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Walter Raleigh is born in Hayes Barton in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England.The exact date of his birth is unknown, and even the year is speculated to be between 1552 and 1554.
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As a teenager, WR joins a cavalry regiment in the Queen's army.
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WR begins attending Oriel College, Oxford.
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WR is invited to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, which was apparently a thing in England in the 16th century.
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WR sails to America with his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
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WR has an illegitimate daughter by Alice Goold, a local seamstress.
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WR helps to put down the Irish Rebellion and becomes a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. The Queen grants him several lucrative wine monopolies. He becomes rich
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Nearly all of WR's famous peoms (including "Now What Is Love?") was written to, for, or about Queen Elizabeth I. This indicates that they were most likely written between his coming into the Court, and falling out of favor with her.
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WR receives a grant to create a colony in America.
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WR, with his crew of 108 men, lands in present-day Virginia, and established the Roanoke Colony.
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Queen Elizabeth knights WR and makes him governor of a new territory. He names it "Virginia" to be a suck-up.
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WR (with the help of Sir Francis Walsingham) discovers a plot to assasinate the Queen and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots. (known as the Babington Plot)
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... because all of that sucking-up paid off.
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This marriage upset the Queen because Elizabeth was one of her ladies-in-waiting. As a result, the Queen sent WR to the Tower of London (which sounds awesome but was actually England's Guantanamo)
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WR is released from the Tower. Shortly thereafter, he and Elizabeth have a son, who is also named Walter.
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WR hears about a City of Gold in South America The following year he explores present-day Venezuela without success. His account of the expedition, "The Discovery of Guiana," contributed to the legend of El Dorado.
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WR is chosen as a member of parliament for Dorset and Cornwall.
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Queen Elizabeth I dies, and is succeeded by King James, son of Mary, Queen of Scots. the new King puts WR back in the Tower of London on charges of treason.
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Walter and Elizabeth have another son, called Carew.
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Apparently Guiana is the Florida of England, because that's where he retires to.
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WR is beheaded for accidentally attacking a Spanish settlement. Apparently, he should've asked his doctor before trying to attack the Spanish.
