1587

Years: 1584 1585 1586 - 1587 - 1588 1589 1590
Decades: 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

February 8 - Mary, Queen of Scots is executed.
July 22 - Colony of Roanoke: A group of English settlers arrive on Roanoke Island off of North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
August 19 - Polish and Lithuanian nobles elect Sigismund Vasa as their king
October 20 - Battle of Coutras - Huguenot forces under Henry of Navarre defeat Royalist forces under Anne, Duc de Joyeuse, favorite of King Henry. Joyeuse is killed.
The Rose (theatre) is founded in London by Philip Henslowe.

Births

January 6 - Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares, Duke of San Lucar
August 18 - Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Gov. John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.

Deaths

February 8 - Mary, Queen of Scots
October 20 - Anne, Duc de Joyeuse, favorite of Henry III of France

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