Explore 57 historical events from 1590–1599.
Valens Acidalius, also known as Valtin Havekenthal, was a German critic and poet writing in the Latin language.
Valens Acidalius, German poet and critic (born 1567)
Coevorden is a municipality and city in the province of Drenthe, in the northeast of the Netherlands. It shares a provincial border with Overijssel and an international one with Ge…
The Dutch city of Coevorden, held by the Spanish, falls to a Dutch and English force
Philip II, sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent, was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598.…
Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to
Louis Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg, was Count, and from 1654 Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg. During the Thirty Years' War, he was a senior officer. He climbed to the rank of Major Gener…
Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, military leader in the Thirty Years' War (died 1662)
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim was a German field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire in the Thirty Years' War. A supporter of the Catholic League, he was mortally wounded duri…
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (died 1632)
Thomas Cooper was an English bishop, lexicographer, theologian, and writer.
Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and theologian (born 1517)
John Haynes, also sometimes spelled Haines, was a colonial magistrate and one of the founders of the Connecticut Colony. He served one term as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Col…
John Haynes, English-American politician, 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut (died 1653)
Jacopo Robusti, best known as Tintoretto, was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticised the speed with which he painted …
Tintoretto, Italian painter and educator (born 1518)
John Aylmer was an English bishop, constitutionalist and a Greek scholar.
John Aylmer, English bishop and scholar (born 1521)
Roderigo Lopes was a Portuguese physician who served as a physician-in-chief to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 1581 until his death by execution, having been found guilty of plo…
Rodrigo Lopez, physician of Queen Elizabeth I (born 1525)
Jacob Kroger, was a German goldsmith who worked for Anne of Denmark in Scotland and stole her jewels.
Jacob Kroger, German goldsmith, hanged in Edinburgh for stealing the jewels of Anne of Denmark
Orlando di Lasso was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lasso stands with William Byrd, Giova…
Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer and educator (born 1532)
Philip II, sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent, was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598.…
Philip II of Spain recognized the sovereign rights of the principalía, local Philippine nobles and chieftains who had co
Thomas Kyd was an English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama.
London playwright Thomas Kyd is arrested and tortured by the Privy Council for libel
Thomas Kyd was an English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama.
Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe
Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet was an English politician and baronet.
Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet, English politician (died 1647)
Mumtaz Mahal was the empress consort of Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1631 as the chief consort of the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan. The Taj Mahal in Agra, often cited as one of t…
Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal empress buried at the Taj Mahal (died 1631)
Claude Vignon was a French painter, printmaker and illustrator who worked in a wide range of genres. During a period of study in Italy, he became exposed to many new artistic curre…
Claude Vignon, French painter (died 1670)
George I Rákóczi was Prince of Transylvania from 1630 until his death in 1648. Prior to that, he was a leader of the Protestant faction in Hungary and a faithful supporter of Gabri…
George I Rákóczi, prince of Transylvania (died 1648)
John Penry was executed for high treason during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He is Wales' most famous Protestant Separatist martyr.
John Penry, Welsh martyr (born 1559)
Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrig…
Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (born 1564)
Wilhelm Schickard was a German professor of Hebrew and astronomy who became famous in the second part of the 20th century after Franz Hammer, a biographer of Johannes Kepler, claim…
Wilhelm Schickard, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1635)
Alice Barnham, Viscountess St Albans was the wife of English scientific philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon.
Alice Barnham, wife of statesman Francis Bacon (died 1650)
Johann Adam Schall von Bell was a German Jesuit, astronomer and instrument-maker. He spent most of his life as a missionary in China and became an adviser to the Shunzhi Emperor of…
Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (died 1666)