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John Hart

John Hart

Male 1555 - 1603  (48 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1383 
  • 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
1553 
  • 1553—1558: Queen Mary I
    Queen Mary I ( 1553 - 1558 ) {\n}{\n}1553 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen by the Protector, the Duke of Northumberland. After nine days, Mary arrives in London, Lady Jane Grey is arrested, and Mary is crowned Queen.{\n}1554 - After Mary declares her
  • 7 1553—17 Nov 1558: Mary I
    House of Tudor: Daughter of Henry VIII, by Catherine of Aragon
1554 
  • 1554—1558: Brief Catholic restoration under Queen Mary Tudor
1555 
  • 1555—1555: Michel Nostradamus publishes his prophecies
1556 
  • 21 Mar 1556—21 Mar 1556: Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer burned at the stake in Oxford
1557 
  • 1557—1557: The First Covenant signed in Scotland
    (Foundation of the Presbyterian Church)
1558 
  • 1558—1558: System of Counties adopted
  • 1558—1558: Scottish parish registers start
  • 1558—1603: Reign of Elizabeth I - Policy of Plantation begins
    System of Counties adopted
  • 1558—1558: Scottish parish registers start
    Chancery Proceedings Indexes begin
  • 1558—1603: Queen Elizabeth I
    Elizabeth I ( 1558 - 1603 ) {\n}{\n}1558 - Elizabeth accedes to the throne on the death of her half-sister, Mary.{\n}1559 - Elizabeth is crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey in January.{\n}1559 - Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity restore the Prote
  • 7 Jan 1558—7 Jan 1558: French take Calais, last English possession in France
  • 24 Apr 1558—24 Apr 1558: Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to Fran?ois the Dauphin of France in Paris
  • 17 Nov 1558—17 Nov 1558: Queen Mary Tudor of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth - Protestantism restored in England
  • 11 1558—24 Mar 1603: Elizabeth I
    House of Tudor: Daughter of Henry VIII, by Anne Boleyn
1559 
  • 1559—1559: Tobacco introduced to Europe
  • 1559—1559: John Knox returns from Continent - strengthens case for Presbyterianism in Scotland
  • 1559—1559: John Knox returns from Continent
    Strenghtens case for Presbyterianism in Scotland
  • 15 Jan 1559—15 Jan 1559: Elizabeth crowned in Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, the Bishop of Carlisle
  • 29 Apr 1559—29 Apr 1559: Acts of Supremacy passed in Parliament, ending papal jurisdiction over England & Wales; established Church of England
1560 
  • 1560—1560: Establishment of Protestantism in Scotland - commissary courts thrown into confusion - some records lost
  • 1560—1560: Establishment of Protestantism in Scotland
    commissary courts thrown into confusion - some records lost
  • 1560—1560: Protestantism is established. Pope's authority is abolished. Celebrating mass becomes illegal.
  • 27 Feb 1560—27 Feb 1560: Treaty of Berwick between Duc du Chatelherault (as governor of Scotland) and the English, agreeing to act jointly to expel the French from Scotland
10 1561 
  • 1561—1561: Spire of St Paul's, highest in England, destroyed by fire
  • 1561—1561: The first coins produced by machinery (known as a 'mill') rather than by hand, but it was a slow process and did not replace hand struck coinage until new machinery was introduced in 1663
11 1562 
  • 1562—1562: Earliest English slave-trading expedition, under John Hawkins - between Guinea and the West Indies
  • 1562—1562: African slave trade starts
12 1563 
  • 1563—1563: Papal recusants heavily fined for non-attendance at Church
    The Test Act excludes Roman Catholics from government offices
  • 28 Jul 1563—28 Jul 1563: The English surrender Le Havre to the French after a siege
13 1564 
  • 26 Apr 1564—26 Apr 1564: Shakespeare baptised - he is said to have been born on Apr 23, St George's Day; he certainly died on Apr 23, 1616
14 1565 
  • 1565—1565: Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to Darley
  • 29 Jul 1565—29 Jul 1565: Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, her first cousin
15 1566 
  • 1566—1566: Murder of Riccio in Holyrood House
  • 9 Mar 1566—9 Mar 1566: Murder of David Riccio (or Rizzio) in Holyrood House
16 1567 
  • 1567—1567: Murder of Darnley outside Holyrood House in an explosion
    Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots and Bothwell{\n}Earliest date in the French Protestant and Walloon registers
  • 10 Feb 1567—10 Feb 1567: Murder of Darnley outside Holyrood House in an explosion
  • 15 May 1567—15 May 1567: Marriage of Mary Queen of Scots to James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
  • 24 Jul 1567—24 Jul 1567: Mary Queen of Scots deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son James VI
17 1568 
  • 1568—1568: Battle of Langside
    Mary's flight into England and her imprisonment by Queen Elizabeth I
  • 1568—1568: Bottled beer invented in London
  • 13 May 1568—13 May 1568: Battle of Langside - Mary's flight to England and her imprisonment by Queen Elizabeth I
18 1569 
  • 1569—1569: Elizabeth I approved Sunday sports
  • 1569—1569: Gerard Mercator invents Mercator map projection
19 1570 
  • 25 Feb 1570—25 Feb 1570: Pope Pius V issued the papal bull 'Regnans in Excelsis' to excommunicate Elizabeth I and her followers in the Church of England
20 1571 
  • 1571—1571: Presbyterianism introduced into England by Thomas Cartwright
  • 1571—1571: Repeal of Act prohibiting lending of money on interest - gradual change from 'subsistence economy' to 'cash economy' resulted
  • 1571—1571: Beginning of penal legislation against Catholics in England
  • 1571—1571: Beginning of penal legislation against Catholics in England
    Opening of the Royal Exchange, founded by Sir Thomas Gresham
  • 1571—1572: Presbyterianism introduced into England by Thomas Cartwright
  • 23 Jan 1571—23 Jan 1571: Opening of the Royal Exchange in London, founded by Sir Thomas Gresham - this building destroyed in Great Fire of London 1666
21 1574 
  • 1574—1738: Colonial State Papers published
    continued to 1738
22 1577 
  • 1577—1577: James Burbage opens first theatre in London
23 1578 
  • 1578—1578: Earliest Quaker registers begin
24 1579 
  • 1579—1579: Act of Uniformity in matters of religion enforced
  • 1579—1579: Act of Uniformity in matters of religion enforced
25 1580 
  • 1580—1580: Congregational movement founded by Robert Browne about this time
  • 1580—1580: Colonisation of Ireland
  • 1580—1580: Colonisation of Ireland
    Congregational movement founded by Robert Browne about this time
  • 6 Apr 1580—6 Apr 1580: Dover Straits earthquake, largest in the recorded history of England, mentioned by Shakespeare - dozens of ships sunk and a tsunami hit Calais
26 1581 
  • 1581—1581: English Levant Company founded
  • 16 Jan 1581—16 Jan 1581: English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism
  • 4 Apr 1581—4 Apr 1581: Francis Drake knighted by Elizabeth I aboard the Golden Hind after circumnavigating the world
27 1582 
  • 1582—1582: Gregorian calendar introduced in some couontires:
    Spain and Portugal, France, Low Countries, part of Italy, Denmark
28 1583 
  • 1583—1583: University of Edinburgh founded
  • 1583—1583: Foundation of Cambridge University Press by Thomas Thomas
  • 1583—1583: Foundation of Cambridge University Press by Thomas Thomas
    University of Edinburgh founded
  • Aug 1583—Aug 1583: Sir Humphrey Gilbert attempts to establish English authority at St John's, Newfoundland
29 1584 
  • 4 Jun 1584—4 Jun 1584: Sir Walter Raleigh establishes first English colony in the New World, on Roanoke Island, Virginia (now in North Carolina) - the so-called 'Lost Colony'
30 1585 
  • 1585—1585: Foundation of Oxford University Press
  • 1585—1585: Foundation of Oxford University Press
    Shakespeare started seriously to write about this time
31 1587 
  • 1587—1587: Introduction of potatoes to England
  • 1587—1587: Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, by English at Fotheringay Castle near Peterborough
    11th August; Raleigh's second expedition to New World lands in North Carolina - first child born in the New World of English parents, Virginia Dare (August 18th){\n}Introduction of potatoes to England
  • 8 Feb 1587—8 Feb 1587: Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Fotheringay Castle, near Peterborough
  • 19 Apr 1587—19 Apr 1587: Sir Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet in Cadiz harbour
  • 11 Aug 1587—11 Aug 1587: Raleigh's second expedition to New World lands in North Carolina - first child born in the New World of English parents was Virginia Dare (Aug 18)
32 1588 
  • 1588—1588: Invention of shorthand by Dr Timothy Bright
  • 1588—1588: 29th July Defeat of the Spanish Armada
    (had set sail from Lisbon 20th May){\n}Invention of shorthand by Dr. Timothy Bright
  • 19 Jul 1588—19 Jul 1588: Spanish Armada sighted off the Lizard (had set sail from Lisbon in late May)
  • 29 Jul 1588—29 Jul 1588: Defeat of Spanish Armada off Gravelines
33 1589 
  • 1589—1589: Englishmen, William Lee invents the knitting machine
34 1590 
  • 1590—1590: Dutchmen, Zacharias Janssen invents the compound microscope
35 1591 
  • 1591—1591: Trinity College, Dublin, founded
36 1592 
  • 1592—1592: A Congregational (or Independent) Church formed in London
  • 1592—1592: Scotland: Presbyterian Church formally established - all ministers equal - no bishops - secular commissaries appointed by the Crown
  • 1592—1592: A congregational (or Independant) Church formed in London.
    Scotland: Presbyterian Church formally established - all minsters equal - no bishops - secular commissaries appointed by the Crown
  • 1592—1592: The Presbyterian Church is formally established.
37 1593 
  • 1593—1593: British statute mile established by law
  • 1593—1593: British statute mile established by law
  • 1593—1593: Galileo invents a water thermometer
38 1594 
  • 1594—1594: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, leads Irish rebellion against English rule (-1603)
39 1597 
  • 1597—1597: Poor Law Act for erection of parish workhouses for the Poor - Poor Rate collection allowed
  • 1597—1597: Poor Law Act for erection of parish workhouses for the Poor -
    Poor Rate collection allowed
40 1598 
  • 1598—1598: Bishop's transcripts of English and Welsh parish registers start - parish records were to be kept in 'great decent books of parchment' and copies or 'Bishop's Transcripts' of new entries were to be sent each month to the diocesan centre
  • 1598—1598: Bishops transcript of English and Welsh parish registers start [some say 1597]
    Edict of Nantes gives Huguentots toleration if France
41 1600 
  • 1600—1600: Memoirs of Officers of the Royal Navy begin
  • 1600—1600: The calendar changes from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar.
  • 1 Jan 1600—1 Jan 1600: Scotland adopts New Year beginning 1st January (previously 25th March)
  • 31 Dec 1600—31 Dec 1600: British East India Company founded
42 1601 
  • 1601—1601: Great English Poor Law Act passed
  • 1601—1601: First use of fruit juice as a preventative for scurvy by James Lancaster
  • 1601—1601: Great English Poor Law passed
    First us of fruit juice as a preventative for scurvy by James Lancaster{\n}Easst India Company formed
43 1602 
  • 20 Mar 1602—20 Mar 1602: Dutch East India Company founded
  • 8 Nov 1602—8 Nov 1602: Bodleian Library at Oxford University opened to the public
44 1603 
  • 1603—1625: King James I
    King James I ( 1603 - 1625 ) {\n}{\n}1603 - James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the death of Elizabeth I.{\n}1603 - The Millenary Petition is presented to James I. It expresses Puritan desires for reforms to t
  • 1603—1603: 24th March - Death of Queen Elizabeth I
    union of Scottish and English crowns under King James VI of Scots and I of England (d. 1625)
  • 1603—1603: The crowns of England and Scotland unite.
  • 24 Mar 1603—24 Mar 1603: Death of Elizabeth I: union of Scottish and English crowns - under King James VI of Scots and I of England (d. 1625)
  • 25 Jul 1603—25 Jul 1603: Coronation - James VI of Scotland is crowned first king of Great Britain
  • 3 1603—27 Mar 1625: James I
    House of Stuart: Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter of James IV and Margaret. First to call himself King of Great Britain. This became official with the Act of Union, 1707.