List of 1590 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1590
Date | Event |
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February 8, 1590 | Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva is tortured by the Inquisition in Mexico, charged with concealing the practice of Judaism of his sister and her children. |
March 14, 1590 | Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion. |
May 17, 1590 | Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland. |
August 18, 1590 | John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted. |
August 30, 1590 | Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590) |
September 5, 1590 | Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris. |
September 27, 1590 | The death of Pope Urban VII, 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, ends the shortest papal reign in history. |
October 16, 1590 | Prince Gesualdo of Venosa murders his wife and her lover. |
October 24, 1590 | John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists. |