1585

1585 (MDLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1585th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 585th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 16th century, and the 6th year of the 1580s decade. As of the start of 1585, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
June: The invasion of Shikoku Island takes place in Japan
1585 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1585
MDLXXXV
Ab urbe condita2338
Armenian calendar1034
ԹՎ ՌԼԴ
Assyrian calendar6335
Balinese saka calendar1506–1507
Bengali calendar992
Berber calendar2535
English Regnal year27 Eliz. 1  28 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar2129
Burmese calendar947
Byzantine calendar7093–7094
Chinese calendar甲申年 (Wood Monkey)
4282 or 4075
     to 
乙酉年 (Wood Rooster)
4283 or 4076
Coptic calendar1301–1302
Discordian calendar2751
Ethiopian calendar1577–1578
Hebrew calendar5345–5346
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1641–1642
 - Shaka Samvat1506–1507
 - Kali Yuga4685–4686
Holocene calendar11585
Igbo calendar585–586
Iranian calendar963–964
Islamic calendar992–994
Japanese calendarTenshō 13
(天正13年)
Javanese calendar1504–1505
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3918
Minguo calendar327 before ROC
民前327年
Nanakshahi calendar117
Thai solar calendar2127–2128
Tibetan calendar阳木猴年
(male Wood-Monkey)
1711 or 1330 or 558
     to 
阴木鸡年
(female Wood-Rooster)
1712 or 1331 or 559

Events

JanuaryMarch

AprilJune

  • April 10 Pope Gregory XIII, known for promulgating the Gregorian calendar within the Roman Catholic nations of the world in 1582, dies after a reign of almost 13 years. A papal conclave is convened 11 days later to elect a successor.
  • April 21 The papal conclave begins at the Vatican in Rome on Easter Sunday, with only 42 of the 60 cardinals attending. Early voting favors Cardinals Pier Donato Cesi and Guglielmo Sirleto, neither of whom receives a majority.[6]
  • April 24 Cardinal Felice Piergentile of the church of San Girolamo dei Croati is unanimously elected as the 227th Pope, and takes the regnal name Pope Sixtus V.[7]
  • May 1 The coronation of Pope Sixtus V takes place in Rome.
  • May 19 Spain seizes English ships in Spanish ports,[8] precipitating the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604).
  • June 11 The 9.2 magnitude Aleutian Islands earthquake unleashes a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean, killing many people in Hawaii and reportedly striking Japan.[9]
  • June Toyotomi Hideyoshi begins the invasion of the Japanese island of Shikoku with an army of 113,000 men on 703 ships. The troops are divided into three groups, with 60,000 commanded by Hashiba Hidenaga and Hashiba Hidetsugu toward the provinces of Awa and Tosa; 23,000 under Ukita Hideie at the province of Sanuki; and 30,000 under Kobayakawa Takakage and Kikkawa Motoharu for the province of Iyo.[10]

JulySeptember

OctoberDecember

Date unknown

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Deaths

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