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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s Years: 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 - 1595 - 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600 Events January 30 - William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time June 9 - Battle of Fontaine-Française[?]. Henry IV of France defeats the Spanish, but is nearly killed due to his rashness. October 28 - Battle of Guirgevo[?]. Transylvanian forces under Sigismund Bathory, allied to the Habsburgs, defeat the Turkish army of Sinan Pasha, securing Transylvanian control over Wallachie. Mehmed III succeeds Murad III as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Births December - Henry Lawes, English musician. December 4 - Jean Chapelain, French poet. Count Johann von Werth, German general of cavalry in the Thirty Years' War. Bohdan Chmielnicki, a Zaporizhzhya (Zaporozhian) Cossack hetman of Ukraine, noted for his revolt against Poland which began in 1648, and for instigating a massacre of the Jews. Andrej Cergol[?], Slovene mathematician. Jean Desmarets, French dramatist and miscellaneous writer. Ladislaus IV of Poland. Deaths James Stewart, Earl of Arran[?]. Torquato Tasso, Italian poet. Luis Barahona de Soto, Spanish poet.
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s
Years: 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 - 1595 - 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600
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