1590 in History – What happened in year 1590

In history, year 1590 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1590.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1590:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
17 may	Anne of Denmark was crowned Queen consort of Scotland in theabbey church at Holyrood Palace.
18 august	On the third birthday of his granddaughter Virginia Dare, thefirst English child born in the Americas, John White, governor of theRoanoke Colony in present-day North Carolina, US, returned from Englandonly to find the settlement deserted.
16 october	Italian composer Carlo Gesualdo caught his wife having anextramarital affair with Duke Fabrizio Carafa of Andria and killed themboth on the spot.
27 September	Pope Urban VII, who was the shortest Pope, died.

Famous birthdays in the year 1590:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
18 March	Manuel de Faria e Sousa / Poet / Portugal
19 August	Henry Rich / Politician / United Kingdom