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Queen Elizabeth I

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  • Sep 7, 1533

    Birth

    Elizabeth is born at Greenwich Palace.
  • Period: Sep 7, 1533 to

    Death

    Queen Elizabeth I dies at Richmond Palace in London
  • May 19, 1536

    Anne Boleyn Dies

    Elizabeth's mother, Queen Anne Boleyn, is executed at The Tower of London.
  • Jan 28, 1547

    Father Dies

    Her father, King Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall in London
  • Apr 16, 1554

    Elizabeth in Prison

    Mary and Elizabeth are raised on different religions and Catholic Mary persecutes all Protestants during her reign. Elizabeth is imprisoned for a year, initially in the Tower of London, for her supposed involvement in religious rebellions
  • Nov 17, 1558

    Elizabeth becomes Queen

    Mary dies of sickness in May 1558, and the childless Queen names her half-sister as her heir. Elizabeth becomes Queen at the age of 25

  • Start of Anglo-Spanish War

    Queen Elizabeth starts the Anglo-Spanish war in 1585 with the Treaty of Nonsuch.

  • The English Navy defeats the Spanish Armada

    The english navy defeated the Spanish Armada on this day, resulting in widespread cheer and a lavish nationwide procession.

  • Elizabeth I Tillbury Speech

    Elizabeth I gave a rallying speech, called the Tillbury Speech. Her most famous line is, "I know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king = and of a King of England too."

  • Elizabeth I's Golden Speech

    Queen Elizabeth gives her "Golden Speech" to parliament in 1601. Reflecting on her long reign, she says, "I was never any greedy, scraping grasper, nor a strait, fast-holding prince, nor yet a waster. My heart was never set on worldly goods but for my subjects' good."

  • Elizabeth I Dies

    In the Fall of 1602, Elizabeth slipped into a deep and dark severe depression after a number of close friends die. She dies at Richmond Palace in London.