ELIZABETH I (AQA HISTORY A-LEVEL) KEY DATES

Nicholas Heath, Mary's Lord Chancellor proclaims Elizabeth's succession

17 November 1558

Elizabeth's Coronation

15 January 1559

The Act of Supremacy

1559

The Act of Uniformity

1559

The Royal Injunctions

1559

King Henry II dies

June 1559

Navy sent to Firth of Forth to stop French reinforcements landing

December 1559

Treaty of Berwick (England and Lords of Congregation)

January 1560

Conflict broke out between Catholics and Protestants in France

March 1562

Treaty of Troyes

1564

Treaty of Edinborough

July 1560

The Thirty-Nine Articles

1563

The Statute of Artifices

1563

Houses of Correction set up

1576

Poor Relief Act

1572

Food riots in the London and south east

1595

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester joins the Privy Council

1562

Peter Wentworth imprisoned

1593

Crown officers lose control over Parliament over issue of monopolies. Pacified by Golden Speech

1601

Elizabeth contracts smallpox

1562

Parliament discusses issue of marriage to Elizabeth's anger

1566

Mary, Queen of Scots returns to Scotland after the death of Francis II

1563

Mary, Queen of Scots marries Lord Darnley

1565

Darnley murders James Rizzio

1566

Mary flees to England

1568

Northern Rising

1569

Ridolfi Plot

1571

Pope Pius V exocommunicates Elizabeth

1570

Throckmorton Plot

1583

Babington Plot

1586

Mary, Queen of Scots' conviction

25th October 1586

Mary, Queen of Scot death sentence proclaimed publicly

December 1586

Elizabeth signs Mary, Queen of Scots' death warrant

1 February 1587

Mary Queen of Scots executed

8 February 1588

Elizabeth impounded money of Spanish vessels seeking shelter in English ports

November 1568

Elizabeth expels sea beggars from English ports

1572

Netherlands call for the Pacification of Ghent

1576

Treaty of Joinville (Spain and French Catholic League)

1584

Treaty of Nonsuch (England and Dutch Protestant rebels)

1585

Leicester returns to England and resigns his command

January 1588

Armada sets sail

22 July 1588

Armada spotted off the coast of Cornwall

29 July 1588

Philip orders a fleet to England but it was autumn when it set sail and was defeated by storms

1596

Sir Francis Vere made commander of the English forces

1589

Earl of Moray assassinated

1589

Elizabeth proclaimed Supreme Governor of the Church of Ireland

1560

Earl of Tyrone rose up in rebellion

1595

Battle of Yellow Ford (England and Irish rebels)

August 1598

Earl of Essex sent to Ireland as Lord Lieutenant

1599

England triumphs against Tyrone and Irish rebels

24 December 1601

Northern Rebellion begins

9 November 1569

Rebels seize Durham

14 November 1569

Barnard Castle falls to the rebels

14 December 1569

Archbishop Matthew Parker issues Advertisements

March 1566

Death of John Field

1589

Robert Browne goes into exile

1582

Robert Browne makes his peace with English authorities

1585

Act against Seditious Sectaries

1593

Lambeth Articles

1595

Publication of papal bulls made treasonable

1571

Act to Retain the Queen Majesty's Royal Subjects

1581

Act against Jesuit and Seminary Priests

1585

Bond of Association for the Queen Majesty's Royal Person

October 1584

Society of Jesus begins to send Jesuit priests to England

1580

Edmund Campion executed

1581