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Battle at Tondibi: Moroccan army under Judar [Jawdar] defeats Sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai

Battle at Tondibi: Moroccan army under Judar [Jawdar] defeats Sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai

Battle at Tondibi: Moroccan army under Judar [Jawdar] defeats Sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai

Events Before

  1. Battle of Ivry: French King Henry IV defeats the Catholic League during the French Wars of Religion

    The Battle of Ivry was fought on 14 March 1590, during the French Wars of Religion.

  2. Governor of Roanoke Island colony John White returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he left there three

    Governor of Roanoke Island colony John White returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he left there three years earlier

  3. Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)

    Tokugawa Ieyasu was a Japanese samurai, daimyo, and the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

  4. Mauritius of Nassaus sails to Breda

    Mauritius of Nassaus sails to Breda

  5. Maurice of Nassau's ship reaches Breda

    Maurice of Nassau's ship reaches Breda

Events After

  1. Korean naval commander Admiral Yi Sun-sin begins his famous war diary "Nanjung ilgi" (included in UNESCO's Memory of the

    Korean naval commander Admiral Yi Sun-sin begins his famous war diary "Nanjung ilgi" (included in UNESCO's Memory of the World 2013) [1]

  2. The Korean navy, led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin, repels a Japanese fleet in the Battle of Sacheon, the first use of a Korean

    The Korean navy, led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin, repels a Japanese fleet in the Battle of Sacheon, the first use of a Korean Turtle Ship

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

    Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: Zygmunt III Waza, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King…

  4. Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII

    Pope Clement VIII (Latin: Clemens VIII; Italian: Clemente VIII; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30...

  5. Trinity College Dublin and its library is founded by royal charter by Elizabeth I on the former site of the Priory of Al

    Trinity College Dublin and its library is founded by royal charter by Elizabeth I on the former site of the Priory of All Hallows [1]

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