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| Year | Name / Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 03-03-1585 | Teatro Olimpico | The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza. |
| 07-07-1585 | Treaty of Nemours | The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France. |
| 08-08-1585 | John Davis (explorer) | John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage. |
| 10-08-1585 | Treaty of Nonsuch | The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels. |
| 17-08-1585 | Eighty Years' War | 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. |
| 17-08-1585 | Walter Raleigh | 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. |
| 25-01-1585 | Walter Raleigh | 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". |
