Page 2: Historical Events In 1585

Dec 20   English fleet & earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen on this day in history.   

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Jan 06   On this day in history birth of claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian   

Jan 27   On this day in history birth of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)   

Feb 12   In the year 1585 birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy   

Mar 05   Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born in the year 1585.   

Mar 05   In the year 1585 birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)   

Mar 16   Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.   

Jun 20   On this day in history birth of lazaro Valvasensi, composer   

Sep 09   On this day in history birth of armand-Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu, premier of France (1624-42)   

Jan 16   On this day in history death of edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)   

Feb 06   Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) died on this day in history.   

Feb 13   Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (b. 1515) died in the year 1585.   

Mar 10   On this day in history rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist, dies at 67   

Apr 04   Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57 on this day in history.   

Apr 10   Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.   

May 15   Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535) died on this day in history.   

Jun 04   In the year 1585 marc-Antoine de Muret, composer, dies at 58