Queen Elizabeth

By ozlemarslan
  • Sep 7, 1533

    Date of Birth

    Queen Elizabeth was born.
  • Jan 6, 1548

    Elizabeth leaves Katherine Parr's household

    Elizabeth leaves Katherine Parr's household under questionable circumstances because of rumors of an affair with Thomas Seymour.
  • Jan 1, 1551

    Princess Elizabeth returns to the court of her half-brother

    Princess Elizabeth returns to the court of her half-brother, the young king.
  • Nov 17, 1558

    Elizabeth succeeds her Catholic sister

    Elizabeth succeeds her Catholic sister Mary I as Queen of England and re-establishes the Protestant Anglican Church
  • Jan 1, 1562

    Queen Elizabeth almost dies.

    Queen Elizabeth almost dies of Smallpox.
  • Jan 2, 1571

    Negotiations fail

    Marriage negotiations between Elizabeth and Henry, Duke of Anjou, which eventually fail.

  • Queen Elizabeth declines offers

    Queen Elizabeth declines offers by the Dutch commission for sovereignty of the Low Countries but issues a declaration taking the Netherlands under her protection

  • Queen Elizabeth appoints Robert Devereux

    Queen Elizabeth appoints Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, as her Master of the Horse

  • Queen Elizabeth dies..

    Queen Elizabeth dies on 24 March 1603 of of blood poisoning. She is succeeded by James I of England, James VI of Scotland, (great-grandson of Henry VIII)

  • arl of Essex was placed in charge of a large English army

    The Queen's favourite Robert, Earl of Essex was placed in charge of a large English army to suppress Irish rebels but Essex signs an unauthorized truce with the Earl of Tyrone.