Elizabeth I

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  • Sep 7, 1533

    Elizabeth is Born

    Daughter of Anne Boleyn, predicted to be male. The lavish christening planned for a boy went ahead with her, and she was declared princess until her brother was born.
  • Jun 20, 1537

    Summer - Elizabeth is declared a bastard

    Catherine Champernowne is appointed her governess. Elizabeth learns Italian, Latin, Greek, and French.
  • Jan 28, 1547

    Henry VIII dies, Elizabeth sent to live with Katherine Parr + Thomas Seymour

  • Mar 20, 1549

    Thomas Seymour beheaded

    Elizabeth was banished in 1548 after Katherine Parr finds her in an inappropriate embrace w/ Seymour. After Parr dies later that year, Seymour is accused of plotting to marry Elizabeth and overthrow his brother as Lord Protector of Edward VI.
  • Mar 18, 1554

    Elizabeth imprisoned for 8 weeks in Tower of London

    After those 8 weeks she is moved to Woodstock, where she remains util she becomes queen.
  • Nov 17, 1558

    Elizabeth becomes Queen. She repeals Catholic legislation in England.

  • Jan 13, 1559

    Elizabeth is crowned.

  • Jun 20, 1559

    This Year

    • it is rumoured that Elizabeth's in love with her childhood friend, Robert Dudley, and his wife dies accidentally in 1560.
    • Elizabeth remains single, refuses to name a successor. Speaks of being married to her kingdom and country.
  • Jun 24, 1559

    Elizabethan Prayer Book first used.

    Protestant Elizabeth is religiously tolerant, but mindful of a potential Catholic uprising. She establishes a Protestant-based church with many Catholic elements, and is named the Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
  • Aug 19, 1561

    Mary (Queen of Scots) retuns to Scotland

    Many consider her, a Catholic, to be the rightful heir to the throne.
  • Jun 20, 1563

    this year The 39 Articles

    These complete the establishment of an Anglican Church. which tried to appeal to both Catholics and Protestants.
  • Jun 20, 1568

    This year Mary Queen of Scots is imprisoned at Fotheringay Castle

  • Oct 1, 1569

    Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Howard, imprisoned in Tower of London

    For plotting to marry Mary, Queen of Scots
  • Nov 9, 1569

    The Rising of the North

    The Nevilles of Durham and the Percys of Northumberland try to overthrow Elizabeth and free Mary Queen of Scots in order to reinstate Catholicism, both Catholic families. Pope Pius V hears of the revolt and tries to help by deposing Elizabeth (in 1570). The rebellion fails, and the leaders later executed.
  • Feb 25, 1571

    Sir William Cecil becomes Lord Burghley

  • Jun 20, 1572

    this year, St Bartholomew's Day Massacre

    French Protestants murdered by French Catholics in Paris, witnessed by key figures like Sir Walter Raleigh, caused panic in England over French Catholic invasion.
  • Dec 21, 1573

    Sir Francis Walsingham appointed Principal Secretary of State and becomes Elizabeth's chief spy master

  • May 9, 1576

    The Earl of Essex is restored the title of "Earl Marshal of Ireland"

  • Sep 22, 1576

    Earl of Essex dies.

  • Sep 21, 1578

    Robert Dudley secretly marries Lady Lettice Knollys

  • Oct 7, 1579

    The Privy Council fails to support Queen Elizabeth in the marriage treaty with the Duke of Anjou

  • Sep 26, 1580

    Sir Francis Duke returns from America, having sailed round the world, in triumph

  • Jun 20, 1581

    This Year

    • Sir Francis Duke nicks stuff from Spain, who protest and want restitution - Elizabeth refuses.
    • March 18th: Parliament passes strict anti-Catholic legislation banning Mass, punishable by fines.
    • Nov 7th: marriage treaty signed by Duke of Anjou and Elizabeth. He dies in 1584.

  • Anglo-Spanish conflict

    Robert Dudley leads an army to assist the Dutch rebels fighting against the forces of King Phillip II. Elizabeth had previously declared the Netherlands under her protection, even though she denied sovereignty of it.

  • This Year

    The Babbington Plot - Anthony Babbington plotted to assassinate Elizabeth and replace her with Mary. Sir Francis Walsingham discovers this.
    Oct 25th - Mary Queen of Scots convicted of involvement in the Babbington Plot

  • Mary is executed

  • Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, appointed as Elizabeth's Master of the Horse

  • Spanish Armada defeated by English fleet. War lasts until 1603.

  • This Year

    Penalties are proposed for those who refuse to attend Church of England services and those who atteng Catholic ones.

  • This Year

    • Start of 9 years war in Ireland: rebellion under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone.
    • Elizabeth makes Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, the Earl Marshal of England

  • this year

    Elizabeth made Earl of Essex in charge of supressing the Irish rebels - instead, he signed an unauthorised truce with the Earl of Tyrone. He is stripped of all his titles and arrested.

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    Earl of Essex attempts to rebel, and subsequently is executed on February 25th.

  • Elizabeth dies.