// todo need optimize like in event.jsp. Add indexing or not indexing this page. 1558 - 1603 Elizabeth I reigns (jan 30, 1558 – jan 17, 1603) (Timeline)

1558 - 1603 Elizabeth I reigns (jan 30, 1558 – jan 17, 1603)

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The Virgin Queen
Elizabethan Age: colonialism starts and cultural climax (Shakespeare)

1553: "Bloody" Mary Tudor wants catholicism by force
1558: Elizabeth I consolidates protestantism again

Age of imperialism and adventure -> colonizing Asia
1588 East India company