    __notoc__ year 1586 (mdlxxxvi) was a common year starting on wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the gregorian calendar and a common year starting on saturday of the 10-day slower julian calendar. == events == * june 16 &ndash; mary, queen of scots, recognizes philip ii of spain as her heir. * july 6 &ndash; the treaty of berwick is signed between queen elizabeth i of england and king james vi of scotland. * september 20â21 &ndash; execution of the babington plotters: the 14 men convicted of the babington plot, which intended to murder queen elizabeth and replace her with mary stuart, were executed over two days in st giles field, london. they were all hung, drawn and quartered. the executions of the first seven traitors on 20 september was carried out in a particularly cruel way. * september 22 &ndash; battle of zutphen: spanish troops defeat the dutch rebels and their english allies. * november 19 &ndash; henry barrowe, english separatist puritan, is imprisoned. * december 17 &ndash; the reign of emperor Ågimachi of japan ends and emperor go-yÅzei ascends to the throne of japan. === date unknown === * toyotomi hideyoshi becomes grand minister of japan. * william harrison becomes canon of windsor. * simon stevin, a flemish mathematician, demonstrates that two objects of different weight fall with the same speed. * st. augustine, florida, and santo domingo in the modern day dominican republic are plundered and burned by english sea captain sir francis drake. * jacobus gallus composes his motet o magnum mysterium. * the first english ship  is launched in england. * english explorer thomas cavendish begins his circumnavigation of the globe. * the cities of voronezh, samara, and tyumen in russia are founded. == births == * january 1 &ndash; pau claris i casademunt, catalan ecclesiastic (d. 1641) * january 20 &ndash; johann schein, german composer (d. 1630) * april 17 &ndash; john ford, english dramatist and poet (d. 1640) * april 30 &ndash; saint rose of lima, peruvian saint (d. 1617) * july 1 &ndash; claudio saracini, italian composer (d. 1630) * july 5 &ndash; thomas hooker, connecticut colonist (d. 1647) * july 7 &ndash; thomas howard, 21st earl of arundel, english courtier (d. 1646) * august 14 &ndash; william hutchinson, founder of rhode island (d. 1642) * august 17 &ndash; 
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