1586
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s |
| Years: | 1583 1584 1585 - 1586 - 1587 1588 1589 |
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Year 1586 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1586
- June 16 - Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir.
- July 6 - The Treaty of Berwick is signed between Queen Elizabeth I of England and King James VI of Scotland.
- September 22 - Battle of Zutphen: Spanish troops defeat the Dutch rebels and their English allies.
- November 19 - Henry Barrow, English Puritan and Separatist, is imprisoned.
- December 17 - The reign of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan ends and Emperor Go-Yozei ascends to the throne of Japan.
[edit] Undated
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi becomes grand minister of Japan.
- William Harrison becomes canon of Windsor.
- Luis Barahona de Soto publishes Primera parte de la Angélica.
- William Camden publishes Britannia.
- Simon Stevin, a Dutch mathematician, demonstrates that two objects of different weight fall with the same speed.
- St. Augustine, Florida, and Santo Domingo in the modern day Dominican Republic are plundered and burned by English sea captain Sir Francis Drake.
- Jacobus Gallus composes his motet O magnum mysterium.
- Caesar Baronius publishes a new edition of Roman martyrology.
- The first HMS Vanguard is launched in England.
- English explorer Thomas Cavendish begins his circumnavigation of the globe.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1586 MDLXXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2339 |
| Armenian calendar | 1035 ԹՎ ՌԼԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -258 – -257 |
| Berber calendar | 2536 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2130 |
| Burmese calendar | 948 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7094 – 7095 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年十一月十二日 (4222/4282-11-12) — to —
丙戌年十一月廿二日(4223/4283-11-22) |
| Coptic calendar | 1302 – 1303 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1578 – 1579 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5346 – 5347 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1641 – 1642 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1508 – 1509 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4687 – 4688 |
| Holocene calendar | 11586 |
| Iranian calendar | 964 – 965 |
| Islamic calendar | 994 – 995 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 14 (天正14年) |
| Korean calendar | 3919 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2129 |
- January 20 - Johann Schein, German composer (d. 1630)
- April 17 - John Ford, English dramatist and poet (d. 1640)
- April 30 - Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)
- July 1 - Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (d. 1630)
- July 5 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (d. 1647)
- July 7 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier (d. 1646)
- August 14 - William Hutchinson, founder of Rhode Island (d. 1642)
- October 9 - Archduke Leopold V of Austria, regent of Tyrol (d. 1632)
- December 6 - Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1670)
- date unknown
- Johann Valentin Andrea, German theologian (d. 1654)
- Pau Claris i Casademunt, Catalan ecclesiastic (d. 1641)
- Giles Fletcher, English poet (d. 1623)
- Gerard de Malynes, English merchant (d. 1641)
- John Mason, English explorer (d. 1635)
- Jacob Praetorius, German composer and organist (d. 1651)
- David HaLevi Segal, Polish rabbi (d. 1667)
- See also Category:1586 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 25 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)
- March 20 - Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496)
- March 24 - Margaret Clitherow, English Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1556)
- April 8 - Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer (b. 1522)
- May 5 - Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
- May 9 - Luis de Morales, Spanish religious painter (b. 1510)
- June 28 - Primoz Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (b. 1508)
- July 12 - Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley (b. 1525)
- September 18 – Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1521)
- September 20
- Sir Anthony Babington, English Catholic conspirator (executed) (b. 1561)
- Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (executed) (b. 1558)
- September 21 - Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French church leader (b. 1517)
- October 17 - Sir Philip Sidney, English poet, courtier, and soldier (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1554)
- December 12 – Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)
- date unknown
- Philips van der Aa, Dutch statesman
- Andrea Gabrieli, Italian composer (b. 1510)
- See also Category:1586 deaths.
