In the year 1589, King Henry III of France and his designated successor, Henry of Navarre, besiege Paris (Jan), Henry III is assassinated (Aug 1), and dies (Aug 2), monks in the Pechenga Monastery are massacred by the Swedes in the Russo-Swedish War (Dec 25), Hiroshima is founded, the Bavarian brewery Hofbräuhaus is founded - and all these fine people were born:

1589-0108Ivan Gundulić* Croatian poet - Dubrovnik, Republic of Ragisa (1638/49)
1589-0111 William Strode* (of_Barrington) cloth merchant/ philanthropist - Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England (1666/77)

1589-0218 Maarten Gerritsz Vries* cartographer/explorer - Harlingen, Netherlands (1647/58)

1589-0301 Thomas Middleton* politician - Horsham, Sussex, England (1662/73)

1589-0417 Martin Zeiler* author - Ranten, Germany (1661/72)

1589-0528 Robert Arnauld d’Andilly* writer/ poet/translator - Paris, France (1674/85)

1589-0609 John of St. Thomas* friar/philosopher - Lisbon, Portugal (1644/55)

1589-0715 Cornelis Bol (B) Flemish painter/etcher -  Antwerp, Belgium (1666/77)

1589-0812 Domenico Fiasella* Italian painter - Sarzana, Genoa (1669/80)

1589-0917 Agostinho Barbosa* writer on canon law - Aldão, Guimarães, Portugal (1649/59)

1589-1002 Parviz Mirza* Mughal emperor - Kabul, Afghanistan (1626/37)

1589-1221 Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake* count - Lippe-Brake, Germany (1657/67)

Updated 13.3.2021
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