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Historical Event(s)
– Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
– Francis Drake’s expedition sinks the Spanish fleet in Cádiz harbor.
– Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet.
– Colony of Roanoke: a second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
– Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor 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.
Who Were Born On ?
– Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)
– Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (d. 1645)
– Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer (d. 1616)
– Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)
– Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)
– William Arnold, English settler of Providence Plantation (d. 1675)
– Virginia Dare, first English child born in North America
– Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. c. 1640)
– Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d. 1654)
– Dorothea Sophia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1645)