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  Queen Elizabeth was born.
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  She then moves her kingdom because of the Black Death.
 She also almost dies because of the smallpox.
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  They are later thrown into jail and executed.
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  Queen Elizabeth declines the Dutch.
 She takes the Netherlands under her protection.
 The Babbington Plot.
 Jul 1, 1586 - Treaty of Berwick
 Feb. 8, 1587 - Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
 England at war with Spain
 Aug. 8, 1588 - The Spanish Armada of 132 ships is defeated by the English fleet
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  Elizabethan Poor Law charges the parishes with providing for the needy.
 Essex attempts rebellion.
 25th February 1601 Robert Devereux (1566-1601), Earl of Essex is executed on Tower Green.
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  James I of England, James VI of Scotland, (great-great-grandson of Henry VII) is proclaimed King.
