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Sep 7, 1533
Queen Elizabeth I was born.
Daughter of King Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn -
May 9, 1536
Ann Boleyn beheaded
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Jan 28, 1547
Henry VIII dies
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Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth succeeds
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Jan 15, 1559
Elizabeth's coronation ceremony
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Feb 21, 1559
Elizabeth's Protestant/Catholic religious settlement
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Sep 25, 1562
Queen Elizabeth almost dies of Smallpox
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May 17, 1568
Elizabeth imprisons Mary Queen of Scots.
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May 5, 1570
Pope Pius V issues an interdict against Elizabeth
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Apr 11, 1580
Pope Gregory XIII announces that killing Elizabeth is not a sin.
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Sir Walter Raleigh receives the patent to explore and settle in North America.
Elizebeth started this -
Philip of Spain launches the Spanish Armada
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Elizabeth I dies