14th March » Battle of Ivry: Henry IV of France Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League (French) Catholic League under the Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne Duc de Mayenne during the French Wars of Religion.
17th May » Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen consort or Queen of Scotland.
18th August » John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
30th August » Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese calendar or Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
27th September » Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign Pope Lengths of papal reign called the shortest papacy in history.
24th October » John White (colonist and artist) known as John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
Famous Birthdays in 1590
18th March » Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)
19th March » William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor) or William Bradford, English-American politician, 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony (d. 1657)