1588
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s
Years: 1583 1584 1585 1586 1587 - 1588 - 1589 1590 1591 1592 1593
Events
- The Spanish Armada attacks England but is defeated by a combination of bad weather, and superior naval tactics.
- Russia, regency of Boris Godunov
- William Morgan's Welsh translation of the Bible published.
Births
- April 5 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (+ 1679)
- May 2 - Étienne Pascal, mathematician (+ 1651)
- Johann Heinrich Alsted, German theologian
Deaths
- March 10 - Theodor Zwinger, medical scholar