1594
| Years: 1591 1592 1593 – 1594 – 1595 1596 1597 | |
| Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s – 1590s – 1600s 1610s 1620s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century 1594 state leaders | |
Events
- February 27 – Henry IV is crowned King of France at Rheims.
- March 21 – Henry IV enters his capital of Paris for the first time.
Births
- February 19 – Henry, Prince of Wales (d. 1612)
- May 29 – Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, German general (d. 1632)
- June 15 – Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)
- December 9 – Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden (d. 1632)
- Jean Louis Guez de Balzac, French author (d. 1654)
- John Bramhall, English Anglican clergyman and controversialist (d. 1663)
- Stephen Marshall, English nonconformist clergyman (d. 1655)
Deaths
- February 2 – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer (b. 1526)
- May 31 – Tintoretto, Italian painter (b. 1518)
- June – John Aylmer, Bishop of London
- June 14 – Orlande de Lassus, Franco-Flemish composer
- October 16 – William Allen, English cardinal (b. 1532)
- November 22 – Sir Martin Frobisher, British seaman
- December 2 – Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer (b. 1512)
- Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby
- Thomas Kyd, English playwright (b. 1558)
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