1592
year
1592 (MDXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1592nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 592nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 92nd year of the 16th century, and the 3rd year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1592, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1560s 1570s 1580s – 1590s – 1600s 1610s 1620s |
| Years: | 1589 1590 1591 – 1592 – 1593 1594 1595 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1592 MDXCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2345 |
| Armenian calendar | 1041 ԹՎ ՌԽԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6342 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1513–1514 |
| Bengali calendar | 999 |
| Berber calendar | 2542 |
| English Regnal year | 34 Eliz. 1 – 35 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2136 |
| Burmese calendar | 954 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7100–7101 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 4288 or 4228 — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 4289 or 4229 |
| Coptic calendar | 1308–1309 |
| Discordian calendar | 2758 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1584–1585 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5352–5353 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1648–1649 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1513–1514 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4692–4693 |
| Holocene calendar | 11592 |
| Igbo calendar | 592–593 |
| Iranian calendar | 970–971 |
| Islamic calendar | 1000–1001 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 20 / Bunroku 1 (文禄元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1512–1513 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3925 |
| Minguo calendar | 320 before ROC 民前320年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 124 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2134–2135 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 1718 or 1337 or 565 — to — 阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 1719 or 1338 or 566 |
Events
change- April 13 – The Siege of Busan begins.
- April 24 – Battle of Sangju: The Koreans lose against the Japanese.
Deaths
change- February – Thomas Cavendish, English sailor and explorer
- February 13 – Jacopo Bassano, Italian painter
- September 3 – Robert Greene, English writer
Births
change- March 28 – John Amos Comenius, Czech teacher and writer