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What Happened in May 1592

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Historical Events

  • May 29 Battle of Sacheon: Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin repels a Japanese fleet - first use of Korean Turtle ship

Famous Birthdays

  • May 1 Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary in China and astronomer, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1666)
  • May 8 Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems), born in Romford, Essex (d. 1644)
  • May 13 John Cloppenburg, Dutch Calvinist theologian, born in Amsterdam (d. 1652)
Born in 1592

Famous Weddings

Sigismund III Vasa

May 31 King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland marries first wife Anne of Austria at Wawel Cathedral in Kraków,

Sigismund III Vasa


What Happened in 1592

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