Thomas Seymour Executed. Act of Uniformity/First Book of Common Prayer. Start of Rebellions + Fall of Somerset
3 of 47
1550
Warwick (Northumberland) Made Lord President of the Council
4 of 47
1552
Execution of Somerset. Second Act of Uniformity Revised Book of Common Prayer
5 of 47
1553
Forty-Two Articles of Religion Compiled. Death of Edward. 'Devise' to Place Lady Jane on Throne. Mary I Proclaimed Queen.
6 of 47
1554
Wyatt's Rebellion. Execution of Lady Jane. Marriage to Philip of Spain
7 of 47
1555
Heresy Act Passed + Beginning of Burnings. Harvest Failure
8 of 47
1556
Execution of Cranmer. Harvest Failure
9 of 47
1557
Pole Legatine Commission Revoked. Mary Keeps Him Anyway. War Against France. Influenza Epidemic.
10 of 47
1558
Loss of Calais. Influenza Epidemic. Death of Mary. Ascension of Elizabeth. Sir William Cecil Appointed Secretary.
11 of 47
1559
Elizabeth's Coronation. Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis Between France and Spain. Acts of Supremacy/Uniformity Passed. Issue of Royal Injunctions. Elizabeth Sends Aid to Lords of Congregation
12 of 47
1560
Treaty of Edinburgh/Peace England + Scotland
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1562
Military Support for French Huguenots. Elizabeth Falls Ill.
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1563
Thirty-Nine Articles. Elizabeth Pressed to Marry.
15 of 47
1564
Treaty of Troyes
16 of 47
1566
Parker's Advertisements Lead to Vestarian Controversy. Elizabeth Pressed to Marry Again
17 of 47
1567
Mary Queen of Scots Abdicates. Duke of Alba Controls Netherlands.
18 of 47
1568
Mary Queen of Scots Arrives. William Alan Creates College. John Hawkins Clashes with Spanish. Elizabeth Impounds Spanish Bullion.
19 of 47
1569
Northern Rebellion.
20 of 47
1570
Suppression of Northern Earls. Elizabeth Excommunicated.
21 of 47
1571
Ridolfi Plot. Council Reshuffle (Less Conservatives)
22 of 47
1572
Treaty of Blois (England and France). Duke of Norfolk Executed. St. Bartholomew's Day Execution.
23 of 47
1573
Sir Francis Walsingham Appointed Secretary of State
24 of 47
1574
First Catholic Priests Arrive.
25 of 47
1577
Grindal Suspended after Failure to Suppress Prophesying (Lasted 2 Years). Execution of Seminary Priests.
26 of 47
1579
Marriage Negotiations Between Elizabeth and Duke of Alencon
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1580
Arrival of Jesuit Priests. Portugal Acquired by Spain.
28 of 47
1581
Act to Retain Majesty's Subjects in their Due Obedience Declares Anyone Withdrawing from Obedience is a Traitor
29 of 47
1583
John Whitgift Appointed ArchBishop. Whitgifts Articles Enforce Conformity and Obedience. Throckmorton Plot
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1584
Expulsion of Spanish Ambassador (Throckmorton Backlash). Assassination of William of Orange. Bond of Association. 'Bill and Book' Proposals by Presbyterians.
31 of 47
1585
Treaty of Nonsuch Commits Elizabeth to Help Rebels. Parry Plot. Act against Seminary and Jesuit Priests. England and Spain War.
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1586
Treaty of Berwick with James and Elizabeth. Babington Plot. Mary Queen of Scots Tried and Convicted of Complicity in the Babington Plot.
33 of 47
1587
Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. Successful Attack of Cadiz by Sir Francis Drake. 'Bill and Book' Reintroduced to Commons by Cope.
34 of 47
1588
Spanish Armada Defeated. Death of Leicester.Publication of 'Martin Marprelate' Tract
35 of 47
1589
Portuguese Expedition
36 of 47
1590
Death of Walsingham
37 of 47
1591
Death of Hatton. Robert Cecil Promoted to Privy Council
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1593
Execution of Barrow, Greenwood and Penry. Act against Seditious Secretaries.
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1594
Beginning of Tyrone Rebellion. First of a Series of Bad Harvests.
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1596
Appointment of Cecil as Secretary of State. Worst Harvest of Century.
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1597
Successive Harvest Failure Lead to Dearth (Lack of Food). Poor Law Passed. Parliamentary Agitation over Monopolies.
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1598
Death of Lord Burghley. Defeat of Bagenal at Battle of Yellow Ford.
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1599
Cecil Appointed Master of Wards. Return of Earl of Essex from Ireland
44 of 47
1601
Rebellion and Execution of Earl of Essex. Parliamentary Agitation over Monopolies. Revised Poor Law Passed.
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1603
Death of Queen Elizabeth. Succeeded by James VI. Surrender of Tyrone.
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