Elizabethan England
Category: Other
Updated: 6 May 2018
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Created byDanny Gallagher
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Elizabeth is crowned Queen and becomes Elizabeth II (1558)War with France is ended by a peace treaty (1559)Pilgrimage of Grace (1536)Prayer book rebellion (1549)Elizabeth excommunicated by the Pope (1570)Elizabeth's religious settlement (1559)Elizabeth turns down Philip II (1559)All cloth imports from England to the Netherlands are banned (1563)Treaty of Troyes signed (1564)200 "Hostile Catholics" killed (1571)Mary, Queen of Scots arrives in England (1568)St Bartholemew's Day Massacre (1572)Mary, Queen of Scots is executed (8th Feb)Drake raids the Nombre de Dios (1573)Hawkins' first slave voyage (1562)Hawkins' second slave voyage (1564)Tougher persecution of Catholics begins (1570s+)Henry VIII founds the Church of England (1534)English attack Cadiz (Apr)Lord Howard send flaming ships into Spanish harbours, scattering the armada (21st Jul 1588)Elizabeth opens the Theatre (1576)Elizabeth opens the Curtain (1577)Elizabeth opens the Rose (1587)Censorship is introduced to prevent religious messages (1572)Elizabeth founds Elizabeth College (1571)Vagabonds Act (1572)Act for the Relief of the Poor (1572)Gerardus Mercator invents sea charts and improves astrolobe (1569)Sir Willoughby and Richard Chancellor voyage to China, but end up in Moscow (1553)Martin Frobisher attempts to reach China, ends up in Arctic (1576)Sir Gilbert tried to reach China, ends up in Newfoundland (1583)Spanish attack Hawkin's third fleet at San Juan de Ulua (1568)Raleigh commands his first ship (1578)Thomas Harriot's voyage (1585)Periods
French Civil War (1562 + 35 years)Mary, Queen of Scots is Queen of Scotland (1542 - 1567)Mary, Queen of Scots is kept imprisoned (1568 + 20 years)Grouping
Revolt of the Northern Earls (1569)
Ridolfi Plot (1571)
Babington Plot (1586)
Dutch Revolt
Throckmorton Plot
Drake's circumnavigation of the globe (1577-1580)
Events
Drake raids the Cacafuego (1579)Golden Hind, Elizabeth, Marigold, Swan, and Christopher set sail from Plymouth (15 Nov)Drake's voyage reaches Port St Julian (Brazil) (20 Jun)Drake's voyage enter the Straits of Magellan and discovers Tierra del Fuego is a group of islands (21 Aug)Drake's voyage runs aground so dumps cargo (Jan 1579)Drake's voyage arrives back at Plymouth (26 Sep)Walter Raleigh's first voyage (1584)
Sir Walter Raleigh's second voyage (1587)
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