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| Alliance Selin II the Sot |  |
| Venice forms an anti-Turkish Alliance of Rome & Spain
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| Arrest Seymour, Edward |  |
| Tower of London Released from the Tower of London
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| Arrest Leslie, John |  |
| Tower of London Arrested for part played in the Ridolfi Plot to depose Elizabeth I in favour of Mary
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| Arrest Mary of Scots | |
| Dover Bailly is arrested for carrying letters from Ridolfi to Leslie, Mary's Ambassador
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| Battle of Lepanto John of Austria |  |
| 7th Sep Lepanto Spanish and Venetian ships of the Christian League in the naval Battle of Lepanto in the Mediterranean Sea under Don John of Austria gain complete victory over a Turish fleet with 117 Turkish ships sunk
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| Battle of Lepanto Pius V |  |
| 1st Oct Lepanto The Holy League defeats the Ottomans, 1st major victory of the Christians against the Ottoman Empire
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| Battle of Lepanto Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de |  |
| 7th Oct Lepanto Cervantes Saavedra fights at the battle of Lepanto
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| Battle of Lepanto Ali, Ouloudji | |
| 7th Oct Lepanto Ouloudji Ali fights at the battle of Lepanto
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| Battle of Lepanto Selim II | |
| 7th Oct Lepanto 1st major European victory over the Ottoman Empire
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| 7th Oct Lepanto Marks the height of Islam's 2nd major threat to Christian Europe
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| 7th Oct Lepanto Turkish naval defeat, frees the Mediterranean from the corsairs
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| 7th Oct Lepanto Unites Christendom & ends Turkish central & western Mediterranean domination
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| Bishop Cooper, Thomas | |
| Lincoln Appointed Bishop of Lincoln
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| Capture Ivan IV the Terrible |  |
| Moscow Seizure & burning of Moscow
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| Capture Selim II | |
| Cyprus Selim II captures Cyprus
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| Christian League John of Austria | |
| 7th Sep Lepanto Spanish and Venetian ships of the Christian League in the naval Battle of Lepanto in the Mediterranean Sea under Don John of Austria gain complete victory over a Turish fleet with 117 Turkish ships sunk
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| Election Hatton, Christopher | |
| Elected Member of Parliament
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| Elector Brandenburg John George |  |
| Brandenburg Appointed Elector of Brandenburg
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| Execution Elizabeth I | |
| Beginning of the execution of missionary priests
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| Exile Owen, Hugh | |
| Forced into exile after the failure of the Ridolfi Plot
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| League Turkish Pius V | |
| Pius V establishes an anti-Turkish Maritime League with Spain, Venice, Malta & Genoa
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| League Turkish Selim II | |
| 7th Oct Lepanto Pius V establishes an anti-Turkish Maritime League with Spain, Venice, Malta & Genoa
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| Marriage Douglas, Margaret | |
| Marries William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith
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| Plot Elizabeth I | |
| London The excommunication of 1570 led to Catholic opposition & the Ridolfi plot
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| Plot Howard, Thomas | |
| 7th Sep Howard is arrested for his involvement in the Ridolfi Plot
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| Plot Owen, Hugh | |
| London Fails to release Mary Queen of Scots by preparing a relay of horses
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| London Forced into exile after the failure of the Ridolfi Plot
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| Plot Mary of Scots | |
| Dover Bailly is arrested for carrying letters from Ridolfi to Leslie, Mary's Ambassador
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| Sep Tower of London Mary's envoy, Leslie, is arrested & makes damaging confessions
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| 7th Sep Tower of London Mary's supporter Norfolk is Arrested
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| Reform Elizabeth I | |
| London It becomes a treasonable offense the bring papal bulls into the country
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| Reform Parker, Matthew | |
| The 39 Articles are given full statutory authority by Parliament
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| Royal Exchange Elizabeth I | |
| 23rd Jan Hatfield Elizabeth I opens the Royal Exchange
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| Speaker Wray, Christopher | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons
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| Trial Neville | |
| London Attained & deprived of all lands
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