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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 ...
1585 Michael Servetus: In his book The Restoration of Christianity, the Spanish born reformer claimed that the Devil's reign in this world had started in 325 AD, at the Council of Nicea, and would last for 1260 years, thus ending in 1585. [48] 1588 Regiomontanus: This mathematician and astronomer predicted the end of the world during this year ...
1585 – John Davis explores Davis Strait, reaching 66°40′ N; also sails up Cumberland Sound, thinking it to be a "passage to Cathay". [7] 1587 – Davis sails up the west coast of Greenland as far as 72°46′ N (about modern Upernavik). [7] 1589 – João da Gama reaches "Yezo" . [47] 1592 – Davis discovers the Falkland Islands. [48]
The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared. It has come to be known as the Lost Colony, and the fate of the 112 to 121 colonists remains unknown. Roanoke Colony was founded by the governor Ralph Lane in 1585 on Roanoke Island in present-day Dare County, North Carolina. [1]
the period 1585–1603 is now recognised by scholars as distinctly more troubled than the first half of Elizabeth's long reign. Costly wars against Spain and the Irish, involvement in the Netherlands, socio-economic distress, and an authoritarian turn by the regime all cast a pall over Gloriana's final years, underpinning a weariness with the ...
Seven hours after the start of the attack, he did just that by putting artillery in place and using blocks of pikemen. [30] The battle went on so long that the ocean's tide shifted causing many of the rebel ships to run aground. [31] The Holland-Zeeland ships drifted with the tide out to sea leaving the Antwerpians to their fate.
Hulu In addition to unseen footage from Ruby Franke’s archives, Hulu's tell-all docuseries about the YouTuber featured her eldest kids breaking their silence about the beatings they went through ...
During the Age of Discovery, Spain sponsored and financed the transatlantic voyages of the Italian navigator Christopher Columbus, which from 1492 to 1504 marked the start of colonization in the Americas, and the expedition of the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan to open a route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, which later achieved ...