1586 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1586?
- June 16, 1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
- June 19, 1586 – English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in North America.
- July 17, 1586 – A meeting takes place at Lüneburg between several Protestant powers in order to discuss the formation of an ‘evangelical’league of defence, called the 'Confederatio Militiae Evangelicae', against the Catholic League.
- September 22, 1586 – Battle of Zutphen: Spanish victory over the English and Dutch.
- October 14, 1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth I of England.
- December 17, 1586 – Emperor Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan.
Who Were Born In The Year 1586?
- January 20, 1586 – Johann Schein, German composer (d. 1630)
- February 8, 1586 – Jacob Praetorius, German composer (d. 1651)
- April 17, 1586 – John Ford, English dramatist
- April 20, 1586 – Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)
- July 1, 1586 – Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (d. 1630)
- July 5, 1586 – Thomas Hooker, English Connecticut colonist (d. 1647)
- July 7, 1586 – Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman and art collector (d. 1646)
- August 14, 1586 – William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)
- October 9, 1586 – Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)
- December 6, 1586 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)
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