What happened in 1587?
Battle of Coutras, Battle of Hetsugigawa and Battle of Vimory — among 31 events recorded in 1587.
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Wars & Conflicts 12
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Battle of Coutras
1587 battle in the French Wars of Religion
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Battle of Hetsugigawa
1587 battle
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Battle of Vimory
1587 battle in the French Wars of Religion
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Siege of Johor
1587 successful Portuguese siege on Johor
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Siege of Akizuki
1587 siege
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Siege of Ganjaku
1587 siege
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Siege of Kraków
1587 siege
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Battle of Takajō
1587 first battle of Toyotomi's Kyushu campaign
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Siege of Kagoshima
1587 final battle of Hideyoshi's Kyūshū campaign
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Siege of Sluis
1587 siege and conquest of Sluis by Spanish royal general Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
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Battle of Sendaigawa
1587 battle
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Siege of Colombo
1587–1588 siege
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People 9
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Juan Valverde de Amusco died
Spanish anatomist
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Arnold Mercator died
German cartographer
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Joost van den Vondel born
Born in Cologne. Dutch poet and writer (1587-1679).
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Victor Amadeus I of Savoy born
Born in Turin. Duke of Savoy (1587–1637).
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Francesca Caccini born
Born in Florence. Italian composer.
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Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares born
Born in Rome. Spanish royal favourite of Philip IV and minister (1587-1645).
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Mary, Queen of Scots died
Died in Fotheringhay Castle. Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 (1542–1587).
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Saadet II Giray died
Died in Astrakhan. Khan of the Tatar Crimean Khanate.
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Álvaro I of Kongo died
Died in M'banza-Kongo. King of Kongo 1568-1587.
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Science & Technology 1
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Collegium Seraphicum - Rome
Franciscan university in Rome, Italy
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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Singeing the King of Spain's Beard
1587 series of attacks by Francis Drake against the Spanish
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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Co-Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption and Saint Catellus of Castellamare
Catholic church in Italy
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Jaro Cathedral
Seat of the Archdiocese of Jaro in the Philippines
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San Martino
Church building in Caldarola, Italy
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Architecture & Engineering 5
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St. Dominic's Church
Late 16th-century Baroque-style church in Macau, China
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Saint Jerome of the Croats
Church building in Rome, Italy
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Santissimo Crocifisso
Church building in Todi, Italy
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Daiun-in Temple
Temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Fukugon-ji Temple (Yanagawa)
Buddhist temple in Yanagawa, Japan
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