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| Alliance Walsingham, Francis |  |
Fails to secure anAlliance against Spain  |
| Capture Akbar I the Great |  |
Akbar, Mughal Emperor of India , conquers Afghanistan  |
| Capture Henry the Cardinal |  |
| Portugal is captured by Spain |
| Capture Ivan IV the Terrible |  |
| Siberia Captures Siberia |
| Capture Philip II | |
| Captures Portugal |
| Council Trent Gregory XIII |  |
| Carries out the decrees of the Council of Trent |
| Death Campion, St Edmund | |
| 1st Dec Tyburn Death of St Edmund Campion, executed |
| Death Douglas, James |  |
| London Charged by Esme Stuart of complicity in the death of Lord Darnley |
| Diplomacy Elizabeth I | |
| Dec Elizabeth toys with Alencon's marriage negotiations to isolate Spain |
| Execution Campion, St Edmund | |
| 1st Dec Tyburn Executed after being falsely implicated in a plot against Elizabeth I |
| Execution Elizabeth I | |
| 1st Dec Tyburn St Edmund Campion is executed when falsely implicated in a plot against Elizabeth I |
| Execution Douglas, James | |
| London Charged by Esme Stuart of complicity in the death of Lord Darnley |
| Independence William I the Silent |  |
| Philip II denounces William as a traitor & puts a high price on his head |
| Invasion of Afghanistan Akbar I the Great | |
| Akbar, Mughal Emperor of India , conquers Afghanistan |
| Invasion of Russia Bathory, Stephen |  |
| Stephen Bathory of Poland invades Russia |
| Invasion of Russia Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| Stephen Bathory of Poland invades Russia |
| Invasion of Scotland Douglas, Archibald | |
| July Enters into correspondence with the English Government for aninvasion of Scotland to rescue Morton, and on the latter's execution goes to London, where he is welcomed by Queen Elizabeth |
| Marriage Elizabeth I | |
| Oct Alencon arrives in England after Elizabeth has a marriage contract drawn up |
| 22nd Nov Elizabeth I publicy announces "the Duke of Alencon shall be my husband" |
| Dec Lends the Duke of Alencon œ60,000 to assist him in the Netherlands |
| Mayor Drake, Francis | |
| Plymouth Appointed Mayor of Plymouth |
| Plot Campion, St Edmund | |
| 1st Dec Tyburn Executed after being falsely implicated in a plot against Elizabeth I |
| Rebellion Raliegh, Walter | |
| Fights against the Munster rebels in Ireland & comes to the attention of Elizabeth I |
| Ireland Fights against the Munster rebels in Ireland & comes to the attention of Elizabeth I |
| Reform Elizabeth I | |
| A œ20 a month for those over 16 who are absent from Sunday Service |
| It becomes treasonable to convert to catholicism |
| Reform Gregory XIII | |
| Adds an extra day to the Julian calendar, 29th Feb every 4 yrs |
| Rule of Afghanistan Akbar I the Great | |
| Akbar, Mughal Emperor of India , conquers Afghanistan |
| Rule of William I the Silent | |
| William I the Silent appoints the duc d'Alencon King of Holland |
| Speaker Popham, John | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons |
| Succession William I the Silent | |
| Succeeds as Stadholder of The Netherlands |
| The position of Stadholder is made hereditary |
| Succession James VI | |
| Assumes full power as the King of Scotland |
| Trial Douglas, Archibald | |
| 2nd June Defends Morton, makes a vain attempt to rescue him, and is declared guilty of high treason |
