Year '1592' was a
leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Gregorian calendar (or a
leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower
Julian calendar).
Events of 1592
January - June
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January 30 -
Pope Clement VIII (born Ippolito Aldobrandini) succeeds
Pope Innocent IX, who died one month earlier, as the 231st
pope.
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February 8 -
George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, sets fire to
Donibristle Castle and murders
James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray.
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April 4 - The future
Henry IV of France, King designated by
Henry III of France, announce in a declaration, so-called "Expedient" his intention to follow an instruction in the
catholic religion in the deliberateness to convert. ''(Also see:
1593,
1594 and
1598.)''
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April 13 - Beginning of the
Siege of Busan.
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April 24 - The
Japanese are victorious over the
Koreans at the
Battle of Sangju.
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April 28 - In the
Battle of Ch'ungju, Japan inflicts a decisive defeat on Korea.
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May 29 -
Turtle ships make their first appearance in action, at the
Battle of Sacheon.
July - December
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July 3 - The Koreans are victorious over the Japanese in the naval
Battle of Hansan.
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July 30 -
Alonso de Sotomayor, petitions the viceroy of
Peru for more troops to help resist attacks by Indians and English pirates.
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October 7 - The
Battle of Okpo is another naval victory for Korea over Japan.
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November 27 -
John III is succeeded by his son
Sigismund as
King of Sweden.
Undated
★ Founding of
Trinity College, Dublin,
Ireland's oldest
university.
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Thomas Kyd publishes ''The Spanish Tragedy''.
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Seven-Year War between
Korea and
Japan starts.
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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, chief adviser of Queen
Elizabeth I of England, is taken seriously ill.
★ Negotiations begin for the dissolution of the childless marriage of
Henry IV of France and
Marguerite de Valois.
★ The
Confucian shrine of
Munmyo is destroyed by fire.
Births
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January 5 -
Shah Jahan,
Mughal Emperor of India (d.
1666)
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January 22 -
Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher and scientist (died
1655)
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February 20 -
Nicholas Ferrar, English trader (died
1637)
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March 28 -
Comenius, Czech teacher and writer (died
1670)
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April 11 -
Sir John Eliot, English statesman (died
1632)
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April 22 -
Wilhelm Schickard, German inventor (died
1635)
★ May -
Francis Quarles, English poet (died
1644)
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may 15 - Sir Ruselincia Anderson was born
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June 22 -
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, Roman Catholic Archbishop
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July 10 -
Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d.
1660)
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August 1 -
François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (died
1662)
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August 28 -
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (died
1628)
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October 22 -
Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (died
1657)
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November 5 -
Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d.
1672)
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December 6 -
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (died
1676)
★ ''date unknown''
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Richard Bellingham, colonial magistrate (died
1672)
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Abraham Elzevir, Dutch printer (died
1652)
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John Hacket, English churchman (died
1670)
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Ingen, Chinese
Zen Buddhist monk, poet, and calligrapher (d.
1673)
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John Jenkins, English composer (died
1678)
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Henry King, poet (died
1669)
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Mustafa I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died
1639)
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John Oldham, early Puritan settler in Massachusetts (died
1636)
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Hung Taiji, Emperor of China (died
1643)
★ ''probable''
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Étienne Brûlé, French explorer in Canada (died
1632)
: ''See also .''
Deaths
★ February -
Thomas Cavendish, English sailor and explorer (born
1555)
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February 13 -
Jacopo Bassano, Italian painter (born c
1515)
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February 29 -
Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (born
1540)
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March 5 -
Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (born
1499)
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April 13 -
Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect and sculptor (born
1511)
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April 27 -
Girolamo Muziano, Italian painter (born
1528)
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May 17 -
Paschal Baylon, Spanish mystic and saint (born
1540)
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July 1 -
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer (born c
1547)
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July 26 -
Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (born
1524)
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August 25 -
William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (born
1532)
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September 3 -
Robert Greene, English writer (born
1558)
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September 13 -
Michel de Montaigne, French essayist (born
1533)
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October 28 -
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat
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November 27
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★ King
John III of Sweden (born
1537)
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Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese military commander (born
1568)
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December 3 -
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (born
1545)
★ ''date unknown'' -
Francesco Bassano the Younger, Italian painter (born
1559)
: ''See also .''