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| Assassination Cl‚ment, Jacques |  |
| Henry III is assassinated by a fanatic monk named Jacques Cl‚ment, but lived long enough to name Henry of Navarre as heir to the throne
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| Assassination Henry III | |
| Henry III is assassinated by a fanatic monk named Jacques Cl‚ment, but lived long enough to name Henry of Navarre as heir to the throne
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| 1st Aug Paris Assassinated by a Dominican monk, Henry is the last of the Valois line
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| 23rd Dec Blois Henry of Guise is lured into a trap and assassinated, on the orders of Henry III
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| 23rd Dec Paris Henry III of France strikes his ultra-Catholic enemies, having the Duke of Guise and his brother, Cardinal Louis of Guise, killed, and holding the Cardinal de Bourbon a prisoner
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| Assassination Henry IV | |
| 1st Aug Paris Assassinated by a Dominican monk, Henry is the last of the Valois line
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| Battle of Arques Henry IV | |
| Arques Wins the battle of Arques over Charles, duc de Mayenne, of the Holy League
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| Birth Ahmed I |  |
| Birth of Ahmed I, son of Mehmed III
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| Chancellor Fortescue, John |  |
| London Appointed Chancellor
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| Death Somerset, William | |
| 21st Feb Death of William Somerset
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| Death Catherine de Medici | |
| 5th Jan Death of Catherine de Medici, wife of Henry II
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| Death Henry III | |
| Blois Henry has Guise murdered at Blois
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| 1st Aug Paris Death of Henry III, assassinated
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| Invasion of France Philip II |  |
| 2nd Sep Madrid Intervenes in the French civil war against the Protestant Henry IV
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| Invasion of Holland Vere | |
| Leads an expedition to the Low Countries
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| Leicester Charter Elizabeth I | |
| Leicester Grants a Charter to Leicester
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| Marriage Anne of Denmark | |
| Marries James I
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| Marriage James I | |
| Marries Anne of Denmark
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| Marriage James VI |  |
| 20th Aug Marries Anne of Denmark
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| Rebellion Henry III | |
| Paris Paris rises against Henry III in favour of the Guises, Henry III leaves Paris
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| Dec Paris The Guises propose a settlement with a cipher as heir and demand a meeting of the States General, which takes place at Blois
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| Reform Allen, William | |
| Takes part in the revision of the Vulgate
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| Siege of Lisbon Devereux, Robert | |
| Lisbon Incurs the Queen's displeasure for participating in the Lisbon Expedition
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| Siege of Paris Henry III | |
| July Paris King Henry III of France capitulates to the Duke of Guise and returns to Paris
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| 1st Aug Paris After Henry's assassination Paris suffers a 4 year siege
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| Speaker Snagge, Thomas | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons
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| States General Henry III | |
| Dec Blois The Guises propose a settlement with a cipher as heir and demand a meeting of the States General, which takes place at Blois
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| Succession Henry I | |
| Paris Succeeds as King of France, had been brought up as a Protestant
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| Succession Henry IV | |
| Paris Succeeeds as the King of France, 1st of the Bourbon line
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| Paris Henry of Navarre converts to Catholicism in hopes to keep peace amongst the people, and is crowned King Henry IV of France
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| Paris Succeeeds as the King of France, 1st of the Bourbon line
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