Editing 1592 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January–March ===
* [[January 29]] &ndash; Cardinal [[Pope Clement VIII|Ippolito Aldobrandini]] of [[San Pancrazio]] is [[1592 papal conclave|elected as the new Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church]] after [[Ludovico Madruzzo]] and [[Giulio Antonio Santori]] withdraw following 19 rounds of voting by the 54 cardinals present. Cardinal Santori had received 28 votes on the first ballot, eight short of the necessary two-thirds majority required, and fewer on the rounds that followed. Aldobrandini is crowned the next day as [[Pope Clement VIII]], the 231st pope. Clement succeeds [[Pope Innocent IX]], who died on December 30, 1591.<ref>{{cite book|author=Nicola Mary Sutherland|title=Henry IV of France and the Politics of Religion: The path to Rome|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZo5dqMtOKkC&pg=PA445|year=2002|publisher=Intellect Books|isbn=978-1-84150-702-6|pages=445|language=en}}</ref> He immediately recalls the [[Sixtine Vulgate]].
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly]], sets fire to [[Donibristle]] Castle in Scotland and murders [[James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray]].
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[Trinity College Dublin]], Ireland's oldest university, is founded.<ref name="Donnelly2004">{{cite book|author=James S. Donnelly|title=Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5NopAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Macmillan Reference USA|isbn=978-0-02-865699-1|page=xxix}}</ref>
* [[March 14]] &ndash; Ultimate ''[[Pi Day]]'': the largest correspondence between calendar dates and significant digits of [[pi]] since the introduction of the [[Julian calendar]] according to the American method of writing the number of the month prior to the day.

=== April–June ===
* [[April 4]] &ndash; The future [[Henry IV of France]], King designate of [[Henry III of France]], announces in a declaration, so-called "Expedient," his intention to take instruction in, and convert to, the [[Catholic Church|Catholic religion]].
* [[April 13]] &ndash; The [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592&ndash;98)]] begin with the [[Siege of Busanjin]].
* [[April 20]] &ndash; King [[Henry IV of France]] ends the [[Siege of Rouen (1591–1592)|siege of Rouen]], the Spanish-held capital of [[Normandy]], five months after its November 11 commencement, as the Spanish Navy arrives to relieve the city.<ref>John Lothrop Motley, ''History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years' Truce to 1609'' (Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1895) p.146</ref>
* [[April 24]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sangju (1592)|Battle of Sangju]]: The Japanese are victorious over the Koreans fighting for the Kingdom of [[Joseon]].
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ch'ungju]]: Japan inflicts a decisive defeat on Korea.
* [[May 7]]
** The [[1592–1593 Malta plague epidemic|Malta plague epidemic]] begins when galleys from the [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]] arrive on the island with 100 prisoners of war from [[Egypt]], and 20 ill crewmembers; over the next 18 months, 3,000 people on Malta die of the bubonic plague.<ref> James D. Tully, ''The History of Plague: As it Has Lately Appeared in the Islands of Malta, Gozo, Corfu, Cephalonia, Etc. Detailing Important Facts, Illustrative of the Specific Contagion of that Disease, with Particulars of the Means Adopted for Its Eradication'' (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821)</ref>
** [[Battle of Okpo]]: The Korean navy is victorious over Japan.
* [[May 20]] &ndash;[[August 19]] &ndash; [[Battle of Flores (1592)|Battle of Flores]] ([[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)]]), a series of naval engagements in the [[Azores]] in which the English are victorious, taking the great Portuguese [[carrack]] ''[[Madre de Deus]]'' on or about August 3.
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sacheon (1592)|Battle of Sacheon]]: Korean admiral [[Yi Sun-sin]] destroys all 13 Japanese ships taking part, using his improved [[turtle ship]] for the first time in battle.
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Battle of Dangpo (1592)|Battle of Dangpo]]:The Korean navy is again victorious over Japan.
* [[June 10]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Bihać (1592)|Siege of Bihać]] begins in the [[Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)|Kingdom of Croatia]], by [[Telli Hasan Pasha]] (Hasan Predojević) of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Bihać is captured on June 19 and is lost for Croatia forever.

=== July–September ===
* [[July 20]] &ndash; The Japanese [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592&ndash;98)#Capture of Hanyang|capture the Korean capital]] [[Seoul|Hanyang]], causing [[Seonjo of Joseon|Seonjo]] to request the assistance of [[Ming dynasty]] Chinese forces, who recapture the city a year later.
* [[July 30]] &ndash; [[Alonso de Sotomayor]] petitions the viceroy of [[Peru]] for more troops to help resist attacks by Indians and English pirates.
* [[August]] &ndash; [[1592–1593 London plague]] breaks out in England.
* [[August 9]] &ndash; English explorer [[John Davis (English explorer)|John Davis]], commander of the ''[[Desire (ship)|Desire]]'', probably discovers the [[Falkland Islands]].
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Battle of Hansan Island]]: The Korean navy defeats the Japanese.<ref name="Turnbull1996">{{cite book|author=Stephen R. Turnbull|title=The Samurai: A Military History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMBdoimD2kIC&pg=PA208|year=1996|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-873410-38-7|pages=208|language=en}}</ref> 
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Battle of Busan (1592)|Battle of Busan]]: The Korean fleet makes a surprise attack on the Japanese but fails to break their supply lines to Busan.
* [[September 7]] &ndash; The captured ''[[Madre de Deus]]'' enters Dartmouth harbour in England and is then subjected to mass theft.

=== October–December ===
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Siege of Jinju (1592)|Siege of Jinju]]: The Korean navy is victorious over the Japanese. 
* [[November 3]] &ndash; The city of [[San Luis Potosí]] is founded.
* [[November 4]] &ndash; (2nd waxing of Natdaw, 954 ME) In a war between what are now the nations of Myanmar and Thailand, the Army of Burma, led by King [[Nanda Bayin]] Burma (Toungoo) begins its invasion of the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom|Kingdom of Siam]] (Ayutthaya), defended by King [[Naresuan]].<ref>Royal Historical Commission of Burma, ''Hmannan Yazawin'' (1832, reprinted by Ministry of Information of Myanmar, 2003) p.93</ref>
* [[November 9]] &ndash; The [[Sixto-Clementine Vulgate]], an updated edition of the [[Latin language]] translation of the [[Bible]], is promulgated by the Roman Catholic Church.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Early Versions of the New Testament|last=Metzger|first=Bruce M.|publisher=Clarendon Press|year=1977|location=Oxford|chapter=VII The Latin Versions|author-link=Bruce M. Metzger|page=349}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] &ndash; The ''[[Collegium Melitense]]'' is founded in Malta by Bishop Garagallo.
* [[November 17]] &ndash;  [[Sigismund III Vasa]] becomes the new [[Monarchy of Sweden|King of Sweden]] upon the death of his father, [[John III of Sweden|King John III]].
* [[December 4]] &ndash; [[Yu Sŏngnyong]] becomes the new ''[[Yeonguijeong]]'' (Chief State Councillor of the government of the Korean Empire, similar to Prime Minister) and serves until 1598.
* [[December 21]] &ndash; The city of [[London]] begins publishing the ''Bill of Mortality'', the first regular data of deaths from an epidemic, as the government reports its weekly survey of the number of burials in the 113 parishes of London of deaths from [[bubonic plague]]. The death statistics continue to be published  until December 18, 1595.<ref>Reginald H. Adams, ''The Parish Clerks of London'' (Phillimore, 1971)</ref>

=== Date unknown ===
* [[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley]], chief adviser of Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], is taken seriously ill.
* Negotiations begin for the annulment of the childless marriage of [[Henry IV of France]] and [[Marguerite of Valois]].
* The [[Confucius|Confucian]] shrine of [[Munmyo]] in Korea is destroyed by fire.
* The [[Population Census Edict]] is promulgated in Japan by [[Toyotomi Hidetsugu]].
* [[Henry Constable]]'s ''Diana'', one of the first [[sonnet sequence]]s in English, is published in London.</onlyinclude>