Historical Events for Year 1585

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Jan 2nd - Spain & Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville
Mar 3rd - The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
Apr 5th - Clemens Crabbeels becomes bishop of Hertogenbosch
May 19th - Spain confisquates English ships
Jun 23rd - Spanish army under Tassis beats Amerongen Staatse troops
Jul 7th - King Henri III & Duke De Guise signs Treaty of Nemours: French Huguenots lose all freedoms
Jul 17th - English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I
Jul 25th - Amsterdam bans 45 roman catholics
Jul 29th - Friese academy opens
Aug 8th - Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)
Aug 8th - John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
Aug 10th - English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth
Aug 14th - Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands
Aug 17th - Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma
Aug 20th - English queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to Netherland
Aug 27th - Duke van Parma's troops occupy Antwerp
Dec 20th - English fleet & Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, reach Vlissingen


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