1591 (MDXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1591st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 591st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 16th century, and the 2nd year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1591, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
May 19May 30: Capture of Zutphen
1591 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1591
MDXCI
Ab urbe condita2344
Armenian calendar1040
ԹՎ ՌԽ
Assyrian calendar6341
Balinese saka calendar1512–1513
Bengali calendar998
Berber calendar2541
English Regnal year33 Eliz. 1 – 34 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar2135
Burmese calendar953
Byzantine calendar7099–7100
Chinese calendar庚寅年 (Metal Tiger)
4288 or 4081
    — to —
辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit)
4289 or 4082
Coptic calendar1307–1308
Discordian calendar2757
Ethiopian calendar1583–1584
Hebrew calendar5351–5352
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1647–1648
 - Shaka Samvat1512–1513
 - Kali Yuga4691–4692
Holocene calendar11591
Igbo calendar591–592
Iranian calendar969–970
Islamic calendar999–1000
Japanese calendarTenshō 19
(天正19年)
Javanese calendar1511–1512
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3924
Minguo calendar321 before ROC
民前321年
Nanakshahi calendar123
Thai solar calendar2133–2134
Tibetan calendar阳金虎年
(male Iron-Tiger)
1717 or 1336 or 564
    — to —
阴金兔年
(female Iron-Rabbit)
1718 or 1337 or 565

Events

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June 1June 10: Siege of Deventer

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Date unknown

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Births

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Guercino

January–June

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July–December

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Michael de Sanctis

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Deaths

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Pope Gregory XIV
 
John of the Cross
 
Pope Innocent IX

Date unknown

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References

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