1587 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1587?
- February 8, 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
- April 19, 1587 – Francis Drake’s expedition sinks the Spanish fleet in Cádiz harbor.
- April 29, 1587 – Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet.
- July 22, 1587 – Colony of Roanoke: a second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
- August 18, 1587 – Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
- October 31, 1587 – Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.
Who Were Born In The Year 1587?
- January 5, 1587 – Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)
- January 6, 1587 – Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (d. 1645)
- January 8, 1587 – Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer (d. 1616)
- February 26, 1587 – Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)
- May 8, 1587 – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)
- June 24, 1587 – William Arnold, English settler of Providence Plantation (d. 1675)
- August 18, 1587 – Virginia Dare, first English child born in North America
- September 18, 1587 – Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. c. 1640)
- November 3, 1587 – Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d. 1654)
- November 17, 1587 – Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (d. 1679)
- December 19, 1587 – Dorothea Sophia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1645)
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