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Queen Elizabeth I

By CostelloBN
  • Sep 7, 1533

    Birth

    Queen Elizabeth I was born at Greenwich Palace.
  • Period: Sep 7, 1533 to

    Queen Elizabeth I's Life

  • Nov 17, 1558

    Queen Elizabeth I takes throne.

  • Jan 15, 1559

    Coronation Ceremony

  • Jan 15, 1559

    Protestant & Catholic Religious Settlement

  • Oct 5, 1568

    Elizabeth imprisons Mary Queen of Scots

  • Oct 5, 1570

    Pope Pius V issues an interdict against Elizabeth

  • Oct 5, 1571

    Ridolfi Plot to overthrow Elizabeth and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots

  • Oct 5, 1571

    Elizabeth names William Cecil Lord Treasurer and gives him the new title of Lord Burleigh. She brings in Francis Walsingham to replace him as Secretary of State.

  • Oct 5, 1579

    ·Elizabeth's marriage negotiations with the French King's brother (Anjou) dissolve

  • Duke de Guise Plot on Elizabeth's life

  • Marriage negotiations with the Duke de Alencon

  • Act for the Preservation of the Queen's Safety passed

  • Babington Plot to overthrow Elizabeth and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots

  • Mary Queen of Scots executed

  • Death