14th » Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598) or Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin and Won Kyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu, at Hansan Island.
23rd » Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98) Japanese invasions of Korea: The Siege of Yeongwon Yeongwon Castle is besieged by the Azuchi–Momoyama period Japanese Fourth Division led by Itō Suketaka.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1592
28th » George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1628)