1590
| Years: 1587 1588 1589 – 1590 – 1591 1592 1593 | |
| Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s – 1590s – 1600s 1610s 1620s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century 1590 state leaders | |
Events
- 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
Births
- April 18 – Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)
- May 12 – Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
- July 13 – Pope Clement X (d. 1676)
- August 19 – (christened) Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English courtier and soldier (d. 1643)
- William Bradford, English leader of Plymouth Colony (d. 1657)
- Gerald van Honthorst, Dutch painter (d. 1656)
- Simon Vouet, French painter (d. 1649)
- Richard Zouch, English jurist (d. 1661)
Deaths
- April 6 – Francis Walsingham, English spy
- July 10 – Archduke Charles II of Austria, regent of Inner Austria (b. 1540)
- August 27 – Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)
- September 27 – Pope Urban VII (b. 1521)
- October 12 – Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543)
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