WHAT HAPPENED IN 1587.
Look what happened the 1587.

Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. (8. February 1587)

Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet. (29. April 1587)

Colony of Roanoke: a second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony. (22. July 1587)

Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas. (18. August 1587)

Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575. (31. October 1587)

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