What happened in 1587?
21 recorded events in 1587, including 12 in wars & conflicts, 6 in people and 3 in architecture & engineering.
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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 6
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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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Architecture & Engineering 3
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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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