1587 - What happened in 1587 ?

February 1587

Mary, Queen of Scots is executed.

Sir Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet in Cádiz Harbor.

Colony of Roanoke: A second group of English settlers arrive on Roanoke Island off of North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.

Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Gov. John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.

Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.

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