1590

1590 (MDXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1590th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 590th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1590, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1560s  1570s  1580s  – 1590s –  1600s  1610s  1620s
Years:	1587 1588 1589 – 1590 – 1591 1592 1593

1590 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1590 MDXC
Ab urbe condita	2343
Armenian calendar	1039 ԹՎ ՌԼԹ
Assyrian calendar	6340
Balinese saka calendar	1511–1512
Bengali calendar	997
Berber calendar	2540
English Regnal year	32 Eliz. 1 – 33 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2134
Burmese calendar	952
Byzantine calendar	7098–7099
Chinese calendar	己丑年 (Earth Ox) 4286 or 4226     — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 4287 or 4227
Coptic calendar	1306–1307
Discordian calendar	2756
Ethiopian calendar	1582–1583
Hebrew calendar	5350–5351
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1646–1647
- Shaka Samvat	1511–1512
- Kali Yuga	4690–4691
Holocene calendar	11590
Igbo calendar	590–591
Iranian calendar	968–969
Islamic calendar	998–999
Japanese calendar	Tenshō 18 (天正１８年)
Javanese calendar	1510–1511
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3923
Minguo calendar	322 before ROC 民前322年
Nanakshahi calendar	122
Thai solar calendar	2132–2133
Tibetan calendar	阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1716 or 1335 or 563     — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1717 or 1336 or 564

Events

• March 14 – Battle of Ivry – Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne.
• May – August – Unsuccessful siege of Paris by Henry IV of France. Henry is forced to raise the siege when the Duke of Parma comes to its relief with a Spanish army.
• May 17 – Anne of Denmark is crowned queen of Scotland.
• August 18 – John White, the governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply-trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
• September 15 – Pope Urban VII succeeds Sixtus V.
• December 5 – Pope Gregory XIV succeeds Urban VII.
• Coptic Pope Gabriel VIII succeeds Yoannis XIV.
• Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria Meletius I succeeds Silvester.
• Japan is united by Toyotomi Hideyoshi