Historical Events In 1591
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Jan 07 Jacobus de Kerle, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 59. 


Jan 18 King Naresuan of Siam results in the deaths of Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day. 


Jan 19 Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60. 


Feb 03 German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau 


Feb 05 Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies 


Mar 01 Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French king Henri IV. 


Mar 13 Battle at Tondibi Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai 


Mar 13 Battle at Tondibi: Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai 


Apr 19 Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France. 


May 15 Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9. 


May 17 Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51 


May 20 Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius 


May 26 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer 


Jun 20 Mauritius and Willem van Nassau occupy Devente. 


Jun 21 Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies. 


Jul 18 Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40 


Aug 18 Governor of Roanoke Island colony returns from England and are discovered everyone in the colony had disappeared [or Aug 17, 1590] 


Aug 19 French king Henri IV occupies Rouen 


Aug 23 Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies. 


Aug 24 Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) 


Sep 08 Jacqueline M A de Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess. 


Sep 09 -10] Battle at Flores Azores: Spanish beat English. 


Sep 12 Richard Grenville, vice-admiral (Roanoke) dies in battle at 49 


Sep 21 French bishops recognize Henri IV as king of France. 


Sep 23 Michael Lohr, composer. 


Oct 16 Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56 


Oct 21 Nijmegen surrenders to Earl Mauritius van Nassau. 


Oct 29 Giovanni A Facchinetti elected as Pope Innocentius IX. 


Nov 12 Castiliaans army occupies Zaragoza. 


Dec 14 Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies. 


Dec 30 Innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72 


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