1592
| Years: 1589 1590 1591 – 1592 – 1593 1594 1595 | |
| Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s – 1590s – 1600s 1610s 1620s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century 1592 state leaders | |
Events
- January 30 – The death of Pope Innocent IX during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant. Ippolito Aldobrandini is elected Pope Clement VIII.
- Founding of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland's oldest university
- Thomas Kyd publishes The Spanish Tragedy
- Japan invades Korea
Births
- January 22 – Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher and scientist (d. 1655)
- March 28 – Jan Amos Komensky, Czech teacher and writer (d. 1670)
- April 11 – Sir John Eliot, English statesman (d. 1632)
- August 28 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d. 1628)
- December 6 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (d. 1676)
- Jacques Callot, French artist (d. 1635)
- Nicholas Ferrar, English trader (d. 1637)
- Hong Taiji, Emperor of China (d. 1643)
- Wilhelm Schickard, German inventor (d. 1635)
- Peter Stuyvesant, last Dutch Governor of New Netherlands (d. 1672)
Deaths
- September 3 – Robert Greene, English writer (b. 1558)
- September 13 – Michel de Montaigne, French essayist (b. 1533)
- November 27 – John III Vasa of Sweden (b. 1537)
- December – Alessandro Farnese
- Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1511)
- Thomas Cavendish, English sailor and explorer (b. 1557)
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