1585
Evert Horn, Swedish soldier (died 1615)
Evert Karlsson Horn af Kanckas was a Swedish field marshal and governor of Narva.
Evert Horn, Swedish soldier (died 1615)
The 1580s
Explore 112 historical events from 1580–1589.
1585
Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück and Paderborn (born 1550)
Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg was a Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, then Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, then Prince-Bishop of Paderborn.
Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück and Paderborn (born 1550)
1585
Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who…
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war include…
Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who…
1585
Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (died 1646)
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel KG, was an English magistrate, diplomat and courtier during the reigns of James I and Charles I. He made his name as a Grand Tourist and art col…
Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (died 1646)
1585
Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (born 1535)
Niwa Nagahide , also known as Gorōzaemon (五郎左衛門), his other legal alias was Hashiba Echizen no Kami (羽柴越前守), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through Azuchi-Momoyama periods o…
Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (born 1535)
1585
Muretus, French philosopher and author (born 1526)
Marc Antoine Muret, better known by his Latinized name Marcus Antonius Muretus, was a French humanist who was among the revivers of an Attic, or anti-Ciceronian, prose style, and i…
Muretus, French philosopher and author (born 1526)
1585
Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland (born 1532)
Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland, 2nd Baron Percy was an English nobleman and conspirator.
Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland (born 1532)
1585
Thomas Aufield, English priest and martyr (born 1552)
Thomas Aufield, also called Thomas Alfield, was an English Roman Catholic martyr.
Thomas Aufield, English priest and martyr (born 1552)
1585
Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford (born 1527)
Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford of Chenies in Buckinghamshire and of Bedford House in Exeter, Devon, was an English nobleman, soldier, and politician. He was a godfather to th…
Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford (born 1527)
1584
Santiago de Vera becomes sixth governor-general of the Spanish colony of the Philippines
Santiago de Vera was a native of Alcalá de Henares, Spain and the sixth Spanish governor of the Philippines, from May 16, 1584, until May 1590.
Santiago de Vera becomes sixth governor-general of the Spanish colony of the Philippines
1584
Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island.
Philip Amadas (1550–1618) was a naval commander and explorer in Elizabethan England. Little is known from his early life, but he grew up within a wealthy merchant family in southwe…
Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island.
1584
The Maronite College is established in Rome.
The Pontifical Maronite College is one of the Roman Colleges of the Catholic Church. Founded originally in 1584 in order to educate Maronite priests, the college provides now highe…
The Maronite College is established in Rome.
1584
Michael Altenburg, German theologian and composer (died 1640)
Michael Altenburg was a German theologian and composer.
Michael Altenburg, German theologian and composer (died 1640)
1584
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (died 1640)
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, was an English nobleman and politician.
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (died 1640)
1584
Steven Borough, English navigator and explorer (born 1525)
Steven Borough was an English navigator and an early Arctic explorer. He was master of the first English ship to reach the White Sea in 1553 and open trade with Russia on behalf of…
Steven Borough, English navigator and explorer (born 1525)
1584
John Day, English printer (born 1522)
John Day was an English printer. He specialised in printing and distributing Protestant literature and pamphlets, and produced many small-format religious books, such as ABCs, serm…
John Day, English printer (born 1522)
1584
William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
William the Silent or William the Taciturn, more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange and in the Dutch National anthem as Willem van Nassau, was the leader of the…
William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
1584
William I, Dutch nobleman (born 1533)
William the Silent or William the Taciturn, more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange and in the Dutch National anthem as Willem van Nassau, was the leader of the…
William I, Dutch nobleman (born 1533)
1584
Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet and playwright (born 1530)
Jan Kochanowski was a Polish Renaissance poet who wrote in Latin and Polish and established poetic patterns that would become integral to the Polish literary language. He has been …
Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet and playwright (born 1530)
1583
Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland…
Sir Humphrey Gilbert was an English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was a pioneer of the English colonia…
Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland…
1583
Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (died 1654)
Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna was a Swedish statesman and Count of Södermöre. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden fro…
Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (died 1654)
1583
Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (died 1652)
Field Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie was a statesman and a soldier of the Swedish Empire, and a Marshal from 1620 onward.
Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (died 1652)
1583
Alban Roe, English Benedictine martyr (died 1642)
Alban Roe was an English Benedictine who was killed for ministering as a Catholic priest in 17th-century England. He is venerated as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Alban Roe, English Benedictine martyr (died 1642)
1583
Daišan, Chinese prince and statesman (died 1648)
Daišan was an influential Manchu prince and statesman of the Qing dynasty.
Daišan, Chinese prince and statesman (died 1648)