8th February » Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England known as Queen Elizabeth I.
22nd July » Colony of Roanoke: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
18th August » Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White (colonist and artist) known as John White of the Roanoke Colony e.g Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
31st October » Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.
Famous Birthdays in 1587
5th January » Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)
6th January » Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (d. 1645)
8th January » Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer (d. 1616)
26th February » Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (d. 1639)
8th May » Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)
24th June » William Arnold (settler) known as William Arnold, English-American settler (d. 1675)
18th September » Francesca Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1640)
3rd November » Samuel Scheidt, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1654)
17th November » Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet and playwright (d. 1679)
19th December » Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1645)