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1556
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 -
1553
7 September: Elizabeth is born at Greenwich, England -
1577
Alliance between England and Netherlands and Francis Drake sets sails for his round the world voyage -
1562
Queen Elizabeth almost dies of Smallpox -
1558
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1559
Jan 13: She is crowned Queen of England -
1564
The Queen takes share of profit from John Hawkins slave trade. -
1570
The excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I by the Catholic Church. -
1571
January 2: Marriage negotiations between Elizabeth and Henry, Duke of Anjou, which eventually fail February 25: Sir William Cecil is created Lord Burghley -
1575
November 14: The Queen of England declines to accept the sovereignty of the Netherlands. -
1580
September 26: Francis Drake returns to England in triumph.
