What Happened In 1591 - Historical Events 1591

Historical Events for the Year 1591

13th March » Battle of Tondibi: In Mali, Morocco or Moroccan forces of the Saadi Dynasty led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.

11th January » Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician (d. 1646)
12th January » José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)
25th February » Friedrich Spee, German poet (d. 1635)
15th March » Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (d. 1660)
1st May » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (d. 1666)
16th June » Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (d. 1655)
24th August » Robert Herrick (poet) called Robert Herrick, English poet and cleric (d. 1674)
6th October » Settimia Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1638)

15th May » Dmitry of Uglich (b. 1582)
21st June » Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (b. 1568)
2nd July » Vincenzo Galilei, Italian lute player and composer (b. 1520)
18th July » Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (b. 1550)
23rd August » Luis de León, Spanish poet and academic (b. 1527)
10th September » Richard Grenville, English admiral and politician (b. 1542)
20th November » Christopher Hatton, English academic and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1540)
14th December » John of the Cross, Spanish priest and saint (b. 1542)
18th December » Marigje Arriens, Dutch woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1520)
30th December » Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)