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  Elizabeth was born the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn.
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  Elizabeth's birth mother is beheaded.
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  Elizabeth's younger brother, Edward is born.
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  Elizabeth's Father dies. England's population is heavily depressed.
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  Elizabeth becomes Queen.
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  Elizabeth was crowned Queen of England.
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  Approximate date of William Shakespeare's birth.
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  Queen Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, dies.