April 9 » The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
July 7 » The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
August 8 » John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
August 10 » The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.
August 17 » A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
August 17 » Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.
April 9 » Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
July 25 » The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.
August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.
September 13 » Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.
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