Witnessed the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre where French Protestants were massacred by French Catholics in Paris
Jan 1, 1574
Attended Oriel College; Oxford
Jan 1, 1575
Became a member of the Middle Temple
Jan 1, 1578
Sir Walter's Father, Walter Raleigh, traveled to America with half brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Jan 1, 1579
Has an illegitiment daughter by a local woman Alice Goold
Jan 1, 1580
Raleigh helps to put down the Irish rebellion and becomes a favourite of Queen Elizabeth. and becomes extremely wealthy from lucrative wine monopolies he is granted by the Queen
Jan 1, 1581
Raleigh helps settle the Irish Rebellion, and becomes wealthy from selling wine.
Walter Raleigh becomes governor of the new territroy
Sir Francis Walsingham and Sir Walter Raleigh plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth to replace her with Mary Queen of Scots
Starts the first English Colony in North America [North Carolina] led by John White to the English Roanoke Colony
Donated "Ark Royal" to the English navy to lead the English fleet against the Spanish Armada
Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Richard Grenville guard the sea side to keep Ireland invaders
Marries Elizabeth Throckmorton
Walter and Elizabeth have a son, also named Walter
Leaves England to sail to the New World looking for the city, El Dorado
Appointed governor of Jersey
Queen Elizabeth I dies and is replaced by King James, the son of Mary Queen of Scots
Walter and Elizabeth have another son, Carew
Promises to give King James a fortune if he allows him to return to Guiana
Travels back to Guiana, but fails after attacking a Spanish Settlement