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Nov 11, 1540
Born
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Period: Dec 8, 1540 to
Sir Francis Drake
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Aug 18, 1569
he got married to Mary Newman
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May 18, 1572
Queen Elizabeth 1 commissioned him to sail to the Americas
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Jan 7, 1577
Queen Elizabeth 1 selected him to sail around the world
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Dec 8, 1579
landed somewhere on the Pacific coast of North America
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Dec 8, 1580
returned to England
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Dec 27, 1581
Sir Francis Drake got on board the Golden Hind, his ship
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travelled to Brazil accompanied by his nephew Richard Hawkins
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Drake attacked and destroyed the Spanish Fleet
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Sir Francis Drake embarks on his last voyage to the Caribbean with Sir John Hawkins
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Sir Francis Drake was sent to attack Spanish settlements in the West Indies
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Died