Editing 1595 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Battle of Giurgiu (1595)|Battle of Giurgiu]]: [[Michael the Brave]], led by Transylvanian Prince [[Sigismund Báthory]], again defeats the Turkish army led by [[Sinan Pasha]],  pushing them on the east side of the Danube.
* [[October 30]] &ndash; The surviving members of Spain's Mendaña expedition to Santa Cruz, including Mendaña's widow [[Isabel Barreto]], decide to abandon the Santa Cruz colony in the South Pacific.
* [[November 7]] &ndash; Portuguese explorer [[Sebastião Rodrigues Soromenho]], who had departed from the Philippines on the ship ''San Agustin'' on July 5 with cargo of Asian silk, porcelain, and almost 100 passengers and crew, drops anchor at [[Drakes Bay]] in what is now the U.S. state of [[California]]. <ref name=Aker>{{cite book|last1=Aker|first1=Raymond|title=The Cermen̄o Expedition at Drake's Bay|date=1965|url=http://www.winepi.com/Drake%20Book/Cermeno.pdf|publisher=Drake Navigators Guild | access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref> He and some of his crew come ashore, where they are greeted by Native Americans. A gale in a few weeks later sinks the ''San Agustin'', killing at least 7 people and ruining the ship's cargo. The crew salvages a [[launch (boat)|launch]] that they had brought with them. 
* [[November 8]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Guadalupe Island (1595)|Battle of Guadalupe Island]] is fought between nine English Navy warships (led by Sir [[Francis Drake]]) and eight Spanish frigates off in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Spanish force wins the battle, capturing one ship and killing 45 English sailors. Both sets of ships proceed toward [[Puerto Rico]]. 
* [[November 9]] &ndash; In India, Prince [[Man Singh I]], [[Kingdom of Amber|Maharaja of Amber]] within the [[Mughal Empire]], becomes the Mughal Governor (''[[subahdar]]'') of [[Bengal Subah|Bengal]] in what is now Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. He lays the foundations of a new capital of Bengal, [[Akbarnagar]] (now [[Rajmahal]], [[Jharkhand]] state). <ref>Jadunath Sarkar, ''A History of Jaipur, c. 1503-1938'' (Orient Longman, 1984) p.81</ref>
* [[November 17]] &ndash; In the remodeling of the Church of Saint Sylvester in [[Rome]], the ashes of [[Pope Anterus]] are discovered almost 1,360 years after his death. Anterus had served as Pope for six weeks before dying on January 3, [[236]]. <ref>Artaud de Montor, ''The Lives and Times of the Popes: Including the Complete Gallery of Portraits of the Pontiffs Reproduced from Effigies'' (The Catholic Publication Society of America, 1911) pp. 49–50</ref>
* [[November 18]] &ndash; The settlers of the first attempt to create a European colony in the South Pacific depart from Santa Cruz Island on three surviving ships, the ''San Geronimo'', the ''San Felipe'' and the ''Santa Catalina'' (which disappears during the attempt to return home). Despite the lack of navigation charts, navigator Pedro Fernandes de Queirós brings the ''San Geronimo'' and the ''San Felipe'' back to Manila Bay, arriving on February 11 after 12 weeks and the deaths of 50 passengers.
* [[November 22]] &ndash; The [[Battle of San Juan (1595)|Battle of San Juan]] is fought off of the island of [[Puerto Rico]] as an English fleet of 27 ships and 2,500 men, led by [[Francis Drake]], attempts to invade the Spanish colony. In a three-day battle, the English lose at least eight ships and 400 men, including [[John Hawkins (naval commander)|Admiral John Hawkins]]. Drake's fleet withdraws and attempts to conquer Panama. <ref>Thomas Maynarde, ''Sir Francis Drake: His Voyage, 1595, including an Account off What Took Place at San Juan de Puerto Rico'' (reprinted by Routledge, 2016) pp. 46–63</ref>
* [[December 8]] &ndash; A group of 80 people from the sunken ship ''San Agustin'', are able to leave California on the launch which they had brought along, which they name the ''San Buenaventura''. The group sails past [[San Francisco Bay]] and arrives at Chacala in Mexico on January 17. <ref name=Aker/> 
* [[December 9]] &ndash; What is probably the first performance of [[William Shakespeare]]'s play, ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]'', takes place in [[London]].
* [[December 14]] &ndash; Sultan Murad, 4th son of Emperor [[Akbar]] of the [[Mughal Empire]] invades [[Ahmednagar Sultanate]] which is defended by [[Chand Bibi]].