Important Historical Events of the year 1586, Year 1586 in History

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List of 1586 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1586

What happened in the year 1586?

Date	Event
January 18, 1586	The magnitude 7.9 Tenshō earthquake strikes Honshu, Japan, killing 8,000 people and triggering a tsunami.
February 11, 1586	Sir Francis Drake with an English force captures and occupies the Spanish colonial port of Cartagena de Indias for two months, obtaining a ransom and booty.
June 16, 1586	Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
June 19, 1586	English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.
July 13, 1586	Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company manage to repel a fleet of eleven Spanish and Maltese galleys off the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria.
September 20, 1586	A number of conspirators in the Babington Plot are hanged, drawn and quartered.[4][5]
September 22, 1586	The Battle of Zutphen is a Spanish victory over the English and Dutch.
October 14, 1586	Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England.
December 17, 1586	Go-Yōzei becomes Emperor of Japan.