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1552
Birth
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1572
College
Walter went to Oriel College in Oxford and studied law at the Middle Temple law college -
1578
Failed voyage
Raleigh sent his brother on a voyage to find the Northwest passage but his brother never made it -
Period: 1579 to
Queens guard
Raleigh fought as a queens guard. -
Period: to
Colony
Raleigh did multiple trips to North America to make a colony Roanoke on the coast of North Carolina. -
Captain of the queens guard
Raleigh was made captain of the queens guard -
The lost colony of Roanoke island
Raleigh made a trip to his colony only to find gone. It was known as the lost colony of Roanoke island. -
A unlucky marriage
Raleigh married Bessy Throckmorton witch made the queen jealous. She sent both of them to the prison in the tower of London. -
Raleighs death
Raleigh was sentenced to death in Westminster.