1585 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1585?
- March 3, 1585 – The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
- April 9, 1585 – The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
- July 7, 1585 – The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
- August 8, 1585 – John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
Who Were Born In The Year 1585?
- January 27, 1585 – Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)
- March 5, 1585 – John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
- March 16, 1585 – Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch writer (d. 1618)
- May 1, 1585 – Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (d. 1612)
- September 9, 1585 – Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (d. 1642)
- October 4, 1585 – Anna of Tyrol, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1618)
- October 8, 1585 – Heinrich Schütz, German composer (d. 1672)
- October 28, 1585 – Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop (d. 1638)
- November 1, 1585 – Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
- December 4, 1585 – John Cotton, American Puritan leader (d. 1652)
- December 13, 1585 – William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)
- December 31, 1585 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, (d. 1645)
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