1592
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| Decades: | 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s |
| Years: | 1589 1590 1591 - 1592 - 1593 1594 1595 |
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Year 1592 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1592
[edit] January - June
- January 30 - Pope Clement VIII (born Ippolito Aldobrandini) succeeds Pope Innocent IX, who died one month earlier, as the 231st pope.
- February 8 - George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, sets fire to Donibristle Castle and murders James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray.
- March 14 - Pi day to the sixth digit!
- April 4 - The future Henry IV of France, King designate of Henry III of France, announces in a declaration, so-called "Expedient," his intention to follow instructions in and convert to the catholic religion. (Also see: 1593, 1594 and 1598.)
- April 13 - Beginning of the Siege of Busan.
- April 24 - The Japanese are victorious over the Koreans at the Battle of Sangju.
- April 28 - In the Battle of Ch'ungju, Japan inflicts a decisive defeat on Korea.
- May 29 - Turtle ships make their first appearance in action at the Battle of Sacheon.
[edit] July - December
- July 3 - The Koreans are victorious over the Japanese in the naval Battle of Hansan.
- July 30 - Alonso de Sotomayor petitions the viceroy of Peru for more troops to help resist attacks by Indians and English pirates.
- October 7 - The Battle of Okpo is another naval victory for Korea over Japan.
- November 27 - John III is succeeded by his son Sigismund as King of Sweden.
[edit] Undated
- Founding of the Collegium Melitense, by the Bishop Garagallo. It is now known as the University of Malta.
- Founding of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.
- Thomas Kyd publishes The Spanish Tragedy.
- Seven-Year War between Korea and Japan starts.
- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I of England, is taken seriously ill.
- Negotiations begin for the dissolution of the childless marriage of Henry IV of France and Marguerite de Valois.
- The Confucian shrine of Munmyo is destroyed by fire.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1592 MDXCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2345 |
| Armenian calendar | 1041 ԹՎ ՌԽԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -252 – -251 |
| Berber calendar | 2542 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2136 |
| Burmese calendar | 954 |
| Chinese calendar | 4228/4288-11-17 (辛卯年十一月十七日) — to —
4229/4289-11-28(壬辰年十一月廿八日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1308 – 1309 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1584 – 1585 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5352 – 5353 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1647 – 1648 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1514 – 1515 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4693 – 4694 |
| Holocene calendar | 11592 |
| Iranian calendar | 970 – 971 |
| Islamic calendar | 1000 – 1001 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 20Bunroku 1 (文禄元年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2252 (皇紀2252年) |
| Korean calendar | 3925 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2135 |
- January 5 - Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1666)
- January 22 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher and scientist (died 1655)
- February 20 - Nicholas Ferrar, English trader (died 1637)
- March 28 - Comenius, Czech teacher and writer (died 1670)
- April 11 - Sir John Eliot, English statesman (died 1632)
- April 22 - Wilhelm Schickard, German inventor (died 1635)
- May - Francis Quarles, English poet (died 1644)
- May 15 - Sir Ruselincia Anderson was born
- June 22 - Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, Roman Catholic Archbishop
- July 10 - Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660)
- August 1 - François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (died 1662)
- August 28 - George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (died 1628)
- October 22 - Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (died 1657)
- November 5 - Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)
- December 6 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (died 1676)
- date unknown
- Richard Bellingham, colonial magistrate (died 1672)
- Abraham Elzevir, Dutch printer (died 1652)
- John Hacket, English churchman (died 1670)
- Ingen, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk, poet, and calligrapher (d. 1673)
- John Jenkins, English composer (died 1678)
- Henry King, poet (died 1669)
- Mustafa I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1639)
- John Oldham, early Puritan settler in Massachusetts (died 1636)
- Hung Taiji, Emperor of China (died 1643)
- probable
- Étienne Brûlé, French explorer in Canada (died 1632)
- See also Category:1592 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February - Thomas Cavendish, English sailor and explorer (born 1555)
- February 13 - Jacopo Bassano, Italian painter (born c1515)
- February 29 - Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (born 1540)
- March 5 - Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (born 1499)
- April 13 - Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect and sculptor (born 1511)
- April 27 - Girolamo Muziano, Italian painter (born 1528)
- May 17 - Paschal Baylon, Spanish mystic and saint (born 1540)
- July 1 - Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer (born c1547)
- July 26 - Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (born 1524)
- August 25 - William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (born 1532)
- September 3 - Robert Greene, English writer (born 1558)
- September 13 - Michel de Montaigne, French essayist (born 1533)
- October 28 - Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat
- November 27
- King John III of Sweden (born 1537)
- Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese military commander (born 1568)
- December 3 - Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (born 1545)
- date unknown - Francesco Bassano the Younger, Italian painter (born 1559)
- See also Category:1592 deaths.
