1591
| Years: 1588 1589 1590 – 1591 – 1592 1593 1594 | |
| Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s – 1590s – 1600s 1610s 1620s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century 1591 state leaders | |
Events
- June – Capture of Zutphen by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau.
- July – Capture of Deventer by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau.
- August – September – Maurice maneuvers cautiously against the Duke of Parma near Arnhem.
- September 14 – Capture of Hulst by Maurice.
- October 21 – Capture of Nijmegen by Maurice.
- October 29 – Pope Innocent IX succeeds Pope Gregory XIV.
- Russia, Murder of Dimitri, son of the Tsar.
- Russia, Boris Godunov is elected Tsar.
- The city of Hyderabad is founded by Quli Quub Shah.
- Moroccan invaders sack Timbuktu – many scholars are taken to north by force.
Births
- January 11 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (d. 1646)
- March 15 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)
- August 24 – Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674)
- Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Italian painter (d. 1666)
- Andrew Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1657)
Deaths
- July 18 – Jacobus Gallus Carniolus, Slovenian composer (b. 1550)
- October 16 – Pope Gregory XIV (b. 1535)
- December 14 – Saint John of the Cross, Spanish mystic (b. 1542)
- December 30 – Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)
- Christian I, Elector of Saxony
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