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Elizabeth I born, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
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Treason Act changed to include written and spoken forms of treason
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Henry VIII is succeeded by Edward VI, who is devout Protestant
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Mary I is crowned queen an England becomes Catholic
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November 17, Elizabeth takes the thrown from her sister Mary I and re-establishes the Protestant Angelican Church
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Act of Uniformity, Catholic Mass becomes illegal
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April 23, William Shakespeare is born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, daughter of a prominent Catholic family.
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Elizabeth I is excommunicated by the Catholic Church
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Elizabeth I updates the Treason Act to include written and spoken attacks on the Queen
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St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, where hundreds of French Protestants had gathered for the wedding of Marguerite de Valois and Henry of Navarre are slaughtered by French Catholics in Paris. Panic of a Catholic invasion in England.
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Medieval Mystery play's banned, suppressing most Catholic community.
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The Queen's Company is formed in London
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Mary I tried for treason by her sister
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Mary I publicly beheaded
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada by England
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Richard III Probably first written and performed
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Theaters close due to the plague
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Lord Chamberlain's company formed
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The first quarto edition of Richard III
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The Globe is built on Bankside, London
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Essex rebellion
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March, Elizabeth I dies and is succeeded by James VI of Scottland
