1587 Calendar
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1587 Historical Event(s)
February 8, 1587
– Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
April 19, 1587
– Francis Drake’s expedition sinks the Spanish fleet in Cádiz harbor.
April 29, 1587
– Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet.
July 22, 1587
– Colony of Roanoke: a second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
August 18, 1587
– Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
October 31, 1587
– Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.
Who Were Born On 1587?
January 5, 1587
– Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)
January 6, 1587
– Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (d. 1645)
January 8, 1587
– Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer (d. 1616)
February 26, 1587
– Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)
June 24, 1587
– William Arnold, English settler of Providence Plantation (d. 1675)
August 18, 1587
– Virginia Dare, first English child born in North America
September 18, 1587
– Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. c. 1640)
November 3, 1587
– Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d. 1654)
November 17, 1587
– Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (d. 1679)
December 19, 1587
– Dorothea Sophia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1645)