Historical Events Mar 1 Puritan English parliamentary leader Sir Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower Famous Deaths Mar 30 Ralph Sadler, English statesman (b. 1507) Feb 1587 History by Year Apr 1587 What Happened in 1587 Execution of Mary Queen of ScotsFebruary 8, 1587 What Happened To America's Lost Colony?August 18, 1587