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25 December – Orlando Gibbons, composer (died 1625) Approximate date John Beaumont, poet (died 1627) Aurelian Townshend, poet (died 1643) 1584 29 March – Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, parliamentary general (died 1648) 19 April – John Hales, theologian (died 1656) 20 May – John Pym, parliamentarian (died 1643)
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 ...
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 ...
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
Drake and his crew had a few concerns on their return approach to England—namely, that King Philip of Spain may have declared war as a result of Drake's actions, or that Mary Stuart may have become Queen via Elizabeth's death or deposal. Drake aimed to encounter English merchant vessels to gather information before he finally entered port.
Pages in category "1585 in England" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cautionary Towns; N.
England during this period had a centralised, organised and effective government, largely due to the reforms of Henry VII and Henry VIII. Economically, the country began to benefit greatly from the new era of trans-Atlantic trade. Sir Francis Drake's voyage 1585–86. In 1585 worsening relations between Philip II of Spain and Elizabeth erupted ...
The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) was an intermittent conflict between the Habsburg Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of England that was never formally declared. [4] It began with England's military expedition in 1585 to what was then the Spanish Netherlands under the command of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in support of the Dutch rebellion against Spanish Habsburg rule.