1570-1603
1570
/ 1571 / 1572 / 1573
/ 1574
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1575 / 1576
/ 1577 / 1578 / 1579
1580
/ 1581 / 1582 / 1583
/ 1584 / 1585 / 1586
/ 1587 / 1588 / 1589
1590
/ 1591 / 1592 / 1593
/ 1594 / 1595 / 1596
/ 1597 / 1598 / 1599
1600
/ 1601 /1602 / 1603
1570
20
February - Northern
Rebellion finally defeated completely.
23
January - James Stewart, Earl of Moray, (Mary Queen of Scots' half
brother and Regent in Scotland for her son) is assassinated.
25
February - Elizabeth is excommunicated by the Pope. (The Papal
Bull)
8
August - The
Peace of Germain-en-Laye ends the third period of the French wars of religion
Other
Events
Potato
is introduced to Europe from Spanish America
1571
23
January - The Royal exchange is opened.
The
Ridolfi plot to assassinate Elizabeth.
7
October - The Battle of Lepanto in which the great Ottomans that
had been threatening east Christendom over the past century, are defeated.
1572
16
January - Thomas
Howard, Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for conspiracy in the Ridolfi
Plot
22-24
August - The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, in which over 6,000
French Protestants are murdered. Provokes the fourth phase of the French
wars of religion
2
June - Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk becomes the first nobleman
of Elizabeth's reign to be executed for treason.
1573
11
May - Poland elects its first King, choosing Henri of Valois. The
election was paid for by Catherine de Medici
6
July - Peace of Boluogne,
ends fourth phase of the French
wars of religion
1574
23
February - fifth period of the French wars of religion breaks
out.
30
May - Charles
IX dies, aged 24. He is succeeded by Henry III, who abandons the throne
of Poland, and returns to France. Poland is left without a king.
Richard
Burbage opens the first Theater in England, simply called "The Theater".
12
December - Suleiman
the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies after injuring himself
by falling in his bath. His son, Murad III becomes Sultan, and has his
brothers strangled in his presence.
1575
14
November - Elizabeth refuses the sovereignty of the Netherlands.
14
December - Stephen Bathroy, Prince of Transylvania, is elected
the new King of Poland.
Other
Events
Elizabeth
visits Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, at Kenilworth, amidst spectacular
entertainments.
1576
6
May - Peace of Monsieur ends fifth phase of the French wars of religion
12
October - Holy
Roman Emperor Maximilian II dies, aged 49, and is succeeded by his son,
Rudolf.
1577
17
August - The
Peace of Bergerac ends the sixth phase of the French Wars of Religion
13
December - Sir Francis Drake sets out on the first English voyage
around the world.
1578
12
March - James
VI takes over the reigns of government in Scotland, the Earl of Morton
resigning the Regency.
4
August - Sebastian
I of Portugal is killed in a battle in north-west Africa. He is succeeded
by Cardinal Henry
1
October - Don John of Austria dies of fever.
1579
Rebellion
in Ireland.
Simier
comes to England in an attempt to negotiate a marriage between Elizabeth
and Alencon
1580
5
June - Proclamation to restrict the growth of London
25
August - Philip of Spain invades Portugal, defeat the Portuguese
army, and Philip is proclaimed
King
of Portugal as Philip I
26
September - Drake enters Plymouth Harbor after having circumnavigated
the globe.
26
November - Peace of Fleix ends seventh phase of the French wars
of religion
Other
Events
Death
of the famous architect Palladio.
Jesuit
missionaries arrive in England.
1581
4
April - Francis Drake is knighted
Francis,
Duke of Alencon, himself comes to England to further the negotioations
for the Queen's hand in marriage.
1
December - English
Jesuit Edmund Campion is executed.
7-11
November - Marriage treaty is signed between Elizabeth and Alencon
1582
18
March - The attempted assassination of William of Orange, leader
of the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule in which he loses the ability
to speak through injury, and becomes known as William The Silent.
22
August - James
VI is captured by the English party while out hunting, and kept in captivity
until June 1583
5
October - Gregorian Calendar is adopted by Catholic countries,
and the 5 of October becomes the 15th
Other
Events
Plague
in London
1583
20
December - John
Somerville is executed for a plot to assassinate Elizabeth.
Other
Events
The
Irish rebellion is defeated
Ivan
IV kills his son Ivan in a fit of rage.
William
of Orange accepts the sovereignty of the northern Netherlands
1584
18
March - Death of Ivan the terrible (Tsar of Russa).
9
June - Death of Francis, Duke of Alencon
10
July - Assassination of William of Orange.
10
July - Francis Throgmorton is executed for conspiracy for a Spanish
invasion of England.
Other
Events
The
Bond of association is formed, in which loyal subjects of the Queen pledge
allegiance to her, and promise to avenge her murder if it takes place.
Sir
Walter Raleigh sales to Virginia.
The
Spanish Ambassador, Mendoza, is expelled from England
1585
29
June - Elizabeth
again refuses sovereignty of the Netherlands
7
June - First English colony in America is established at Roanoke
Island, Virginia.
14
August - Elizabeth issues a declaration that she is taking the
Netherlands under her protection.
3
September - Treaty of Nonsuch
The
English expedition to the Netherlands under the leadership of Robert Dudley,
Earl of Leicester. Start of the war with Spain as a result.
1586
1
July - Treaty of Berwick, in which Elizabeth I and
James VI forma league of amity.
17
July - The Babington plot to assassinate Elizabeth and place Mary,
Queen of Scots, on the throne is revealed by Francis Walsingham
20
September - Anthony Babington and fellow conspirators are executed.
22
September - The battle of Zutphen
11-14
October - The trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, for her supposed complicity
in the Babington plot.
17
October - Sir Philip Sidney dies of wounds received in the battle.
25
October - Sentence
is pronounced against Mary Queen of Scots
12
December -
King Stephen of Poland dies, and is succeeded by the son of the Swedish
King, Sigismund
1587
1
February - Elizabeth
signs the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots
8
February - Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots at Fotheringay.
19
April - English attack Spanish fleet triumphantly at Cadiz.
18
August - First
English child to be born in North America, Virginia Dare, is born on Roanoke
Island.
1588
8
August -Defeat of the Spanish Armada.
4
September - Death of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
4
April - Frederick
II of Denmark dies, aged 53, and is succeeded by his 10 year old son,
Christian IV.
1589
5
January - Death of Catherine de Medici
13
April - Francis Drake and Sir John Norris lead a campaign to Portugal.
31
July - Henry III of France is murdered.
1590
6
April - Death of Sir Francis Walsingham
1591
Essex
leads the English expedition to Brittany in an attempt to aid Henry IV.
Increased
severity against Recusants.
20
November - Death of Sir Christopher Hatton
Trinity
College is founded by Queen Elizabeth.
1592
Clement
VIII is now Pope.
Plague
in London.
The
Rose Theater is opened.
1593
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July - Henry IV changes religion to become a Catholic.
Further
measures taken against recusants.
Plague
in London.
1
June - Christopher Marlowe is killed.
Theaters
are temporarily closed.
1594
22
March - Henry
IV crowned King of France
Other
Events
Beginning
of a series of bad harvests.
Cardinal
William Allen dies.
Frobisher
dies.
1595
2
February - Execution of English Jesuit, Robert Southwell.
Raleigh's
voyage to Guiana.
6
January - Ottoman Sultan, Murad III dies and is succeeded by his
son Mohammed III, who has his 19 brothers murdered.
23
July - Spanish land in Cornwall and burn Penzance and Mousehole.
1596
June/July
- Essex's success at Cadiz.
Death
of Sir Francis Drake.
1597
Unsuccessful
expedition against the Spanish under the leadership of Essex.
Second
Spanish Armada is defeated by bad weather.
1598
15
April - Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes which tolerates
Protestants.
4
August - Death of William Cecil.
14
August - Irish forces defeat the English at the Yellow Ford on
the Blackwater River.
13
September - Deaths of Philip II of Spain . Succeeded by his son
Philip III
Other
Events
End
of the French Civil War.
Publication
of Love's Labour's Lost, the first play published under Shakespeare's
name.
1599
25
April - Birth of Oliver Cromwell, future Protector of England following
the English Civil War of the seventeenth century.
Other
Events
Expedition
to France led by Essex.
Essex
is made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and sent there. He returns without the
Queen's consent and is imprisoned
Death
of Edward Spencer.
Globe
Theater in London is opened..
1600
English
East India Company is founded.
Robert
Devereux, Earl of Essex tried for misdemeanors after his return from ireland
and sentenced to lose his offices at court
5
October - Henry IV of France marries Marie de Medici
5
August - Gowrie Conspiracy in Scotland - James VI is seized by
Lord Gowrie, but later rescued.
1601
7-8
January - Essex
Revolt against the Queen.
19
February - Essex is tried for treason.
25
February - Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, is executed..
20
November - Queen
Elizabeth delivers her "Golden Speech".
Other
Events
A force
of 3,000 Spaniards arrive in Ireland to aid the Irish rebellion.
1602
English
Fleet capture Portuguese treasure ship
Epidemic
of small pox.
1603
24
March - Death of Elizabeth I. James VI of Scotland also becomes
James I of England.
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