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Historical Events for the Year 1585

  • 3rd March » The Teatro Olimpico or Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
  • 9th April » The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
  • 7th July » The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestantism named Protestants in France.
  • 8th August » John Davis (English explorer) called John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
  • 17th August » A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Ralegh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.

Famous Birthdays in 1585

  • 27th January » Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)
  • 5th March » John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
  • 16th March » Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (d. 1618)
  • 1st May » Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (d. 1612)
  • 9th September » Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal (d. 1642)
  • 4th October » Anna of Tyrol (d. 1618)
  • 8th October » Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (d. 1672)
  • 28th October » Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop (d. 1638)
  • 1st November » Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
  • 4th December » John Cotton (minister) e.g John Cotton, English-American minister and theologian (d. 1652)
  • 13th December » William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)
  • 31st December » Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1585–1645) or Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (d. 1645)

Famous Deaths in History for 1585

  • 16th January » Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)
  • 6th February » Edmund Plowden, English lawyer and scholar (b. 1518)
  • 13th February » Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish scholar (b. 1515)
  • 10th March » Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1517)
  • 10th April » Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502)
  • 15th May » Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (b. 1535)
  • 4th June » Muretus, French philosopher (b. 1526)
  • 6th July » Thomas Aufield, English priest and martyr (b. 1552)
  • 28th November » Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
  • 4th December » John Willock, Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515)