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Friday, May 24. 1591, 12:00:00 AM UTC


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Friday, May 24, 1591

Sir John Norreys, with an expeditionary force sent by Queen Elizabeth I of England, takes the town of Guing after a brief siege, on behalf of Henry of Navarre.
Maurice maneuvers cautiously against the Duke of Parma near Arnhem.
June ndash Zutphen is captured by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau.
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August ndash Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex leads an English army in support of the Protestant Henry IV of France at the Siege of Rouen.ref name=Cassell's Chronology/
During this year's Atlantic hurricane season, probably the most severe of the pre-1600 seasons, at least eight intense hurricanes occur.
July ndash Deventer is captured by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau.
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