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| Assassination William I the Silent |  |
| 10th July Delft Assassinated at Delft by Balthazar Gerard, a Catholic fanatic |
| Assassination Ivan IV the Terrible |  |
| Moscow Kills his son Ivan |
| Birth Fairfax |  |
| Birth of Ferdinando Fairfax |
| Birth Pym, John | |
| Birth of John Pym |
| Bishop of Lincoln Wickham, William | |
| Lincoln Appointed Bishop of Lincoln |
| Capture of Roanoke Raliegh, Walter | |
| Roanoke Founds a colony on Roanoke Island for which he is knighted |
| Death Elizabeth I | |
| Dec Death of Alencon, the last of her suitors |
| Death Henry III |  |
| 8th July Death Fran‡ois, Duke of Anjou and Alen‡on, heir to the throne, Henry III has no children, according to the Salic law the succession will pass on to Henry King of Navarre a Protestant |
| Death William I the Silent | |
| Death of William I the Silent, assassinated |
| Death Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| Moscow Death of Ivan, Ivan IV's son |
| Escorial Philip II |  |
| Escorial Completes the construction of the Escorial |
| Exile of Erskine Erskine |  |
| Flees to England after James VI's escape |
| Publication Allen, William | |
| Publication of, "True, Sincere & Modest Defense of English Catholics" |
| Siege of Stirling Castle Erskine | |
| Stirling Castle Conspires with Thomas Lyon to capture Stirling Castle |
| Stirling Conspires with Thomas Lyon to capture Stirling Castle |
| Speaker House of Commons Puckering, John | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, 1st term |
| Succession Henry IV | |
| Paris Becomes heir presumptive on the death of Francois duc d'Alencon |
| Succession Maurice of Nassau | |
| 10th July Succeeds as Stadtholder after the assassination of William |
| Succession Theodore I | |
| Moscow Succeeds as Tsar |
| War of the Three Henrys Henry III | |
| Last of a series of civil wars in France known as the Huguenot Wars or French Wars of Religion, the War of the Three Henrys is the 8th and final war |
