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Years: 1590Events 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 it 1591Events June Capture of Zutphen by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau July Capture of Deventer by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau August September Maurice maneuvers cautiously against the Duke of Parma near Arnhem September 14 Capture of Hulst by Maurice 1592Events January 30 The death of Pope Innocent IX during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant. Ippolito Aldobrandini is elected Pope Clement VIII. Founding of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland's oldest university Thomas Kyd publishes The Spanis 1593Events May 18 Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. July 25 King Henry IV of France returns to Catholicism, and is recognized as King in most of France. Outbreak of the Long War in Hungary between 1594Events February 27 Henry IV is crowned King of France at Rheims. March 21 Henry IV enters his capital of Paris for the first time. Births February 19 Henry, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of King James VI of Scotland/ James I of England and Anne of Denma 1595Events January 30 William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time June 9 Battle of Fontaine-Francaise. Henry IV of France defeats the Spanish, but is nearly killed due to his rashness. October 28 Battle of Guirgevo. Transylvanian fo 1596Events April 9 Spanish troops capture Calais September 17 The Spanish capture Amiens September 20 Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey, Mexico. First water closet, by Sir John Harrington, is installed in a manor near Kelston in England Births 1597Events January 24 Battle of Turnhout. Maurice of Nassau defeats a Spanish force under Jean de Rie of Varas in the Netherlands The first opera is considered to have been written. Bali discovered by the Dutch explorer Cornelis Houtman Births Pieter Saenreda 1598 1599

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