Having embraced Protestantism the Archbishop of Cologne is expelled his territories.
Visit of Sir Walter Raleigh's men to South Carolina; the name Virginia given to the district. See "Naming of Virginia: First Description of the Indians," x, 211.
1585.
Renewal of the war against the Huguenots, the "War of the Three Henrys."
Capture of Antwerp by Parma; an English army sent to aid the Dutch.
Attack on the Spanish settlements in the West Indies by a powerful English fleet under Drake and Frobisher.
Ambassadors from Japan received at Rome by Pope Gregory XIII.
Coaches first used in England.
1586.
An unsuccessful settlement made by Raleigh's men on Roanoke Island.