Editing 1595 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Mehmed III]] succeeds [[Murad III]], as [[List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire|Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]] and begins a reign of almost nine years. Upon ascending the throne, Mehmed orders that all 19 of the other sons of Murad III are to be strangled to death. <ref> Donald Quataert, ''The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922'' (Cambridge University Press, 2000) p.90</ref>
* [[January 17]] &ndash; During the [[French Wars of Religion]], King [[Henry IV of France]] declares war on Spain, ordering [[Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon|Henry, Duke of Bouillon]] to lead armies [[Luxemburg campaigns|through Luxembourg for an attack]] on the [[Spanish Netherlands]] (now Belgium). <ref>Michael Bormann, ''Beitrag zur Geschichte der Ardennen '' ("Contribution to the history of the Ardennes") (Lintzschen Buchhandlung, 1841) pp. 242–243</ref>
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor|Matthias of Habsburg]] is appointed by his brother [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor]], to become the Archduke of ''[[Further Austria|die Vorlande]]'', the possessions of the Austrian Habsburgs in Southern Germany outside of [[Austria]], also called Further Austria (''Vorderösterreich''). The appointment follows the death of their uncle, [[Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria|Ferdinand II]]. Matthias will later become Archduke of Austria (in 1608) and the Emperor in 1612.
* [[January 28]] &ndash; The [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Principality of Transylvania]] (now encompassing most of Romania) joins the [[Holy League (1594)|Holy League]] alliance with the Holy Roman Empire in a war against the Ottoman Empire, as [[Stephen Bocskai]] signs a treaty at [[Prague]] on behalf of Prince [[Sigismund Báthory]].
* [[February 6]]
**Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] of England departs from [[Plymouth]] to begin [[Raleigh's El Dorado expedition|an expedition to South America]]  
**Despite a string of military victories over the Serbian rebels, [[Koca Sinan Pasha]] is dismissed as [[Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] by Sultan Mehmed III, and banished to [[Malkara]]. He is replaced by [[Serdar Ferhad Pasha]], whom he replaces on July 7.
* [[February 16]] &ndash; In northern Ireland, [[Art MacBaron O'Neill]] successfully conducts the [[assault on the Blackwater Fort]], an English military outpost located in [[County Armagh]] and captures it. <ref>"The Cockpit of Ulster: War along the River Blackwater 593-1603", by James O'Neill, in ''Ulster Journal of Archaeology'' (2013) p.186</ref>
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Archduke Ernest of Austria]], Governor-General of the [[Habsburg Netherlands]] (now Belgium), dies at the age of 41 and is temporarily replaced by his Spanish assistant, [[Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes]]. 
* [[February 25]] &ndash; The Goa state archives are established at the city of [[Panaji]] in [[Portuguese India]] (now India's [[Goa]] state) by historian [[Diogo do Couto]].
* [[March 20]] &ndash; After a siege of 13 days, the French town of [[Huy]] (now in Belgium) is captured by the army of the Spanish Netherlands, as the General Charles de Héraugière surrenders to the Baron de la Motte. <ref>John Lothrop Motley, ''The History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, Complete (1584-1609)'' (1860, reprinted by Library of Alexandria, 2004)</ref>
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[Thado Dhamma Yaza III of Prome|Thado Dhamma Yaza III]], who has served since 1589 for the Kingdom of Pegu as the Burmese Viceroy of [[Pyay|Prome]]  (now in the [[Bago Region]] of Myanmar), declares himself to be the King of Prome during the [[Burmese–Siamese War (1593–1600)|invasion by the Kingdom of Siam]] and breaks relations with his father King [[Nanda Bayin]] of Pegu.