1585

	1585 in topic:
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Centuries:	15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades:	1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s
Years:	1582 1583 1584 - 1585 - 1586 1587 1588

Year 1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

[edit] Events of 1585

July 7 - The Treaty of Nemours forces King Henry III of France to capitulate to the demands of the Catholic League.
August 8 - John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in his quest for the Northwest Passage.
August 17 - Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under the Prince of Parma.
August 20 - The Treaty of Nonsuch is signed, committing England to support the Dutch Revolt.

Chocolate is introduced to Europe commercially.
England enters the Eighty Years' War.
Sir Walter Raleigh sends an expedition to establish a colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. The settlers face many problems, and soon abandon the colony.

January 27 - Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)
March 5 - John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
March 16 - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch writer (d. 1618)
March 22 – Krzysztof Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman (d. 1640)
June 11 - Evert Horn, Swedish soldier (d. 1615)
September 9 - Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (d. 1642)
October – John Ball, English puritan divine (d. 1640)
October 9 - Heinrich Schütz, German composer (d. 1672)
October 15 - Louis Cappel, French Protestant churchman and scholar (d. 1658)
October 28 - Cornelius Jansen, French bishop of Ypres and religious reformer (d. 1638)
November 1 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
December 4 - John Cotton, founder of Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1652)
December 13 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)
date unknown
- Zachary Boyd, Scottish religious writer (d. 1653)
- Ambrose Barlow, Catholic priest and martyr (d. 1641)
- Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara, Irish soldier (d. 1655)
- Lucilio Vanini, Italian free-thinker (d. 1619)
- Alexander Whitaker, Virginia Colony religious leader (d. 1616)
probable
- Uriel da Costa, Portuguese Jewish philosopher (d. 1640)
- Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist (d. 1638)
- Francesco Fontana, Italian lawyer and astronomer (d. 1656)
- Jacob Le Maire, Dutch mariner (d. 1616)

See also Category:1585 births.

January 16 - Edward Fiennes Clinton, English admiral (b. 1512)
February 6 - Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)
February 13 - Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (b. 1515)
March 10 - Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1517)
April 3 - Thomas Goldwell, English ecclesiastic
April 10 - Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502)
May 15 - Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)
June 4 - Muretus, French humanist (b. 1526)
June 21 – Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1532)
July 6 - Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b. 1552)
July 28 – Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford (b. 1527)
August 5 - Yermak Timofeyevich, Cossack leader and explorer of Siberia
November 23 - Thomas Tallis, English composer (b. c. 1510)
November 28 - Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
December - Pierre de Ronsard, French poet (b. 1524)
December 4 - John Willock, Scottish reformer (b. c. 1515)
December 22 - Vittoria Accoramboni, Italian noblewoman (b. 1557)
date unknown
- Taqi al-Din, Turkish scientist (b. 1526)
- Stanisław Lubomirski (XVI-1585), Polish nobleman

See also Category:1585 deaths.

Centuries:	15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades:	1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s
Years:	1582 1583 1584 - 1585 - 1586 1587 1588