Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I Guided A Religious Settlement

Apr 30, 1559

The religious settlement went through Parliament that stopped religious differences from taking England apart. This was guided by Elizabeth I and Cecil (Kagan PG. 357).

Act of Supremacy

Apr 30, 1559

The Act of Supremacy that passed Parliament was repealing all the anti-Protestant legislation of Mary Tudor and asserting Elizabeth's right as "Supreme Governor" over both spiritual and temporal affairs (Kagan PG. 357).

Elizabeth For Heresay

Apr 30, 1570

A favored military conquest of Protestant England, who was Pope Pius V, excommunicated Elizabeth for heresay (Kagan PG. 360).

Elizabeth's Famous

Apr 30, 1570

Seamen Sir Francis Drake and John Hawkins began to prey regularly on spanish shipping in the Americas (Kagan PG. 360).

Plot Against the Queen

Apr 30, 1583

Elizabeth's secretary, Sir Francis Walsingham, discovered a plot against Elizabeth involving the spanish ambassador (Kagan PG. 362)

Treaty Signed

Apr 30, 1585

Elizabeth I signed the Treaty of Nonsuch that gave English soldiers and cavalry to the Netherlands (Kagan PG. 361-362).

Another Plot

Apr 30, 1586

Walsingham uncovered another plot against Elizabeth called the Babington Plot (Kagan PG. 362)

The Queen's Death

Mar 23, 1603

Queen Elizabeth I died leaving behind a strong nation poised to expand into a global empire (Kagan PG. 362)