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Date |
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| 1 | 1383 | - 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
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| 2 | 1558 | - 1558—1603: Reign of Elizabeth I - Policy of Plantation begins
System of Counties adopted
- 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
- 11 1558—24 Mar 1603: Elizabeth I
House of Tudor: Daughter of Henry VIII, by Anne Boleyn
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| 3 | 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
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| 4 | 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
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| 5 | 1574 | - 1574—1738: Colonial State Papers published
continued to 1738
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| 6 | 1577 | - 1577—1577: James Burbage opens first theatre in London
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| 7 | 1578 | - 1578—1578: Earliest Quaker registers begin
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| 8 | 1579 | - 1579—1579: Act of Uniformity in matters of religion enforced
- 1579—1579: Act of Uniformity in matters of religion enforced
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| 9 | 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
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| 10 | 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
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| 11 | 1582 | - 1582—1582: Gregorian calendar introduced in some couontires:
Spain and Portugal, France, Low Countries, part of Italy, Denmark
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| 12 | 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
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| 13 | 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'
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| 14 | 1585 | - 1585—1585: Foundation of Oxford University Press
- 1585—1585: Foundation of Oxford University Press
Shakespeare started seriously to write about this time
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| 15 | 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)
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| 16 | 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
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| 17 | 1589 | - 1589—1589: Englishmen, William Lee invents the knitting machine
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| 18 | 1590 | - 1590—1590: Dutchmen, Zacharias Janssen invents the compound microscope
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| 19 | 1591 | - 1591—1591: Trinity College, Dublin, founded
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| 20 | 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.
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| 21 | 1593 | - 1593—1593: British statute mile established by law
- 1593—1593: British statute mile established by law
- 1593—1593: Galileo invents a water thermometer
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| 22 | 1594 | - 1594—1594: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, leads Irish rebellion against English rule (-1603)
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1570 - 1595 (25 years)