Elizabethan England

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1558
November. Elizabeth succeeds to the throne
1 of 76
1559
April. Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy and Uniformity
2 of 76
1559
June. Royal injunctions are issued
3 of 76
1559
June. Matthew Parker is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
4 of 76
1566
March. Parker's Avertisements are published
5 of 76
1568
May. Mary, Queen of Scots, arrives in England and is put under house arrest
6 of 76
1569
November to February. Rebellion breaks out in the north, led by Catholic earls
7 of 76
1570
February. Pope Pius V issues his bull, Regnans in Excelsis, excommunicating Elizabeth
8 of 76
1571
April. Parliament passes the Treasons Act and an Act to ban the import of papal bulls
9 of 76
1571
April. Walter Strickland introduces his bill to reform the Book of Common Prayer
10 of 76
1572
June. An Admonition to the Parliament is published by John Field and Thomas Wilcox
11 of 76
1574
May. First Seminary priests arrive from Douai
12 of 76
1575
December. Edmund Grindal becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
13 of 76
1577
May. Grindal is confined to his house for refusing to act against prophesyings
14 of 76
1577
November. First execution of a Catholic priest as a traitor
15 of 76
1580
June. First Jesuits arrive in England
16 of 76
1583
August. John Whitgift becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
17 of 76
1583
October. Whitgift issues his Three Articles
18 of 76
1585
February. Parliament passes the Act against Jesuits, seminary priests and 'other such like disobedient persons'
19 of 76
1587
February. Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed at Fotheringhay
20 of 76
1587
February. Anthony Cope presents his 'bill and book' in the House of Commons
21 of 76
1588
October. The first Marprelate Tracts are published
22 of 76
1558
November. Elizabeth becomes quees
23 of 76
1558
November. Elizabeth appoints Cecil as her Secretary of State
24 of 76
1560
September. Death of Amy Robsart
25 of 76
1562
October. Elizabeth seriously ill with smallpox
26 of 76
1562
October. Dudley becomes a Privy Councillor
27 of 76
1563
February. Trouble in parliament over the queen's marriage
28 of 76
1564
September. Dudely made Earl of Leicester
29 of 76
1566
November. More trouble in parliament over queen's marriage
30 of 76
1571
February. William Cecil made Lord Burghley
31 of 76
1572
July. Burghley becomes Lord Treasurer
32 of 76
1573
December. Sir Francis Walsingham becomes Secretary of State
33 of 76
1576
February. Trouble in parliament over free speech
34 of 76
1579
August. Courtship of Alencon
35 of 76
1581-82
Renewed courtship of Alencon
36 of 76
1557-60
Anthony Jenkinson in Russia
37 of 76
1561
March. New coinage issued
38 of 76
1563
April. Statute of Artificers (Apprentices)
39 of 76
1563
April. Alms Act
40 of 76
1563
June. Merchants Adventures granted a new Charter
41 of 76
1563-65
Trade embargo with the Netherlands
42 of 76
1568
October. Seizure of Spanish bullion by Elizabeth
43 of 76
1568
September. Hawkins and Drake ambushed at San Juan de Ulua
44 of 76
1568-73
Trade embargo with the Netherlands
45 of 76
1572
June. Vagabonds Act
46 of 76
1576
March. Act for the Relief of the Poor
47 of 76
1577-80
Drake's circumnavigation
48 of 76
1589
March. Protests in parliament about purveyance
49 of 76
1597
November. Protests in parliament about monopolies
50 of 76
1598
February. Act for the Relief of the Poor
51 of 76
1598
February. Act for the Punishment of Rogues
52 of 76
1601
November. Some monpolies cancelled
53 of 76
1601
December. Act for the Relief of the Poor
54 of 76
1588
July. Defeat of Spanish Armada
55 of 76
1589
April-June. Drake's expedition to Portugal
56 of 76
1591
August. Sir Robert Cecil becomes a Privy Councillor
57 of 76
1593
February. Wentworth presses for settlement of the succession
58 of 76
1593
February. Essex becomes a Privy Councillor
59 of 76
1593
June. Plague in London - fairs closed down
60 of 76
1594
March. Queen refuses to make Bacon Attorney General
61 of 76
1595
June. Riots by apprentices and others in London
62 of 76
1596
January. Drake dies and is burried at sea
63 of 76
1596
June. Essex to Cadiz
64 of 76
1596
July. Cecil make principal private secretary to the queen
65 of 76
1596
July. Very poor harvest - food riots in Kent
66 of 76
1596
November. Oxfordshire rising
67 of 76
1598
August. Lord Burghley dies aged 77
68 of 76
1598
August. Tyrone defeated English troops at the battle of the Yellow Ford
69 of 76
1599
March. Essex to Ireland
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1599
September. Essex back from Ireland without permission
71 of 76
1600
May. Mountjoy to Ireland
72 of 76
1601
February. Essex's Rebellion. Execution of Essex
73 of 76
1601
November. Monopolies Debate in parliament
74 of 76
1603
March. Surrender of Tyrone
75 of 76
1603
March. Elizabeth dies
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