Events in year of 1585
- 01-02Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville
- 04-05Clemens Crabbeels becomes Bishop of Hertogenbosch
- 05-19Spain confisquates English ships
- 06-23Spanish army under Tassis beats Amerongen Staatse troops
- 07-07King Henri III and Duke De Guise signs Treaty of Nemours: French Huguenots loose all freedoms
- 07-17English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against Queen Elizabeth I
- 07-25Amsterdam bans 45 roman catholics
- 07-29Friese academy opens
- 08-08Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)
- 08-10English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth
- 08-14Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of the Netherlands
- 08-17Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by Duke of Parma
- 08-20English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to the Netherland
- 12-20English fleet and Earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen
People born in year of 1585
- 01-06Claude Favre Baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas: French grammarian
- 03-05Johan Georg I: Elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)
- 03-16Gerbrant A Bredero: Holland, Netherlands -- Poet / playwright (Klucht van de Koe)
- 06-20Lazaro Valvasensi: Composer
- 09-09Armand-Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu: Premier of France (1624-42)
- 09-10Ercole Porta: Composer
- 10-08Heinrich Schutz: Composer
- 10-28Cornelius Otto Jansen: France -- Roman Catholic reform leader
People died in year of 1585
- 03-10Rembert Dodoens [Rembertus Dodonaeus]: Physician / botanist, dies at 67
- 04-04Caspar de Robles: Spanish Viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57
- 04-10Gregory XIII [Ugo Buoncampagni]: Italian Pope (1572-85)
- 06-04Marc-Antoine de Muret: Composer, dies at 58
- 06-20Christianus Adrichomius: Writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52
- 10-06Luca Cambiaso: Italian Painter / sculptor
- 11-23Thomas Tallis: Composer
Events in year of 1586
- 01-15Battle at Boxum: Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army
- 02-04Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, becomes Governor of Neth
- 03-08Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor
- 06-19English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island, North Carolina
- 07-27Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
- 07-28Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe
- 09-22Battle at Zutphen: English vs. Dutch army
- 10-02Battle at Zutphen: English-Dutch army
- 10-14Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth
- 12-03Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia
- 12-15Laevinus Torrentius, becomes Bishop of Antwerp
People born in year of 1586
- 02-08Jacob Praetorius: Composer
- 04-11Pietro Della Valle: Composer
- 06-28Paul Siefert: Composer
- 07-01Claudio Saracini: Composer
- 08-08Adolf: Earl of Nassau-Siegen
- 08-17Johann V Andreae: German vicar / writer (Christenburg)
- 09-15Cristobal de Isla Diego: Composer
- 10-09Jan III van Foreest: Lawyer / poet / Mayor of Hoorn
- 12-29Francisco de Moncada: Spanish Earl of Osuna / Marquis of Aytona
People died in year of 1586
- 01-25Lucas Cranach "the Young": German painter, dies at 70
- 09-20Anthony Babington: Page / conspirator to Mary Stuart, executed at 24
- 09-21Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle: Viceroy of Naples (1571-75), dies at 69
- 10-17Philip Sidney: English Poet / diplomat, dies in battle at 32
Events in year of 1587
- 01-29Deventer andZutphen surrender to Spain
- 02-01English Queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence
- 04-19Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain and sinks Spanish fleet
- 07-222nd English colony forms on Roanoke Island off North Carolina
- 08-05Spanish troops conquer Lock
- 08-19Sigismund III becomes King of Poland
- 10-20Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League
- 11-24Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins
- 11-27Dutch County Groningen flood by dike break
- 12-17Earl Leicesters army leaves Netherlands
People born in year of 1587
- 01-08Johannes Fabricius: Denmark -- Astronomer (discovered sunspots)
- 01-16Alexander Adriaenssen: Flemish painter
- 04-17Marco Ivan Lukacic: Composer
- 08-18Virginia Dare: 1st English child born in New World
- 08-18Virginia Dare: 1st American born of English parents
- 11-16Joost van den Vondel: Cologne, Germany -- Dutch poet / dramatist (Jephtha)
People died in year of 1587
- 04-18John Foxe: Author (Book of Martyrs)
- 05-18Felix van Cantalice: Italian saint
- 07-06Michael Lauterbeck: Assassinated Fries Viceroy Willem Louis, executed
- 08-14Gugliemo Gonzaga: Composer, dies at 49
- 12-08Mary: Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed