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1592

Events of 1592

January 30 - Pope Clement VIII (born Ippolito Aldobrandini) succeeds Pope Innocent IX, who died one month earlier, as the 231st pope.
February 8 - George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, sets fire to Donibristle Castle and murders James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray.
March 14 - Pi day to the sixth digit!
April 4 - The future Henry IV of France, King designate of Henry III of France, announces in a declaration, so-called "Expedient," his intention to follow instructions in and convert to the catholic religion. (Also see: 1593, 1594 and 1598.)
April 13 - Beginning of the Siege of Busan.
April 24 - The Japanese are victorious over the Koreans at the Battle of Sangju.
April 28 - In the Battle of Ch'ungju, Japan inflicts a decisive defeat on Korea.
May 29 - Turtle ships make their first appearance in action, at the Battle of Sacheon.

July 3 - The Koreans are victorious over the Japanese in the naval Battle of Hansan.
July 30 - Alonso de Sotomayor, petitions the viceroy of Peru for more troops to help resist attacks by Indians and English pirates.
October 7 - The Battle of Okpo is another naval victory for Korea over Japan.
November 27 - John III is succeeded by his son Sigismund as King of Sweden.

Founding of the Collegium Melitense, by the Bishop Garagallo. It is now known as the University of Malta.
Founding of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.
Thomas Kyd publishes The Spanish Tragedy.
Seven-Year War between Korea and Japan starts.
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I of England, is taken seriously ill.
Negotiations begin for the dissolution of the childless marriage of Henry IV of France and Marguerite de Valois.
The Confucian shrine of Munmyo is destroyed by fire.

January 5 - Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1666)
January 22 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher and scientist (died 1655)
February 20 - Nicholas Ferrar, English trader (died 1637)
March 28 - Comenius, Czech teacher and writer (died 1670)
April 11 - Sir John Eliot, English statesman (died 1632)
April 22 - Wilhelm Schickard, German inventor (died 1635)
May - Francis Quarles, English poet (died 1644)
may 15 - Sir Ruselincia Anderson was born
June 22 - Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, Roman Catholic Archbishop
July 10 - Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660)
August 1 - François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (died 1662)
August 28 - George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (died 1628)
October 22 - Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (died 1657)
November 5 - Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)
December 6 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (died 1676)
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