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1536 (pre-course)
Elizabeth is declared illegitimate by Henry VIII
1543 (pre-course)
Elizabeth’s legitimacy is restored by Henry VIII
1558 (pre-course)
Elizabeth ascends to the throne following Mary I’s death
1559 (pre-course)
Religious settlement — Act of Supremacy and Act of Uniformity — passed by Elizabeth
1568
Mary Queen of Scots arrives in England (and is immediately imprisoned by Elizabeth I) (she’s imprisoned for 19 years till her death)
+ start of course
1569
Northern Rebellion
1570
Elizabeth is excommunicated by the Pope and his Papal Bull encourages English Catholics to disobey her laws
1571
Ridolfi Plot
1572
Actors have to be licensed
1574 (2)
The Earl of Leicester’s (Dudley’s) men becomes the first patented acting company
James Burbage becomes the first Englishman to have an acting license
1576 (2)
The first Elizabethan theatre — ‘The Theatre’ — opens
Wentworth (MP) says he thinks MP’s should be able to talk freely in the House of Commons, Elizabeth is outraged and imprisons him
1577(—1580)
Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe
1583
Throckmorton Plot
1585(—1604)
England goes to war with Spain
1586
Babington Plot
1587
Mary Queen of Scots is executed
1588 (2)
The Spanish Armada
Dudley dies
1590
Walsingham dies
1591
Hatton dies
1594
William Shakespeare joins the Lord Chamberlain’s men
1597
Second Spanish Armada
1598
Cecil dies
1599
The Globe is built
1601 (4)
Essex Rebellion
Poor Law passed
East India Company is formed
1603
Queen Elizabeth I dies