What is 1595?
{{Year nav|1595}} {{Year in various calendars|1595}} {{Year article header|1595}} == Events == * January &ndash; [[Mehmed III]] succeeds [[Murad III]] as [[Ottoman Emperor|Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. * [[May 18]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Tyavzino]] brings to an end the [[Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595)]]. * [[May 24]] &ndash; The ''Nomenclator'' of [[Leiden University Library]] appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. * [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Battle of Fontaine-Française]]: [[Henry IV of France]] defeats the [[Spain|Spanish]], but is nearly killed. * [[July 21]] &ndash; A Spanish expedition led by [[navigator]] and [[exploration|explorer]] [[Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira]] makes the first [[Europe]]an landing in [[Polynesia]], on the [[Marquesas Islands]]. * [[August 13]] &ndash; [[Battle of Calugareni]]: The Wallachians, led by [[Michael the Brave]], accomplish a great victory against the large army of the Turks, numbering over 150,000 men, led by [[Sinan Pasha]]. Wallachian tactical victory. * [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Battle of Giurgiu]]: [[Michael the Brave]] again defeats the Turkish army led by [[Sinan Pasha]], pushing them on the right side of the Danube. * [[December 9]] &ndash; Probable first performance of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]''. === Date unknown === * Probable first performance of [[William Shakespeare]]'s plays ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' in [[London]].<ref name=CBH>{{cite book |last= Palmer |first=Alan |author2= Veronica |year=1992 |title=The Chronology of British History |publisher=Century Ltd |location= London |pages= 163–165 |isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref> * The [[Austria]]ns start a rebellion against the [[Ottomans]] in [[Bulgaria]]. == Births == * [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Claude Favre de Vaugelas]], French grammarian and man of letters (d. [[1650]]) * [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Miles Hobart]] (d. [[1639]]) * [[June 9]] &ndash; King [[Wladislaus IV of Poland]] (d. [[1648]]) * [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Jan Ma