The Triumph of Elizabeth: Britain, 1547-1603

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1547
Death of Henry VIII, Marquis of Hertford appointed Lord Protector, Issue of Royal Injunctions to clergy for enforcement of religious practices, Invasion of Scotland
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1548
Enclosure commission established, Inflation pressures
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1549
Execution of Sir Thomas Seymour, Act of Uniformity passed, First Book of Common Prayer issued, Inflationary pressures worsen, Western Rebellion, Kett's Rebellion, Fall of Somerset
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1550
Earl of Warwick is made Lord President of the Council
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1551
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1552
Execution of Somerset, Second Act of Uniformity passed, Revised Book of Common Prayer issued
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1553
Forty-Two Articles of Religion are compiled, Death of Edward VI, 'Devise' to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne, Mary I proclaimed Queen in London, Pole appointed papal legate to England
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1554
Wyatt's Rebellion, Execution of Lady Jane Grey, Marriage of Mary to Philip of Spain
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1555
Heresy Act is passed: beginning the burning of heretics, Harvest failure
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1556
Execution of Cranmer, Harvest failure
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1557
Pole's legatine commission revoked by Pope Paul IV, War against France, Influenza epidemic
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1558
Loss of Calais, Continuation of the Influenza epidemic, Death of Mary I and ascension of Elizabeth I, Sir William Cecil appointed Secretary of State
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1559
Elizabeth's coronation, Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis between France and Spain (England), Act of Uniformity is passed, Issue of the Royal Injunctions to clergy for enforcement of religious practices
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1559
Matthew Parker appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, Elizabeth sends aid to the Scottish Lords of Congregation
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1560
Treaty of Edinburgh brings peace between England and Scotland
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1561
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1562
Military support for French Huguenots, Elizabeth falls seriously ill with smallpox
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1563
Thirty-Nine Articles, defining the Church of England, are issued, Publication of Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs', Elizabeth is pressed to marry by parliament
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1564
The signing of the defensive 'Treaty of Troyes' between England and France
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1565
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1566
Parker's Advertisements are issued, leading to the Vestiarian Controversy over clerical dress, Elizabeth is, again, pressed to marry by parliament
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1567
Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate her thrown, Duke of Alba is sent to control the Netherlands
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1568
Mary Queen of Scots flees from Scotland to England, English Catholic College is founded by William Allen in Douai, Clashes between John Hawkins and a Spanish treasure fleet at San Juan de Ulua
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1568
Elizabeth impounds Spanish bullion ships seeking shelter in English ports
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1569
Northern Rebellion
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1570
Assassination of Scottish regent, the Earl of Moray, Suppression of the Northern Rebellion is completed, Elizabeth is excommunicated by Pope Pius V
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1571
Ridolfi Plot to assassinate Elizabeth takes place, Cecil is created Lord Burghley
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1572
Treaty of Blois between England and France is signed, Duke of Norfolk is executed for treason for complicity in the Ridolfi Plot, Start of St Bartholomew's Massacre of French Calvinists
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1572
Cartwright and Field begin a campaign to reform the organisation of the English Church
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1573
Sir Francis Walsingham is appointed Secretary of State
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1574
First Catholic priests trained at Douai arrive in England
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1575
Edmund Grindal is appointed Archbishop of Canterbuy
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1576
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1577
Grindal is suspended on account of his failure to suppress prophesysings
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1578
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1579
Marriage negotiations take place between Elizabeth and the Duke of Alencon
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1580
Arrival of the first Jesuit missionaries in England
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1581
Act to Retain her Majesty's Subjects in their Due Obedience declares that anyone withdrawing subjects from obedience is a traitor, Execution of Edmund Campion (Jesuit Priest)
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1582
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1583
John Whitgift is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, Whitgift's Articles enforcing conformity and obedience among the clergy are published, The Throckmorton Plot takes place
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1584
Expulsion of the Spanish ambassador (Álvaro de la Quadra), Assassination of William of Orange, The Bond of Association is formed in which loyal subjects of the Queen pledge allegiance to her and promise to avenge her murder (should it take place)
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1584
'Bill and Book' proposals by Presbyterians, The Treaty of Joinville between Philip II and the French Catholic league is signed
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1585
Treaty of Nonsuch commits Elizabeth to military intervention in the Netherlands, Parry Plot takes place, Act against Seminary Priests and Jesuits is passed, War with Spain begins
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1586
Treaty of Berwick in which Elizabeth and James VI of Scotland pledge friendship, Babington Plot, Mary Queen of Scots is tried and convicted of her complicity in the Babington Plot
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1587
Mary Queen of Scots is executed, Successful attack on the Spanish fleet at Cadiz, 'Bill and Book' proposals are reintroduced in the House of Commons by Anthony Cope
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1588
The defeat of the Spanish Armada, Death of Earl of Leicester, Publication of first 'Martin Marprelate' tracts
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1589
Portuguese expedition
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1590
Death of Walsingham
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1591
Death of Hatton, Robert Cecil is promoted to the Privy Council
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1592
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1593
Execution of Barrow, Greenwood and Penry, Act against Seditious Sectaries
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1594
Beginning of Tyrone Rebellion in Ireland, First of a series of bad harvests
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1595
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1596
Appointment of Cecil as Secretary of State, Worst harvest of the century
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1597
Successive harvest failures lead to death, Poor Law passed, Parliamentary agitation over monopolies, Azores Expedition
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1598
Death of Lord Burghley, Defeat of Bagenal at the Battle of Yellow Ford
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1599
Cecil appointed Master of Wards, Return of Earl of Essex from Ireland
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1600
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1601
Rebellion and execution of Earl of Essex, Parliamentary agitation over monopolies, Revised Poor Law Passed
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1602
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1603
Death of Elizabeth, Ascension of James VI Scotland (James I of England), Surrender of Tyrone
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1604
Peace with Spain
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