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== Events == <onlyinclude> === January–March === * [[January 3]] – [[Longvek]], the capital of the [[Post-Angkor period|Kingdom of Cambodia]], is conquered by the army of the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]] (now Thailand), commanded by [[Naresuan|King Naresuan]], after [[Siamese–Cambodian War (1591–1594)|more than two years of war]]. King [[Chey Chettha I]] of Cambodia is able to flee to [[Laos]], along with the former King [[Satha I]], but the rest of the royal family is taken hostage, along with Prince [[Srei Soriyopear]]. <ref>"King Tilokarat (1441–1485)", in ''Popular History of Thailand'', by Manich Jumsai (Claremint, 1976) pp. 227–231 </ref> * [[January 17]] – Construction of the [[Junagarh Fort]] in the Mughal Empire's [[Bikaner State|principality of Bikaner]] (now in India's [[Rajasthan]] state) is completed after almost five years. * [[January 24]] – William Shakespeare's play ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'', is given its first performance, presented by the [[Admiral's Men]] company of players at ''[[The Rose (theatre)|The Rose]]'' in London. <ref>[https://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/titus.html "Shakespeare quartos: Titus Andronicus"]</ref> * [[January 25]] – The [[Siege of Enniskillen (1594)|siege of Enniskillen Castle]] in Ireland (at [[County Fermanagh]]) is started by English commander John Dowdall, but is abandoned after one month. * [[February 2]] – England's Admiral [[Richard Hawkins]] and the crew of the ship HMS ''Dainty'' become the first Europeans to see the [[Falkland Islands]]. * [[February 19]] – The coronation of [[Sigismund III Vasa]] as [[List of Swedish monarchs|King of Sweden]] takes place at [[Uppsala]]. * [[February 27]] – The coronation of [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]] as King of France takes place at [[Chartres Cathedral]]. * [[March 18]] – Two warships of the English Navy, commanded by Captain James Langton, complete a three-day raid on the Spanish city of [[Puerto Cortés|Puerto de Caballos]] (now Puerto Cortés in [[Guatemala]]) and pillage the city. === April–June === * [[April 17]] – [[Hyacinth of Poland]] is canonized by [[Pope Clement VIII]]. * [[April 27 ]] – After suppressing the Serbian [[uprising in Banat]], the [[Ottoman Empire]] rulers carry out [[Burning of Saint Sava's relics|the public burning of the bones]] of [[Saint Sava]] in [[Belgrade]]. <ref>Vladimir Ćorović, ''Istorija srpskog naroda'' (Ianis, 1997)</ref> * [[May 6]] – The [[Siege of Coevorden (1593)|siege of the Spanish-held city of Coevorden]] ends after six months as the city surrenders to the Dutch Republic. * [[May 14]] – After almost two years of being closed because of [[bubonic plague]], theaters in England are allowed to reopen, as the [[Admiral's Men]] stage a performance of ''[[The Jew of Malta]]''. <ref>F. E. Halliday, ''A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964'' (Penguin, 1964) p.24</ref> * [[May 19]] – The [[Siege of Groningen (1594)|Siege of Groningen]] by the [[Dutch Republic]] begins with an attack of 10,000 soldiers against the Spanish-held city. The Spanish commander surrenders after two months on July 22. * [[June 5]] – [[Willem Barents]] makes his first voyage to the Arctic Ocean, in search of the [[Northeast Passage]]. * [[June 11]] – [[Philip II of Spain]] recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paves the way for the stabilization of the rule of the [[Principalía]]. * [[June 23]] – A cargo ship explosion [[Action of Faial|kills over 700 people]] the day after three English Navy ships— the ''Mayflower'', ''Sampson'' and ''Royal Exchange''— set fire to the Portuguese [[carrack]] ''[[Cinco Chagas]]'' off of the coast of [[Faial Island]] during the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)|Anglo-Spanish War]]. The treasure inside, gathered from the [[East Indies]], sinks in the north Atlantic Ocean. Only 13 people on the ''Cinco Chagas'' survive, and the cargo is lost. <ref>Richard Hakluyt, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120408083737/http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/h/hakluyt/voyages/v11/chapter72.html#chapter72 The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation] '' (1598), reprinted 2002, p.571</ref> === July–September === * [[July 1]] – Anglo-Spanish War: [[Action of Atacames Bay]] – English [[privateer]] [[Richard Hawkins]] in the [[English ship Dainty (1588)|''Dainty'']] is attacked and captured by a Spanish squadron off [[Esmeraldas, Ecuador|Esmeraldas]] (now in [[Ecuador]]). <ref>David F. Marley, ''Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present'' (ABC-CLIO, 1994)</ref> * [[July 3]] – The [[Siamese–Cambodian War (1591–1594)|Ayutthayan–Cambodian War (1591–1594)]] concludes when [[Naresuan]], ruler of the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]], sacks [[Longvek]], capital of [[Cambodia]]. * [[July 22]] – After a [[Siege of Groningen (1594)|two-month siege]], the city of [[Groningen]] submits to Dutch troops, bringing the whole northern Netherlands under the [[Dutch Republic]]. * [[August 25]] – [[San Luis, Argentina|San Luis]], in the [[Viceroyalty of Peru]] (now in [[Argentina]]), is founded by Luis Jufré de Loaysa y Meneses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fundación de la Ciudad de San Luis |url=https://www.efemeridesargentina.com.ar/efemeridesargentina/default.asp?opt=1&condicion=5&buscar_efemerides=si&id_efemerides=1771 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=www.efemeridesargentina.com.ar |language=es}}</ref> * [[August 28]] – [[Farkas Kovacsóczy]], who has served as [[Chancellor of Transylvania]] for 16 years, is arrested on orders of Prince [[Sigismund Báthory]], and [[István Jósika]] is appointed in his place. Kovacsóczy is imprisoned at [[Gherla|Szamosújvár]] (now Gherla in Romania) and executed by strangulation on September 11. <ref>László Markó, ''A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon'' ("The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days – A Biographical Encyclopedia") (Helikon Kiadó Kft., 2006) p.113</ref> * [[August 30]] – Diplomats meet at [[Stirling Castle]] for the [[Masque at the baptism of Prince Henry]], heir to the throne of Scotland. <ref>Clare McManus, ''Women on the Renaissance Stage: Anna of Denmark and Female Masquing in the Stuart Court, 1590–1618'' (Manchester, 2002), p. 83.</ref> * [[September 6]] – In France, [[Morlaix]], a walled city in Brittany controlled by the Spanish Army and the ''[[Catholic League (French)|Ligue catholique]]'', is [[Siege of Morlaix (1594)|besieged by the French Royal Army]] led by Marshal [[Jean VI d'Aumont]]. <ref>Wallace T. MacCaffrey, '' Elizabeth I: War and Politics, 1588-1603'' (Princeton University Press, 1994) pp. 193</ref> The French Army is supplemented by 2,000 troops commanded by [[John Norris (soldier)|John Norreys]]. * [[September 17]] – A fleet of six ships, commanded by the [[privateer]] [[Martin Frobisher]], arrives at Morlaix and prepares to bombard the city, under siege by the French Army. The Spanish Army commander of the Morlaix garrison surrenders, rather than facing the city's destruction. <ref>Hugh Bicheno, ''Elizabeth's Sea Dogs: How England's Mariners Became the Scourge of the Seas'' (Conway, 2012) pp. 279–280</ref> === October–December === * [[October 1]] – The [[siege of Fort Crozon]] begins as an English and French army attacks the Spanish held fortress at the [[Pointe des Espagnols]] in France. * [[October 3]] – The [[Battle of Glenlivet]] is fought in [[Scotland]] between the Protestant forces loyal to [[James VI and I|King James VI]], assisted by the armies of 8 clans and led by the [[Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll|Earl of Argyll]], against Roman Catholic rebels supported by [[Clan Gordon]] (led by the Earl of Huntley), [[Clan Hay]] (led by the Earl of Errol), [[Clan Cumming|Clan Comyn]] and [[Clan Cameron]]. Despite being outnumbered 5 to 1, the Catholic clans win the battle, killing 500 of the Protestant forces. <ref>John Keay and Julia Keay, ''The Collins Enclyclopaedia of Scotland'' (HarperCollins, 1994) p.468</ref> * [[October 9]] – The [[Campaign of Danture]], which began on July 5 as part of the [[Sinhalese–Portuguese War]], concludes with a decisive victory by forces of the [[Kingdom of Kandy]] over the [[Portuguese Empire]], reversing near-total control of [[Sri Lanka]] by Portugal. [[Pedro Lopes de Sousa]], the Governor of Portuguese Ceylon, is killed in the battle and replaced on December 24 by Jerónimo de Azevedo. * [[November 13]] – After the [[Principality of Wallachia]] (now in Romania) joins other Eastern European nations in a Holy League, a rebellion breaks out in [[Bucharest]] as Christian residents massacre the soldiers of the Ottoman Muslim garrison, entering Wallachia into the ongoing [[Long Turkish War|Thirteen Years' War]]. * [[November 18]] – The Spanish fortress at [[Château de Brest]] in France falls after a siege of five months. * [[November 19]] – The [[siege of Fort Crozon]] by English and French soldiers ends with a massacre of all but 13 of the nearly 400 Spaniards living there, including women and children. <ref>Cesáreo Fernández Duro, ''Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Aragón y Castilla'' ("The Spanish Armada after the Union of the Kingdoms of Aragon and Castile") Vol. III. (Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, 1897). pp. 86–90.</ref> * [[December 2]] – The proposal for the [[Union of Brest]] (moving the [[Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' (1441–1596)|Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus]] from the [[ecclesiastical jurisdiction]] of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] to the [[Roman Catholic Church]]) is made in a petition by the Metropolitan [[Michael Rohoza]] in a petition to [[Sigismund III Vasa|Sigismund]], monarch of Poland, Lithuania, Sweden and Finland.<ref name=Herbermann>"Union of Brest", by Charles Herbermann, in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'' (Robert Appleton Company, 1913)</ref> After a similar petition to Pope Clement VIII on June 12, 1595, the Union will be proclaimed on October 8, 1596. <ref name=Herbermann/> * [[December 15]] – [[Udai Singh of Marwar|King Udai Singh]] of [[Kingdom of Marwar|Marwar]] (now the [[Rajasthan]] and [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] states of India and the [[Punjab (province)|Punjab province]] of Pakistan) returns to [[Lahore]] after having captured the [[Siwana]] fort. <ref>Visheshwar Sarup Bhargava, ''Marwar And The Mughal Emperors (1526–1748)'' (Munshiram Manoharlal, 1966) pp. 61–62</ref> * [[December 27]] – French university student [[Jean Châtel]] attempts to assassinate [[King of France|King]] [[Henry IV of France]] after gaining entrance into the King's office. Châtel attacks the monarch with a knife and causes a minor injury. After the court jester, [[Mathurine de Vallois]] intervenes, she detains Châtel until the King's bodyguard can carry out the arrest. Two days later, is executed by dismemberment. The [[Lycée Louis-le-Grand|Collège de Clermont]], the Jesuit institution where Châtel was a student, is closed and the order of the [[Jesuits]] is temporarily banned. <ref>[[Voltaire]] (François-Marie Arouet) ''Histoire du Parlement de Paris'' (1769)</ref> * [[December 28]] – The earliest known performance of [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' takes place at [[Gray's Inn]] in [[London]], and is played by the [[Lord Chamberlain's Men]] acting company. The production is held before members of the English court on Innocents' Day as part of the Gray's Inn Christmas festivities. <ref>"Introduction", by Charles Whitworth, ed., ''William Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors'' (Oxford University Press, 2003) p.1</ref> === Date unknown === * [[St. Paul's College, Macau|St. Paul's College]] is founded in [[Macau]] by [[Jesuits]], being the first western style university in the far east. * In [[Amsterdam]], the [[Compagnie van Verre]] is created, with the goal of breaking the Portuguese monopoly on spice trade. * [[Tulip]] bulbs planted by [[Carolus Clusius]] in the [[Hortus Botanicus Leiden]], [[Holland]], flower for the first time. * The city of Pompeii is rediscovered more than 1,500 years after its burial by [[Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79|the eruption of Mount Vesuvius]]. </onlyinclude>
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