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May 15: Her mother, Anne Boleyn tried for treason, adultery and incest
May 19: Anne Boleyn executed on Tower Hill, London
May 30: King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour married -
7 September: Elizabeth is born at Greenwich, England
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Alliance between England and Netherlands and Francis Drake sets sails for his round the world voyage
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Queen Elizabeth almost dies of Smallpox
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Jan 13: She is crowned Queen of England
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The Queen takes share of profit from John Hawkins slave trade.
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The excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I by the Catholic Church.
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January 2: Marriage negotiations between Elizabeth and Henry, Duke of Anjou, which eventually fail February 25: Sir William Cecil is created Lord Burghley
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November 14: The Queen of England declines to accept the sovereignty of the Netherlands.
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September 26: Francis Drake returns to England in triumph.
