elizabeth is crowned queen
1558
E almost dies of smallpox
1562
marriage question
1565
dutch revolt
1566
Mary Queen of Scots flees from scotland to england
1568
elizabeth bans parliament from discussing marriage
1569
the northern rebellion
1569
papal bull
1570
ridolfi plot
1571
vagabonds act
1572
act for setting the poor on work
1576
drake begins circumnavigation
1577
drake founds new albion
1579
treason to attend catholic mass
1581
drake knighted
1581
drake became an mp (3 dates)
1581, 1584, 1593
john whitgift made archbishop
1583
throckmorton plot
1583
treaty of nonsuch
1585
babington plot
1586
MQoS excecuted
1587
phillip II launches armada
1588
armada fails
1588
walsingham dies
1590
catholics cant travel more than 5 miles from their homes
1593
irish rebellion
1593
bad harvests in england
1594-98
robert cecil made secretary of state
1596
william cecil dies
1598
Essex ( Robert Devereaux ) made lord lieutenant of England
1599
Essex starts gathering supporters for a rebellion
1600
east india company set up
1600
essex rebellion
1601
essex excecuted
1601
elizabeth dies
1603