Queen Elizabeth I
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Timeline
September 7, 1533:
·Elizabeth born at Greenwich Palace.
May 9, 1536:
·Ann Boleyn beheaded
February 3, 1542:
·Catherine Howard beheaded
January 1547:
·Henry VIII dies
July 6, 1553:
·The sixteen-year-old Edward VI dies after a six-year
reign; Mary I takes the throne.
1554:
·Sir Thomas Wyat the Younger's Rebellion
November 17, 1558:
·Mary I dies, Elizabeth succeeds
January 15, 1559:
·Elizabeth's coronation ceremony
1559:
·Elizabeth's Protestant/Catholic religious settlement
1561:
·The French king Francis II dies, and Mary Queen of
Scots returns to Scotland.
1568:
·Elizabeth imprisons Mary Queen of Scots
1570:
·Pope Pius V issues an interdict against Elizabeth
1571:
·Ridolfi Plot to overthrow Elizabeth and replace her
with Mary Queen of Scots
1571:
·Elizabeth names William Cecil Lord Treasurer and gives
him the new title of Lord Burleigh. She brings in Francis Walsingham
to replace him as Secretary of State.
1575:
·Leicester entertains Elizabeth at Kenilworth Castle
1579:
·Leicester secretly marries Lettice Knollys, Elizabeth's
cousin
1579:
·Elizabeth's marriage negotiations with the French
King's brother (Anjou) dissolve
1580:
·Pope Gregory XIII announces that killing Elizabeth
is not a sin
1582:
·Duke de Guise Plot on Elizabeth's life
1583:
·Marriage negotiations with the Duke de Alencon
1584:
·William the Silent assassinated
1584:
·Bond of Association enacted
1585:
·Act for the Preservation of the Queen's Safety passed
1586:
·Babington Plot to overthrow Elizabeth and replace
her with Mary Queen of Scots
February 8, 1587:
·Mary Queen of Scots executed
April 1587:
·Drake's surprise attack on Spanish fleet at Cadiz
July 1588:
·Philip of Spain launches the Spanish Armada
1588:
·Earl of Leicester (Sir Robert Dudley) dies
1590:
·death of Francis Walsingham
1598:
·Lord Burleigh (William Cecil) dies
February 25, 1601:
·Robery Devereaux, Earl of Essex, executed
March 24, 1603:
·death of Queen Elizabeth
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