What is 1590?
{{Year nav|1590}} {{Year in various calendars|1590}} {{Year article header|1590}} == Events == * [[March 14]] – [[Battle of Ivry]] – [[Henry IV of France]] again defeats the forces of the [[Catholic League (French)|Catholic League]] under the [[Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne|Duc de Mayenne]]. * May – August – Unsuccessful siege of Paris by [[Henry IV of France]]. Henry is forced to raise the siege when the [[Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza|Duke of Parma]] comes to its relief with a Spanish army. * [[May 17]] – [[Anne of Denmark]] is crowned queen of Scotland. * [[August 18]] – [[John White]], the governor of the [[Colony of Roanoke]], returns from a supply-trip to [[England]] and finds his settlement deserted. * [[September 15]] – [[Pope Urban VII]] succeeds [[Pope Sixtus V|Sixtus V]]. * [[December 5]] – [[Pope Gregory XIV]] succeeds [[Pope Urban VII|Urban VII]]. * Coptic Pope [[Gabriel VIII of Alexandria|Gabriel VIII]] succeeds [[Yoannis XIV of Alexandria|Yoannis XIV]]. * Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria [[Meletius I of Alexandria|Meletius I]] succeeds [[Silvester of Alexandria|Silvester]]. * [[Japan]] is united by [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] [[Category:1590| ]]