1586
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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Events of 1586
★ June 16 - Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir.
★ July 6 - Treaty of Berwick agreed between Queen Elizabeth I of England and King James VI of Scotland.
★ September 22 - The battle of Zutphen occurs.
★ 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.
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.
★ Thomas Cavendish, English explorer, begins his circumnavigation of the globe.
Births
★ January 20 - Johann Schein, German composer (died 1630)
★ April 17 - John Ford, English dramatist and poet (died 1640)
★ April 30 - Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (died 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 (died 1646)
★ August 14 - William Hutchinson, founder of Rhode Island (died 1642)
★ October 9 - Archduke Leopold V of Austria, regent of Tyrol (died 1632)
★ December 6 - Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (died 1670)
★ ''date unknown''
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★ Johann Valentin Andrea, German theologian (died 1654)
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★ Pau Claris i Casademunt, Catalan ecclesiastic (died 1641)
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★ Giles Fletcher, English poet (died 1623)
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★ Gerard de Malynes, English merchant (died 1641)
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★ John Mason, English explorer (died 1635)
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★ Jacob Praetorius, German composer and organist (died 1651)
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★ David HaLevi Segal, Polish rabbi (died 1667)
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Deaths
★ January 25 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (born 1515)
★ March 20 - Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (born 1496)
★ March 24 - Margaret Clitherow, English Catholic saint and martyr (born 1556)
★ April 8 - Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer (born 1522)
★ May 5 - Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland (born 1529)
★ May 9 - Luis de Morales, Spanish religious painter (born 1510)
★ June 28 - Primoz Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (born 1508)
★ July 12 - Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley (born 1525)
★ September 18 – Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (born 1521)
★ September 20
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★ Sir Anthony Babington, English Catholic conspirator (executed) (born 1561)
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★ Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (executed) (born 1558)
★ September 21 - Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French church leader (born 1517)
★ October 17 - Sir Philip Sidney, English poet, courtier, and soldier (killed in battle) (born 1554)
★ December 12 – Stefan Batory, King of Poland (born 1533)
★ ''date unknown''
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★ Philips van der Aa, Dutch statesman
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★ Andrea Gabrieli, Italian composer (born 1510)
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