1585

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1550s  1560s  1570s  – 1580s –  1590s  1600s  1610s
Years:	1582 1583 1584 – 1585 – 1586 1587 1588

Births

• December 4 – John Cotton, American Puritan leader