In history, year 1586 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1586.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1586 ⚡:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 19 june | English colonies left Roanoke Island after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in North America. The establishment was financed by Sir Humphrey Gilbert. The final group of colonists disappeared during Anglo- Spanish war, three years after the last shipment of supplies from England. The Roanoke colony, known as the lost colony was located in today’s Dare County, North Carolina, USA. |
| 22 september | Eighty Years' War-Spanish forces were victorious against acombined Anglo-Dutch army in the Battle of Zutphen. |
| 27 July | Sir Walter Raleh became the man who brought tobacco from Vazinia to London. |
| 07 October | The Mughal army entered Kashmir. |
| 25 February | Akbar's court poet Birbal was killed in a battle with the rebel Yousafzai. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1586:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 01 July | Claudio Saracini / Composer / Italy |
| 05 July | Thomas Hooker / Activist / United Kingdom |
| 06 December | Niccolò Zucchi / Physicist / Italy |
| 07 July | Thomas Howard / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 17 April | John Ford / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 20 April | Rose of Lima / Mystic / Peru |
| 20 January | Johann Schein / Composer / Germany |