Year 1589 (MDLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). Events of 1589 January–June January 26 – Job is elected as the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. February 26 – Valkendorfs Kollegium is founded in Copenhagen, Denmark. July–December August – King James VI of Scotland, the future king of England, marries An… (More on 1589)