1595 Facts for Kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1560s 1570s 1580s – 1590s – 1600s 1610s 1620s
Years:	1592 1593 1594 – 1595 – 1596 1597 1598

The year 1595 was a common year. This means it started on a Sunday in the Gregorian calendar, which is the calendar most of the world uses today. It also started on a Wednesday in the Julian calendar, which was used before the Gregorian calendar.

Important Events of 1595

Many important things happened around the world in 1595:

January – A new leader, Mehmed III, became the Sultan of the powerful Ottoman Empire. He took over from his father, Murad III.
May 18 – The Treaty of Tyavzino was signed. This agreement finally ended a war between Russia and Sweden that had been going on for five years.
May 24 – The Nomenclator was published by Leiden University Library. This was the very first printed list of all the books a large library owned!
June 9 – The Battle of Fontaine-Française took place. Henry IV of France, the King of France, fought against the Spanish army and won. He was almost captured during the battle!
July 21 – A group of European explorers, led by Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, landed on the Marquesas Islands in Polynesia for the first time.
August 13 – The Battle of Calugareni was a big fight. Michael the Brave, a leader from Wallachia, led his smaller army to a great victory against a huge Turkish army.
October 26 – Michael the Brave won another battle against the Turkish army at the Battle of Giurgiu. He pushed them back across the Danube River.
December 9 – It's believed that William Shakespeare's famous play, Richard II, was performed for the first time around this date.

Other Events in 1595

Two more of William Shakespeare's well-known plays, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream, were likely performed for the first time in London.
People in Austria started a rebellion against the Ottomans in Bulgaria.

People Born in 1595

Many interesting people were born in 1595:

January 6 – Claude Favre de Vaugelas, a French writer who helped create rules for the French language.
June 9 – King Wladislaus IV of Poland, who later became the ruler of Poland.
June 13 – Jan Marek Marci, a scientist and doctor from Bohemia.
June 19 – Guru Har Gobind, an important spiritual leader for the Sikh faith.
September 21 – Adrian Fearney, a British pirate.
November 13 – George William, Elector of Brandenburg, a German ruler.
December 27 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky, a famous leader from Ukraine.
Date unknown
- Pocahontas, a Native American princess from the Powhatan tribe.
- Thomas Carew, an English poet.
- Cornelius Vermuyden, a Dutch engineer who worked on draining land.

People Who Died in 1595

Some notable people passed away in 1595:

January 15 – Murad III, the Ottoman Sultan who had ruled the Ottoman Empire.
January 24 – Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, a member of the Austrian royal family.
February 21 – Robert Southwell, an English priest and poet.
April 25 – Torquato Tasso, a famous Italian poet.
May 26 – Philip Neri, an Italian churchman who later became a saint.
August 24 – Thomas Digges, an English astronomer who studied the stars.
November 12 – John Hawkins, an English shipbuilder and trader.
Date unknown
- Turlough Luineach O'Neill, an Irish chief.