Important Historical Events of the year 1585, Year 1585 in History

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List of 1585 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1585

What happened in the year 1585?

Date	Event
January 25, 1585	Walter Raleigh is knighted, shortly after renaming North America region "Virginia", in honor of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".
March 3, 1585	The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
July 7, 1585	The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
August 8, 1585	John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
August 10, 1585	The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.
August 17, 1585	Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.
August 17, 1585	A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.