Explore 112 historical events from 1580–1589.
The Roanoke Colony was the site of two attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The first colony was established at Roanoke …
Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the…
Sophie of Saxony was a member of the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin. She was a princess of Saxony by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Pomerania-Stettin.
Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (died 1635)
Victor Amadeus I was the Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 26 July 1630 until his death in 1637. He was also known as the Lion of Susa.
Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (died 1637)
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick was an English naval officer, politician, and peer who commanded the Parliamentarian navy during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A Puritan, he was …
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, English colonial administrator and admiral (died 1658)
Virginia Dare was the first English child to be born in an American English colony. She was born to members of the Roanoke Colony.
Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, first child born to English parents in…
Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset was the second wife of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, who held the office of Lord Protector during the first part of the reign of their nep…
Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (born 1497)
John Foxe was an English clergyman, theologian, and historian, notable for his martyrology Foxe's Book of Martyrs, telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but part…
John Foxe, English historian and author (born 1516)
William Arnold was one of the founding settlers of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and he and his sons were among the wealthiest people in the colony. He was…
William Arnold, English-American settler (died 1675)
Roanoke Island is an island in Dare County, bordered by the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was named after the historical Roanoke, a Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the…
English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America
John Ford was an English playwright and poet of the Jacobean and Caroline eras born in Ilsington in Devon, England. His plays deal mainly with the conflict between passion and cons…
John Ford, English poet and playwright (died 1639)
Rose of Lima, TOSD, was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, Spanish Empire, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty…
Rose of Lima, Peruvian mystic and saint (died 1617)
Paul Siefert was a German composer and organist associated with the North German school.
Paul Siefert, German composer and organist (died 1666)
Claudio Saracini was an Italian composer, lutenist, and singer of the early Baroque era. He was one of the most famous and distinguished composers of monody.
Claudio Saracini, Italian lute player and composer (died 1630)
Thomas Hooker was a prominent English colonial leader and Congregational minister, who founded the Connecticut Colony after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was…
Thomas Hooker, English-born founder of the Colony of Connecticut (died 1647)
Johannes Valentinus Andreae, also known as Johannes Valentinus Andreä or Johann Valentin Andreae, was a German theologian and writer.
Johann Valentin Andrea, German theologian (died 1654)
Sir Henry Sidney was an English soldier, politician and Lord Deputy of Ireland. Instrumental in the Tudor conquest of Ireland, his attempts to consolidate English power in Ireland …
Henry Sidney, Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (born 1529)
Primož Trubar or Primus Truber was a Slovene Protestant Reformer of the Lutheran tradition, mostly known as the author of the first Slovene language printed book, the founder and t…
Primož Trubar, Slovenian author and reformer (born 1508)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) was an intermittent conflict between Habsburg Spain and the Kingdom of England that was never formally declared. It began with England's military …
Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company repelled a fleet of Spanish and Maltese galleys…
The Treaty of Nemours were articles that were agreed upon in writing and signed in Nemours on 7 July 1585 between the Queen Mother, Catherine de' Medici, acting for the King, and r…
The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as Kinoshita Tōkichirō and Hashiba Hideyoshi , was a Japanese samurai and daimyō of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods, regarded as …
Toyotomi Hideyoshi is officially appointed kampaku (Imperial Regent).
John Davis was an explorer, navigator and privateer. He led several voyages in search of the Northwest Passage and served as pilot and captain on both Dutch and English voyages to …
John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
The Treaty of Nonsuch was signed on 10 August 1585 by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch rebels fighting against Spanish rule. It was the first international treaty signed by wha…
The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era, he played a leading part in English colonisation …
A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create…
Zofia Radziwiłł, also Zofia of Słuck is a Polish-Lithuanian Orthodox Christian saint. She was the last descendant of the Olelkowicz–Słucki family – princes of Slutsk and Kopyl – wh…
Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (died 1612)