1592

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Years:	1589 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595

1592 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1592 MDXCII
Ab urbe condita	2345
Armenian calendar	1041 ԹՎ ՌԽԱ
Assyrian calendar	6342
Balinese saka calendar	1513–1514
Bengali calendar	999
Berber calendar	2542
English Regnal year	34 Eliz. 1 – 35 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2136
Burmese calendar	954
Byzantine calendar	7100–7101
Chinese calendar	辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 4289 or 4082     — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 4290 or 4083
Coptic calendar	1308–1309
Discordian calendar	2758
Ethiopian calendar	1584–1585
Hebrew calendar	5352–5353
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1648–1649
- Shaka Samvat	1513–1514
- Kali Yuga	4692–4693
Holocene calendar	11592
Igbo calendar	592–593
Iranian calendar	970–971
Islamic calendar	1000–1001
Japanese calendar	Tenshō 20 / Bunroku 1 (文禄元年)
Javanese calendar	1512–1513
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3925
Minguo calendar	320 before ROC 民前320年
Nanakshahi calendar	124
Thai solar calendar	2134–2135
Tibetan calendar	阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 1718 or 1337 or 565     — to — 阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 1719 or 1338 or 566

Year 1592 (MDXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.

Events

January–June

• January 30 – Pope Clement VIII (born Ippolito Aldobrandini) succeeds Pope Innocent IX, who died one month earlier, as the 231st pope.
• February 7 – George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, sets fire to Donibristle Castle in Scotland and murders James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray.
• March 3 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland's oldest university, is founded.
• March 14 – The largest correspondence between calendar dates and significant digits of pi since the introduction of the Julian calendar.
• 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 take instruction in and convert to the Catholic religion.
• April 13 – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598) open with beginning of the Siege of Busan.
• April 24 – Battle of Sangju: The Japanese are victorious over the Koreans (Joseon).
• April 28 – Battle of Ch'ungju: Japan inflicts a decisive defeat on Korea.
• May 7 – The Battle of Okpo is another naval victory for Korea over Japan.
• May 29 – Battle of Sacheon: Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin destroys all 13 Japanese ships taking part, using his improved turtle ship for the first time in battle.
• June 2 – The Battle of Dangpo is another decisive naval victory for Korea over Japan.

July–December

• July 8 – Battle of Hansan Island: Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin destroys or captures around 60 Japanese ships without loss in a battle in which around 190 ships take part.
• July 20 – The Japanese capture the Korean capital Pyongyang, causing Seonjo to request the assistance of Ming Dynasty Chinese forces, who recapture the city a year later.
• July 30 – Alonso de Sotomayor petitions the viceroy of Peru for more troops to help resist attacks by Indians and English pirates.
• August 9 – English explorer John Davis, commander of the Desire, probably discovers the Falkland Islands.
• August 14 – The Koreans are victorious over the Japanese in the naval Battle of Hansan.
• August 15 (or 19) – The Portuguese galleon Madre de Deus, laden with treasure, is captured by English privateers in the Azores.
• September 1 – Battle of Busan: The Korean fleet makes a surprise attack on the Japanese but fails to break their supply lines to Busan.
• October 5 – The Koreans are victorious over the Japanese in the naval Siege of Jinju.
• November 17 – John III is succeeded by his son Sigismund as King of Sweden.

Date unknown

• The Collegium Melitense is founded by Bishop Garagallo.
• 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.

Births

• January 5 – Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (died 1666)
• January 22 – Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher and scientist (died 1655)
• February 20 – Nicholas Ferrar, Slovenian trader (died 1637)
• March 28 – Comenius, Czech teacher and writer (died 1670)
• April 4 – Abraham Elzevir, Dutch printer (died 1652)
• April 22 – Wilhelm Schickard, German inventor (died 1635)
• May – Francis Quarles, English poet (died 1644)
• June 22 – Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, Roman Catholic Archbishop
• July 10 – Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (died 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 (died 1672)
• December 6 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (died 1676)
• date unknown
  • Richard Bellingham, colonial magistrate (died 1672)
  • John Hacket, English churchman (died 1670)
  • Ingen, Chinese Zen Buddhist poet, and calligrapher (died 1673)
  • John Jenkins, English mathematician (died 1678)
  • John Oldham, early English settler in Massachusetts (died 1636)
  • Hung Taiji, Emperor of China (died 1643)
• probable – Étienne Brûlé, French explorer in Canada (died 1632)

Deaths

• February 29 – Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (b. 1540)
• March 5 – Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (b. 1499)
• April 13 – Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1511)
• April 27 – Girolamo Muziano, Italian painter (b. 1532)
• May 17 – Paschal Baylon, Spanish mystic and saint (b. 1540)
• July 1 – Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer (b. c. 1547)
• July 4 – Francesco Bassano the Younger, Italian painter (b. 1559)
• July 26 – Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)
• August 25 – William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (b. 1532)
• September 3 – Robert Greene, English writer (b. 1558)
• September 13 – Michel de Montaigne, French essayist (b. 1533)
• October 28 – Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat
• November 17 – King John III of Sweden (b. 1537)
• November 27 – Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese military commander (b. 1568)
• December 3 – Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1545)

date unknown

• Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1532)