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In November 2011, researchers at the First Colony Foundation noticed two corrective patches on White's 1585 map La Virginea Pars. At their request, the British Museum examined the original map with a light table. One of the patches, at the confluence of the Roanoke and Chowan rivers, was found to cover a symbol representing a fort at the head ...
William Warner first publishes his long historical poem Albion's England. [20] Oxford University Press is recognised by decree of the Star Chamber. [21] From about this date an informal College or Society of Antiquaries begins to meet. [22] 1587. 8 February – Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded at Fotheringay Castle. [5]
In December 1584 Northumberland was sent to the Tower for a third time. He protested his innocence, and courted inquiry. Six months later, on 21 June 1585, he was found dead in his bed in his cell, having been shot through the heart. A jury was at once summoned, and returned a verdict of suicide.
The Black Death arrived in England. 1356: 19 September: Battle of Poitiers: Second of the three major battles of the Hundred Years' War took place near Poitiers, France. 1367 6 January Richard II, the future king of England (r. 1377-1399), is born to parents Edward the Black Prince and Joan of Kent. 1367 April
1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1585th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 585th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 16th century, and the 6th year of the 1580s decade. As of the start of 1585, the ...
12 October – Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (died 1652) William Ames, Protestant philosopher (died 1633) Possible date – John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony (died 1621) 1577 8 February – Robert Burton, scholar (died 1640) 9 July – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, governor of Virginia (died 1618) 11 ...
Sir Ralph Lane (c. 1532 – October 1603) [1] [2] was an English explorer of the Elizabethan era.He helped colonise the Kingdom of Ireland in 1583 and was sheriff of County Kerry, Ireland, from 1583 to 1585. [3]
By 1640, 20,000 had arrived; many died soon after arrival, but the others found a healthy climate and an ample food supply. The Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies together spawned other Puritan colonies in New England, including the New Haven, Saybrook, and Connecticut colonies. During the 17th century, the New Haven and Saybrook colonies ...