jusepe de Ribera Jusepe de Ribera (1591 – 1652) was a painter and printmaker, who along with Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and the singular Diego Velázquez, are regarded as the major artists of Spanish Baroque painting. Referring ...

, Spanish Tenebrist painter and printmaker (d. 1652) * January 15 – David van Goorle, Dutch theologian and theoretical scientist (d.

1612 Events January–June * January 6 – Axel Oxenstierna becomes Lord High Chancellor of Sweden. He persuades the Riksdag of the Estates to grant the Swedish nobility the right and privilege to hold all higher offices of govern ...

) *

January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. *1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of Tren ...

– Matthew Boynton, English politician (d.

1647 Events January–March * January 2 – Chinese bandit leader Zhang Xianzhong, who has ruled the Sichuan province since 1644, is killed at Xichong by a Qing archer after having been betrayed one of his officers, Liu Jinzhong. ...

) *

January 29 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. * 946 – Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, rul ...

– Franciscus Junius, pioneer of Germanic philology (d.

1677 Events January–March * January 1 – Jean Racine's tragedy ''Phèdre'' is first performed, in Paris. * January 21 – The first medical publication in America (a pamphlet on smallpox) is produced in Boston. * February ...

) *

February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. *1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al ...

** Hervey Bagot, English politician (d. 1660) **

Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as Guercino, or il Guercino , was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vi ...

, Italian painter (d. 1666) * February 13 – Antonio Sabino, Italian composer (d. 1650) * February 21 (or March 2) – Girard Desargues, French mathematician (d. 1661) * February 25 – Friedrich von Spee, German Jesuit and poet (d. 1635) * February 28 – Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland, English politician (d. 1643) * March 2 – Willem Boreel, Dutch diplomat (d. 1668) * March 3 – Lucas de Wael, Flemish painter (d. 1661) * March 6 – Tommaso Tamburini, Italian theologian (d. 1675) * March 9 – Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre, Dutch abbot, ecclesiastical writer (d. 1652) * March 11 – Isabella of Savoy, Italian noble (d. 1626) * March 15 or 1593 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660) * March 19 – Dirck Hals, Dutch painter (d. 1656) * March 28 – William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English earl (d. 1668) * April 5 – Prince Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1634) * April 11 – Bartholomeus Strobel, Silezian painter (d. 1650) * April 25 – Marcos de Torres y Rueda, interim viceroy of New Spain (d. 1649) * May 2 – Prince Francis Charles of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1660) * May 5 – Frederick Achilles, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt (d. 1631) * May 26 – Olimpia Maidalchini, Italian noblewoman (d. 1657) * June 16 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) * June 24 – Mustafa I, sultan of the Ottoman empire (d. 1639)

July–December

* July 4 – Jonathan Rashleigh (1591–1675), Jonathan Rashleigh, English politician (d. 1675) * July 9 – Jean Bagot, French theologian (d. 1664) * July 20 – Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (d. 1643) * August 6 – George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (d. 1669) * August 12 – Louise de Marillac, French co-founder of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, Daughters of Charity (d. 1660) * August 24 – Robert Herrick (poet), Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674) * August 28 – John Christian of Brieg, Duke of Brzeg (1602–1639) (d. 1639) * September 8 – Marie Angélique Arnauld, French abbess of the Abbey of Port-Royal (d. 1661) 091015-Ausa 021

* September 29 – Michael de Sanctis, Spanish saint (d. 1625) * October 2 – Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine (1608–1624) (d.

) * October 7 – Pierre Le Muet, French architect (d. 1669) * October 22 – Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Italian noble (d. 1644) * November 20 – George Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg (d. 1615) * November 29 – Bernhard von Mallinckrodt, German bibliophile (d. 1664) * December 22 – Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (d. 1666) * December 30 – Joseph Furttenbach, German architect (d. 1667)

Date unknown

* David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (d. 1655) * Andrew Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1657) * Thomas Goffe, English dramatist (d. 1629) * William Lenthall, English politician of the Civil War period (d. 1662)

Deaths

* February 6 – Anna Sophia of Prussia, Duchess of Prussia and Duchess of Mecklenburg (b. 1527) * February 26 – Vespasiano I Gonzaga, Italian noble and diplomat (b. 1531) * March 17 – Jost Amman, Swiss printmaker (b. 1539) * April 9 – Emilie of Saxony, German noble (b. 1516) * April 21 –

, Japanese exponent of the tea ceremony (b. 1522) * May 19 – Elizabeth Cecil, 16th Baroness de Ros, English noblewoman (b. c. 1574) *

– Tsarevich Dimitri, of Russia (b. 1582) * June 21 – Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian Jesuit and saint (b. 1568) * July 2 – Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520) * July 10 – Anna of Hesse, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken (b. 1529) * July 18 – Jacobus Gallus, Jacobus Gallus Carniolus, Slovenian composer (b. 1550) * August 23 – Luis Ponce de León, Spanish lyric poet (b. 1527) * August 27 – Katheryn of Berain, Welsh noblewoman (b. 1534) * September 7 – Heinrich Sudermann, German politician (b. 1520) * September 10 – Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (b. 1542) * September 19 – Alonso de Orozco Mena, Spanish Catholic priest (b. 1500) * September 25 – Christian I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1560) * September 29 – Count Johan II of East Frisia (b. 1538) * October 15 – Duke Otto Henry of Brunswick-Harburg, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Harburg (b. 1555) * October 16 – Pope Gregory XIV (b. 1535) * November 20 – Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540) * December 14 – John of the Cross, Saint John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (b. 1542) * December 18 – Marigje Arriens, Dutch woman executed for witchcraft (b. c. 1520) * December 30 –

(b. 1519)

Date unknown

*Ananias Dare, father of Virginia Dare, (b. circa 1560) *Virginia Dare, first English child born in America, (b. 1587) (Unverified) *Crispin van den Broeck, Flemish painter (b. 1523) *John Erskine of Dun, Scottish religious reformer (b. 1509) *Toyotomi Hidenaga, Japanese nobleman (b. 1540) *John Stubbs, English pamphleteer (b. 1543) *Veronica Franco, Italian poet and courtesan (b. 1546)

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