Elizabeth I
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Updated: 14 Sep 2017
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Created byThomas Bugno
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1559 - Elizabethan Religious Settlement1564 - William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe are born1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate the throne1568 - Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned in England after fleeing Scotland1569 - Northern Rebellion1570 - Elizabeth is excommunicated from the Catholic Church by the Pope1571 - Ridolfi Plot to assassinate Elizabeth1572 - Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, is executed for treason1574 - Richard Burbage opens the first theatre in England called The Theatre1575 - Kenilworth Entertainments1577 - Francis Drake sets out on the first English voyager around the world1584 - Bond of Association1585 - Elizabeth takes The Netherlands under her protection, beginning the War with Spain1586 - Babington Plot and trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, for treason1587 - Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed at Fotheringay Castle1588 - Defeat of the Spanish Armada1597 - Second Spanish Armada defeated1599 - The Globe theatre is opened1601 - Essex Rebellion and Queen Elizabeth's Golden Speech1603 - Death of Queen Elizabeth I and accession of King James IPeriods
Reign Of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603)
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