1589
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| Years: 1586 1587 1588 - 1589 - 1590 1591 1592 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1589 MDLXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2342 |
| Armenian calendar | 1038 ԹՎ ՌԼԸ |
| Chinese calendar | 4285 – 4286 戊子 – 己丑 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1581 – 1582 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5349 – 5350 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1644 – 1645 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1511 – 1512 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4690 – 4691 |
| Iranian calendar | 967 – 968 |
| Islamic calendar | 997 – 998 |
1589 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
[edit] Events
- Rebellion of the Catholic League against King Henry III of France, in revenge for his murder of Duke Henry of Guise. They proclaim the deposition of the King, and acclaim the imprisoned Cardinal de Bourbon as the rightful King of France, calling him Charles X. The King makes peace with his old rival, Henry of Navarre, and together they besiege Paris.
- January 26 - Job is elected as the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
- August 2 - Henry III of France is murdered by a fanatical Catholic monk. Henry of Navarre proclaims himself as King Henry IV of France. As many of the late King's troops refuse to support a Protestant, Henry is forced to give up the siege of Paris.
- September 21 - Battle of Arques - King Henry's forces defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Duke Charles of Mayenne (younger brother of the Duke of Guise)
- November 1 - Henry IV of France is repulsed in an attempt to capture Paris from the Catholic League
- Birth of Yönten Gyatso, the fourth Dalai Lama
- Hiroshima, Japan founded
- The monks of the Pechenga Monastery, the northernmost in the world, are massacred by the Swedes
[edit] Births
- January 9 - Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (d. 1638)
- February 5 - Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)
- March 3 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (d. 1676)
- Yönten Gyatso, 4th Dalai Lama
See also Category:1589 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 5 - Catherine de Medici, queen of Henry II of France (b. 1519)
- March 2 - Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1530)
- August 1 - Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)
- August 2 - King Henry III of France (b. 1551)
- September 16 - Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
- Tansen, Indian musician (born 1506)
See also Category:1589 deaths.
