1595
| Years: 1592 1593 1594 – 1595 – 1596 1597 1598 | |
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| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century 1595 state leaders | |
Events
- January 30 – William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time
- May 24 – Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
- June 9 – Battle of Fontaine-Française. Henry IV of France defeats the Spanish, but is nearly killed due to his rashness.
- October 28 – Battle of Guirgevo. Transylvanian forces under Sigismund Bathory, allied to the Habsburgs, defeat the Turkish army of Sinan Pasha, securing Transylvanian control over Wallachie.
- Mehmed III succeeds Murad III as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- The Austrians incite a rebellion against the Ottomans in Bulgaria.
- The Spanish navigator and explorer, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira leads the voyage that discovers (for Europeans), the first known islands of Polynesia, the Marquesas.
Births
- June 9 – Wladislaus IV of Poland (d. 1648)
- December – Henry Lawes, English musician (d. 1662)
- December 4 – Jean Chapelain, French poet (d. 1674)
- Bohdan Chmielnicki, Ukrainian rebel (d. 1657)
- Andrej Cergol, Slovenian mathematician
- Jean Desmarets, French writer (d. 1676)
Deaths
- January 15 – Murat III, Ottoman Emperor (b. 1546)
- January 24 – Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (b. 1529)
- February 12 – Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)
- April 25 – Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (b. 1544)
- Luis Barahona de Soto, Spanish poet (b. 1548)
- James Stewart, Earl of Arran
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