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1591

Historical Events in 1591

Jan 18 King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day

Witch Burned in Edinburgh

Jan 27 Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian burned for witchcraft at Castle Hill, Edinburgh by order King James VI. Part of the Berwick witch trials.

King of Great Britain James I and VI

Feb 3 German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau

Henry IV Excommunication Threat

Mar 1 Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French King Henry IV

King Henry IV of France

Mar 13 Battle at Tondibi: Moroccan army under Judar [Jawdar] defeats Sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai
Apr 19 The French city of Chartres surrenders to King Henry IV
May 30 Spanish troops in Zutphen surrender to Dutch and English forces under Maurice of Nassau

Deventer Occupied

Jun 20 Forces of Maurice and William Louis of Nassau occupy Dutch city of Deventer

General Louis of Nassau

Sep 9 -10] Battle at Flores Azores: Spanish beat English
Sep 21 French bishops recognize Henry IV as King of France
Oct 21 Nijmegen surrenders to Earl Mauritius van Nassau
Oct 29 Giovanni A Facchinetti elected as Pope Innocentius IX
Nov 11 French King Henry IV begins his unsuccessful siege of Rouen, capital of Normandy
Nov 12 Castiliaans army occupies Zaragoza

Medieval Popes