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7 September 1533 - Queen Elizabeth I the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, is born. This even is important for the obvious reason being, if she wasn't born, none of these events would have occured
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Anne her mother is arrested and taken to the tower, tried for treason, adultery and incest in the Great Hall of the Tower of London, on May 19th she was executed. 24hrs later Jane Seymour and Henry VIII were formally betrothed, then married on May 30th. This is important because it shows ome of the family issues in her early life.
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After multiple marriages in between since her mothers death, Her father dies & elizabeth is sent to live with katherine parr. Edward VI (Henry's son by Jane Seymour) becomes King of England.
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King Edward VI dies of tuberculosis and he left the throne to 'the Lady Jane and her heirs male.' This is important because of the scandle to alter the succession by Henry Grey, duke of Suffolk whose daughter, Jane is married to his son, Lord Guildford Dudley. Lady Jane Grey Proclaimed Queen of England (Queen for just Nine Days). 19th July 1553 Queen Jane was deposed as Queen. 6 July 1553 - Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, and sister of Elizabeth is proclaimed Queen.
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Mar 18: Mary has Elizabeth imprisoned in the Tower of London for eight weeks on false charges
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November 17: Death of Queen Mary I
November 17: Elizabeth succeeds her Catholic sister Mary I as Queen of England and re-establishes the Protestant Anglican Church
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Elizabeth is crowned queen of england
Jul. 6 1560: Treaty of Edinburgh between England, France, and Scotland
Sep 8 1560: Amy Robsart, the wife of Robert Dudley (the great favorite of the Queen), is found dead at the foot of the stairs in her home, Cumnor Place, Oxford. Dudley is suspected of murder
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Treaty signed at Hampton Court ,Elizabeth pledges support of the French Huguenots. Ayear later the queen ALMOST dies of smallpox.
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Establishment of the Anglican Church
Outbreak of the the Black Death ( Bubonic Plague )
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The Catholic Mary Queen of Scots flees to England and is imprisoned by Elizabeth I at Fotheringay Castle as a Catholic threat to her throne
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The Nevilles of Durham and Percys of Northumberland plot to overthrow Elizabeth and reinstate Roman Catholicism in “The Rising of the North” but she exonerates Mary Queen of Scots from the charges made against her.
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excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I by the Catholic Church
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St Bartholomew's Day massacre where French Protestants were massacred by French Catholics in Paris cause panic in England with fears of a Catholic invasion
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The Queen of England declines to accept the sovereignty of the Netherlands
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March 18: English Parliament passes strict legislation against Roman Catholics with heavy fines for hearing Mass
May 4: Francis Drake is knighted
November 7: A marriage treaty between Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Anjou is signed -
August 14: Queen Elizabeth declines offers by the Dutch commission for sovereignty of the Low Countries but issues a declaration taking the Netherlands under her protection
December 8: Lord Robert Dudley leads the English army to fight the Spanish forces who are occupying the Netherlands -
The Babbington Plot , a conspiracy against Elizabeth I involving Mary Queen of Scots. The leader of the plot was Anthony Babbington
July 1: Treaty of Berwick - Queen Elizabeth and King James VI of Scotland form a league of amity
October 25: Mary Queen of Scots is convicted of involvement in the Babbington plot -
February 8: Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
War with Spain which continues until 1603
August 8 1588: The Spanish Armada of 132 ships is defeated by the English fleet of 34 ships and 163 armed merchant vessels led by Lord Howard of Effingham, Sir Francis Drake, and Sir John Hawkins
September 4: Lord Robert Dudley dies
(1596)-English fleet under the Earl of Essex and Lord Howard of Effingham capture Spanish Cadiz
(1600)-Queen Elizabeth I grants charter to East India Company
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Elizabethan Poor Law charges the parishes with providing for the needy
Robert, Earl of Essex attempts rebellion which fails
February 25: Robert Devereux (1566-1601), Earl of Essex is executed on Tower Green, the Queen never gets over his treachery and death -
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)