Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1587
Birthdays
- January 5 - Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)
- January 6 - Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares
- January 8 - Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer (d. 1616)
- February 26 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)
- May 8 - Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)
- June 24 - William Arnold, English
- August 18 - Virginia Dare, first English child born in North America (d. 1588)
- September 18 - Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640)
- November 3 - Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d. 1654)
- November 17 - Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (d. 1679)
- December 25 - Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)
Deaths
- February 8 - Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542)
- March 30 - Ralph Sadler, English statesman (b. 1507)
- April 8 - John Foxe, English writer (b. 1516)
- October 19 - Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)
Events
- February 8 - Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- April 19 - Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet in Cádiz harbor.
- July 22 - Colony of Roanoke: a second group of English settlers arrive on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
- August 18 - Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
- August 18 - Saul Wahl is elected King of Poland, according to legend.
- October 31 - Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.
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