1581
1582
1583
1584
1585
1586
1587
WEIRD HUMANITY:
English colony established at Roanoke Island, Virginia; no trace of the "lost colony" was found when supply ships returned three years later.
CRYPTOZOOLOGY / FOLKLORE:
The last recorded appearance of a cockatrice (or Basilisk) was in 1587 in Warsaw. There, two girls were killed by its breath, while playing in their cellar. Frightened citizens organized a hunt for the monster, but after finding and killing a small snake, declared the affair finished.
1588
1589
FOLKLORE / MAGICK AND THE OCCULT / WEIRD HUMANITY:
Stubbe Peeter was tried in Germany in 1589 for 25 years of hideous crimes, including murder of adults and children (including his own son), cannibalism, incest, and attacks on animals. Peeter claimed to have made a pact with Satan, who provided him with a girdle which turned him into a wolf.
