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{{Year dab|1589}} {{Year nav|1589}} [[File:Jacques Clément.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[August 1]]: King [[Henry III of France]] is assassinated by friar [[Jacques Clément]]]] {{C16 year in topic}} {{Year article header|1589}} == Events == [[File:Henri IV à la bataille d'Arques 21 septembre 1589.jpeg|250px|thumb|right|[[September 15]]–[[September 18]]: [[Battle of Arques]]]] === January–March === * [[January 5]] – The reign of [[Catherine de' Medici]] as Countess of Auvergne ends after 64 years and she is succeeded by her grandson, [[Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême|Charles de Valois]]. * [[January 7]] – The [[College of Sorbonne]] votes a resolution that it is just and necessary to depose King Henry III of France, and that any private citizen is morally free to commit [[regicide]].<ref>Robert J. Knecht, ''The French Wars of Religion 1559–1598'' (Routledge, 1996) p.72</ref> * [[January 17]] – The French city of [[Chartres]] closes its gates to King Henry III and subsequently recognizes 65-year-old [[Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon (born 1523)|Charles I, Cardinal de Bourbon]] as King Charles X. * [[January 26]] – [[Patriarch Job of Moscow|Job of Moscow]] is elected as the first [[Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia]]. * [[February 6]] – King Philip of Portugal issues an order to the Viceroy in Portuguese India (Goa) for the arrest of explorer [[João da Gama]], but da Gama continues toward Mexico without being aware of the order. * [[February 26]] – [[Valkendorfs Kollegium]] is founded in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]. * [[March 6]] **[[Ralph Fitch]] becomes the first known person from England to set foot on the island of Ceylon (now [[Sri Lanka]]) and stays five days.<ref>[https://www.sundaytimes.lk/110306/Plus/plus_11.html "Visions of an Island: Real and unreal", by Richard Boyle, ''The Sunday Times'' (Colombo, Sri Lanka), March 6, 2011]</ref> **The [[Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier]] is set up as the third of the [[Dutch admiralties|five admiralties]] in the [[Dutch Republic]]. * [[March 8]] – England prohibits the construction of a cottage on any property that isn't at least four acres in size, with the passage of the [[Erection of Cottages Act 1588]].<ref>L.F.C. Harrison, ''The Common People, a History from the Norman Conquest to the Present'' (Fontana, 1989)</ref> * [[March 9]] – The [[Treaty of Bytom and Będzin]] is signed between the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] and Austria, ending the [[War of the Polish Succession (1587–1588)|War of the Polish Succession]]. [[Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria]], renounces his claims to the thrones of Poland and Lithuania and acknowledges [[Sigismund III Vasa]] of Sweden as the heir to the throne.<ref>Sławomir Leśniewski, ''Jan Zamoyski – Hetman i Polityk'' (Bellona, 2008) p.117</ref> === April–June === * [[April 13]] – An [[English Armada]], led by Sir [[Francis Drake]] and Sir [[John Norris (soldier)|John Norreys]], and largely financed by private investors, sets sail to attack the [[Iberian Peninsula]]'s Atlantic coast,<ref name="Cassell's Chronology 1589">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/230 230–233]}}</ref> but fails to achieve any naval advantage. * [[May 2]] – Girolamo Bargagli's play ''The Pilgrim Woman'' is given its first performance, premiering in [[Florence]], three years after Bargagli's death.<ref>Martin Banham, ''The Cambridge Guide to Theatre'' (Cambridge University Press, 1989)</ref> * [[May 4]] – In Spain, [[María Pita]] leads the defense of [[Siege of Coruña|La Coruña]] against the English Armada after her husband is killed by a crossbow."<ref>[http://www.culturagalega.org/album/detalle.php?id=8 "María Pita: Heroína Coruñesa Célebre pola Defensa da Cidade fronte os Ingleses]"</ref> * [[May 11]] – [[Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell|The Earl of Bothwell]], accused of treason against the Crown of Scotland, surrenders along with the [[George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly|Earl of Huntly]] and is imprisoned at [[Holyrood Palace]]. Convicted on May 24, the conspirators are never sentenced and set free by King James VI. * [[May 17]] – [[Ercole, Lord of Monaco|Ercole Grimaldi]] becomes the new [[List of rulers of Monaco|Lord of Monaco]] upon the death of his older brother [[Charles II, Lord of Monaco|Charles II]]. * [[June 28]] – On the island of [[Sumatra]] in what is now Indonesia, the Sultan of [[Aceh Sultanate|Aceh Darussalam]], [[Sultan Buyung|Ali Ri'ayat Syah II]], is assassinated by a group of nobles dissatisfied with his rule. He becomes the fourth Sultan in a row to be murdered.<ref>''Dagh-Register 1673'' (Martinus Nijhoff, 1901) p.162</ref> [[Alauddin Ri'ayat Syah Sayyid al-Mukammal|Sayyid al-Mukammal]] is approved by the nobles as the new Sultan of Aceh.<ref>''Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch Indië'' (Nijhoff & Brill, 1917) p.74</ref> === July–September === * [[July 1]] – The [[English Armada]], commanded by Sir Francis Drake, returns to [[Portsmouth]] after almost three months of pillaging the Spanish kingdoms. <ref>Anthony Wingfield, ''A True Coppie of a Discourse Written by a Gentleman Employed in the Late Voyage of Spaine and Portingale'' (Thomas Woodcock, 1589) p.58</ref> * [[July 4]] – [[Jeremias II of Constantinople|Jeremias II Tranos]] is appointed as the Patriarch of Constantinople, leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church, by Ottoman Sultan [[Murad III]].<ref>L. Petit, "Jérémie II Tranos", in ''Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique'' (Letouzey et Ané, 1924) pp. 886–894</ref> * [[July 8]] – [[Jan Zamoyski]], the [[Hetmans of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Hetman of Poland]] since 1581, establishes the [[Zamoyski family entail|largest family trust]] in the Kingdom. The Zamoyski family trust will last for more than 350 years until being abolished in 1944. * [[July 17]] – (Tensho 17, 5th day of 6th month); The [[Battle of Suriagehara]] takes place in [[Japan]] between the Date and Katakura clans and the Ashina, Satake and Nikaido clans. [[Date Masamune]] leads the two clans to victory over [[Satake Yoshinobu]].<ref>Stephen Turnbull, ''The Samurai Sourcebook'' (Cassell & Company, 1998) p.241</ref> * [[July 23]] – [[Abbas the Great]], who has recently become the Safavid Emperor of Persia, arranges the assassination of his benefactor, the Viceroy Murshid Qoli Khan at a banquet. <ref>Andrew J. Newman, ''Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire'' (I.B. Tauris, 2006) p.50</ref> * [[August 1]] – King [[Henry III of France]] is assassinated by a fanatical [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] [[friar]] [[Jacques Clément]], who approaches the King on the pretext of delivering a secret message. Henry tells his guards to stand aside, and Clément approaches and fatally stabs the King. Clément is subsequently killed by the guards. King Henry dies the next day.<ref>Rosanne M. Baars, ''Rumours of Revolt: Civil War and the Emergence of a Transnational News Culture in France and the Netherlands, 1561–1598'' (Brill, 2021) pp.186-187</ref> * [[August 2]] – Following the death of Henry III of France, his army is thrown into confusion and an attempt to retake Paris is abandoned. Henry of Navarre succeeds to the throne as King [[Henry IV of France]], but is not recognized by the [[Catholic League (French)|Catholic League]], who acclaim the imprisoned [[Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon (born 1523)|Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon]], as the rightful King of France, Charles X. * [[August 20]] – King [[James VI and I|James VI of Scotland]], the future James I of England, contracts a [[proxy marriage]] with the 14-year-old [[Anne of Denmark]] at [[Kronborg]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Constable|title=Poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RHFaAAAAMAAJ|year=1960|publisher=Liverpool University Press|page=234|language=en}}</ref> The formal ceremony takes place on [[November 23]] at the [[Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo]]. * [[September 21]] – [[Battle of Arques]]: King [[Henry IV of France]]'s forces defeat those of the [[Catholic League (French)|Catholic League]], under [[Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne]] (younger brother of [[Henry I, Duke of Guise]]). === October–December === * [[October 22]] – King James VI of Scotland sails to [[Norway]] to meet his bride, [[Anne of Denmark]] as part of a fleet of six Scottish Navy ships, and is accompanied by [[John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane|Lord Maitland of Thirlestane]], the [[Lord Chancellor of Scotland]].<ref>Miles Kerr-Peterson and Michael Pearce, "James VI's English Subsidy and Danish Dowry Accounts", ''Scottish History Society Miscellany XVI'' (Woodbridge, 2020) pp.93-94</ref> * [[October 26]] – Japanese warlord [[Date Masamune]] and his forces capture the Sukagawa Castle, defended by his aunt [[Onamihime|Onamihime Nikaido]], after her assistant Hodohara Yukifuji betrays her. * [[October 31]] – Alleged serial killer and accused werewolf [[Peter Stumpp]] 'the Werewolf of Bedburg' is tortured and executed. * [[November 1]] – [[Henry IV of France]] is repulsed in an attempt to capture Paris from the Catholic League. * [[November 21]] – At [[Oslo]], [[Patrick Vans, Lord Barnbarroch]] ratifies the marriage contract between King James VI of Scotland, and Anne of Denmark. * [[December 10]] – In India, [[Man Singh I]] becomes the new raja of the [[Kingdom of Amber]] (now part of the [[Rajasthan]] state) upon the death of his father, [[Bhagwant Das]].<ref>Jadunath Sarkar, ''A History of Jaipur'' (Orient Longman, 1984) pp.74-85</ref> * [[December 25]] ([[Christmas Day]]) – The monks of the [[Pechenga Monastery]], the northernmost in the world, are massacred by [[Sweden|Swedes]], led by a Finnish peasant chief, in the course of the [[Russo-Swedish War (1590–95)|Russo-Swedish War]]. === Date unknown === * [[San Luigi dei Francesi]], Rome, is completed by [[Domenico Fontana]]. * [[Hiroshima]] is founded, by the [[Japan]]ese warlord [[Mōri Terumoto]]. * The [[Hofbräuhaus]] is founded, by [[William V, Duke of Bavaria]], in [[Munich]]. == Births == [[File:SirHenryVaneTheElder.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Henry Vane the Elder]]]] [[File:Robert Arnauld d'Andilly Champaigne.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Robert Arnauld d'Andilly]]]] [[File:BathoriG.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Gabriel Báthory]]]] ===January–June=== * [[January 8]] – [[Ivan Gundulić]], Croatian poet (d. [[1638]]) * [[January 11]] – [[William Strode (of Barrington)|William Strode]], English politician (d. [[1666]]) * [[January 28]] – [[Francisco Ximénez de Urrea]], Spanish historian (d. [[1647]]) * [[February 5]] ** [[Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan]] (d. [[1670]]) ** [[Esteban Manuel de Villegas]], Spanish poet (d. [[1669]]) * [[February 7]] – [[Jacob de Witt]], Mayor of Dordrecht (d. [[1674]]) * [[February 8]] – [[Peter Melander Graf von Holzappel]], Protestant military leader in the Thirty Years' War (d. [[1648]]) * [[February 18]] ** [[Henry Vane the Elder]], English politician (d. [[1655]]) ** [[Maarten Gerritsz Vries]], Dutch explorer (d. [[1646]]) * [[March 1]] – [[Thomas Middleton (Sussex)|Thomas Middleton]], English politician (d. [[1662]]) * [[March 3]] – [[Gisbertus Voetius]], Dutch theologian (d. [[1676]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Augustiniana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M2AsAQAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Augustijns Historisch Instituut.|isbn=978-90-6186-367-0|page=998|language=en}}</ref> * [[March 18]] – [[Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset]], English noble (d. [[1624]]) * [[April 16]] – [[Nicolaes le Febure]], Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij (d. [[1641]]) * [[April 17]] – [[Martin Zeiler]], German author (d. [[1661]]) * [[April 18]] – [[John, Duke of Östergötland]], Swedish prince (d. [[1618]]) * [[April 20]] – [[John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg]], son of John I (d. [[1652]]) * [[April 28]] – [[Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal]] (d. [[1655]]) * [[May 12]] – [[François L’Anglois]], French artist (d. [[1647]]) * [[May 28]] – [[Robert Arnauld d'Andilly]], French writer (d. [[1674]]) * [[June 9]] – [[John of St. Thomas]], Portuguese philosopher (d. [[1644]]) * [[June 16]] – [[Albrycht Władysław Radziwiłł]], Polish prince (d. [[1636]]) * [[June 20]] – [[Giambattista Altieri]], Italian Catholic cardinal (d. [[1654]]) ===July–December=== * [[July 2]] – [[Richard Pepys]], English politician (d. [[1659]]) * [[July 3]] – [[Johann Georg Wirsung]], German anatomist (d. [[1643]]) * [[July 15]] – [[Cornelis Bol]], Flemish painter and etcher (d. [[1666]]) * [[July 16]] – [[Sinibaldo Scorza]], Italian painter (d. [[1631]]) * [[August 1]] – [[Alexandrine von Taxis]], German Imperial General Post Master (d. [[1666]]) * [[August 8]] – [[Framlingham Gawdy]], English politician (d. [[1654]]) * [[August 12]] ** [[Domenico Fiasella]], Italian painter (d. [[1669]]) ** [[Ulrich, Duke of Pomerania]], Bishop of Cammin (d. [[1622]]) * [[August 15]] – [[Gabriel Báthory]], Prince of Transylvania (d. [[1613]]) * [[September 1]] – [[Giovanni Pesaro]], Doge of Venice (d. [[1659]]) * [[September 7]] – [[August of Saxony]], German prince (d. [[1615]]) * [[September 17]] – [[Agostinho Barbosa]], Portuguese bishop in [[Italy]] and writer on [[canon law]] (d. [[1649]]) * [[October 7]] – [[Maria Magdalena of Austria (+1631)|Maria Magdalena of Austria]] (d. [[1631]]) * [[October 8]] – [[Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco]], Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Lima, then Bishop of Arequipa (d. [[1671]]) * [[October 24]] – [[Giuseppe Marcinò]], Italian priest, member of the Order of Friars Minor - or Capuchins (d. [[1655]]) * [[October 25]] – [[Jan Stanisław Sapieha]], Grand Hetman of Lithuania (d. [[1635]]) * [[October 31]] – [[Muhammad Parviz]], Mughal emperor (d. [[1626]]) * [[December 21]] – [[Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake]] (1621–1657) (d. [[1657]]) ===Date unknown=== * Tsar [[Feodor II of Russia]] (d. [[1605]]) * [[Yonten Gyatso|Yönten Gyatso]], 4th [[Dalai Lama]] * [[John Bankes]], Attorney General and Chief Justice to King [[Charles I of England]] (d. [[1644]]) * [[Jusepa Vaca]], Spanish stage actress (d. [[1653]]) == Deaths == [[File:St.Philothei.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Philothei]]]] [[File:Cardinal Farnese.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Alessandro Farnese (cardinal)|Alessandro Farnese]]]] [[File:Capela do Divino Espírito Santo em Porto Alegre 011-aa.JPG|thumb|110px|right|Saint [[Benedict the Moor]]]] [[File:Anjou 1570louvre.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Henry III of France]]]] * [[January 5]] – [[Catherine de' Medici]], queen of [[Henry II of France]] (b. [[1519]])<ref>{{cite book|author=R. J. Knecht|title=The French Wars of Religion 1559-1598|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3W5_BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA123|date=11 September 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-86231-4|pages=123|language=en}}</ref> * [[January 18]] – [[Magnus Heinason]], Faroese naval hero (b. [[1545]]) * [[February 19]] – [[Philothei]], [[Greek Orthodox]] religious sister, martyr and saint (b. [[1522]]) * [[March 2]] – [[Alessandro Farnese (cardinal)|Alessandro Farnese]], Italian cardinal (b. [[1530]]) * [[March 3]] – [[Johannes Sturm]], German educator (b. [[1507]]) * [[March 19]] – [[Heo Nanseolheon]], Korean poet (b. [[1563]]) * [[March 22]] – [[Lodovico Guicciardini]], Italian historian (b. [[1521]]) * [[March 23]] – [[Marcin Kromer]], Prince-Bishop of Warmia (b. [[1512]]) * [[April 26]] ** [[Benedict the Moor]], Italian [[Franciscan]] friar and saint (b. [[1526]]) ** [[Tansen]], Indian musician (b. c.1493/1500) * [[May 3]] – [[Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (b. [[1528]]) * [[May 17]] – [[Charles II, Lord of Monaco]] (b. [[1555]]) * [[May 20]] – [[Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Ansbach]], German princess (b. [[1526]]) * [[July 1]] – [[Lady Saigō]], Japanese concubine (b. [[1552]]) * [[July 16]] – [[Petrus Peckius the Elder]], Dutch jurist, writer on international maritime law (b. [[1529]]) * [[July 29]] – [[Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern]], Duchess consort of Södermanland (1579–1589) (b. [[1561]]) * [[August 1]] – [[Jacques Clément]], French assassin of [[Henry III of France]] (b. [[1567]]) * [[August 2]] – King [[Henry III of France]] (b. [[1551]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Nicola Mary Sutherland|title=Henry IV of France and the Politics of Religion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GwRff75zzd4C&pg=PT497|year=2002|publisher=Intellect Books|isbn=978-1-84150-846-7|pages=497|language=en}}</ref> * [[September 16]] – [[Michael Baius]], Flemish theologian (b. [[1513]]) * [[September 19]] – [[Jean-Antoine de Baïf]], French poet (b. [[1532]]) * [[October 1]] – [[William Darrell of Littlecote]], English politician (b. [[1539]]) * [[October 15]] – [[Jacopo Zabarella]], Italian philosopher (b. [[1532]]) * [[October 31]] – [[Peter Stumpp]], German alleged serial killer "the Werewolf of Bedburg" (b. [[1535]]) * [[November 15]] – [[Philipp Apian]], German mathematician and medic (b. [[1531]]) * [[December 10]] – [[Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton]], English politician (b. [[1544]]) * [[December 12]] – [[Francisco Balbi di Correggio]], Italian soldier in the service of Spain during the Siege of Malta (b. [[1505]]) === Date unknown === ** [[Pietro de' Mariscalchi]], Italian painter (b. [[1520]]) ** [[Charles Dançay]], French diplomat (b. [[1510]]) ** (after September 25) – [[John Stubbs]], English seditious pamphleteer, in France (b. [[1543]]) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1589}} [[Category:1589| ]]
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