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| 1583 |
| | | The Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China, and becomes the first western student of Chinese civilization | |
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| 1583 |
| | | Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland on behalf of England's queen Elizabeth | |
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| 1583 |
| | | John Dee sets off for six years of travel in Europe, during which his laboratory and library in Mortlake is plundered by former associates and rivals | |
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| 1584 |
| | | Two English ships, sent on reconnaissance by Walter Raleigh, reach Roanake Island off the coast of North Carolina | |
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| 1584 |
| | | The local tribe of Indians, the Secotan, welcome the English visitors, offering them a profusion of meat, fish, fruit and vegetables in return for hatchets and axes | |
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| 1585 |
| | | England's queen Elizabeth sends 6000 troops to support the Dutch rebels against Spain | |
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| c. 1585 |
| | | Catholics are now the martyrs in England, their numbers almost matching the Protestant martyrs of the previous reign | |
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| 1585 |
| | | Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina, is settled by the first English colonists in America – with disastrous results | |
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| c. 1585 |
| | | The English artist John White paints the everyday life of the Secotan Indians of America | |
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| 1586 |
| | | Anthony Babington is involved in a plot to assassinate Elizabeth and place Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne | |
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