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| 1566 | Birth |  |
| 19th Nov Netherwood Birth of Robert Devereux, son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex |
| 1576 | Death | |
| Death of Walter Devereux, Burghley becomes guardian & his mother marries Leicester |
| 1589 | Siege of Lisbon | |
| Lisbon Incurs the Queen's displeasure for participating in the Lisbon Expedition |
| 1590 | Marriage | |
| Incurs the Queen's displeasure for marrying Philip Sydney's widow |
| Incurs the Queen's displeasure marrying Philip Sidney's widow, daughter of Walsingham |
| 1591 | Birth | |
| Jan Birth of Robert Devereux, son of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex |
| 1591 | Diplomacy | |
| Commands a small force sent to France supporting Henry IV against the Catholic League |
| 1596 | Capture of Cadiz | |
| Cadiz Captures Cadiz |
| 1596 | Siege of Azores | |
| Azores Commands an unsuccesful raid, the 'Islands' voyage', to the Azores |
| 1596 | Siege of Cadiz | |
| Cadiz Captures Cadiz |
| 1597 | Earl Marshal | |
| London Appointed Earl Marshal of England |
| London Elizabeth I makes her favorite, Essex, Earl Marshal of England |
| 1597 | Siege of Azores | |
| Azores Embarks for the Azores to capture the Spanish treasure fleet but fails |
| 1599 | Rebellion | |
| Arrested after agreeing an unofficial truce with Tyrone in Ireland |
| Arklow Defeated at Arklow |
| Fails to put down the rebellion & is stripped of his offices |
| Forced to make an unofficial truce with Tyrone & then removed from office |
| Forced to make a truce with Tyrone, removed from office & deprived of his liberty |
| Sent by Elizabeth I to Ireland to put down the Tyrone rebellion |
| Sent by the Queen to Ireland to put down the Tyrone rebellion |
| 8th Sep Arklow Defeated by the Earl of Tyrone at Arklow |
| 1600 | Arrest | |
| Sep London London refuses to rise up against Elizabeth I, Essex & Southampton are arrested |
| 1600 | Rebellion | |
| Sep Devereux bids to take power & place James VI on the throne |
| Sep Elizabeth I refuses to renew the lease and patent on his "farm of wines", tax rights |
| Sep Intrigues with Jmes VI & Lord Mountjoy |
| Sep London London refuses to rise up against Elizabeth I, Essex & Southampton are arrested |
| 1600 | Trial | |
| June Deprived of his offices & held under house arrest |
| 1601 | Death | |
| 25th Feb London Death of Robert Devereux, executed |
| 1601 | Execution of Devereux | |
| 25th Feb London Executed for a plot to overthrow the Council |
| 1601 | Rebellion | |
| London Fails to raise the citizens of London during an anti-Cecil coup |
| London Induced by Mountjoy of Southampton to remove the Queen's counselors |
| 1601 | Trial | |
| London Tried by Bacon |
| 1604 | Peerage | |
| Created Earl of Essex |
| Essex Persuades Parliament to restore his father's titles |
| 1606 | Marriage | |
| Devereux marries Frances Howard |
| 1625 | Capture of Cadiz | |
| Cadiz Involved in the failed attempt to capture Cadiz |
| 1639 | Rebellion | |
| London Appointed 2nd-in-Command against the Scottish Covenanters |
| 1642 | Battle of Brentford | |
| 12th Nov Brentford Rupert attacks Brentford & defeats Parliament's forces under Holles , Essex & Brooke |
| 13th Nov Chelsea Fields The Roundheads leave London & muster at Chelsea Fields after their defeat at Brentford |
| 1642 | Battle of Edgehill | |
| 22nd Oct Wormleighton Royalists & Parliamentarians encounter each other before the battle of Edgehill |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill 1st major conflict of the civil war, fought between Essex & Charles I |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Both sides claim victory & Charles I rejects Parliament's overtures for peace |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Essex's scouts see the Royalist army 3 miles south of the Edgehill escarpment |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Essex withdraws to Warwick, the road to London is still open to Charles |
| 23rd Oct Warwick Essex withdraws to Warwick, the road to London is still open to Charles |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Holds the field at Edge Hill for the Parliamentarians |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill The battle ends in deadlock |
| 23rd Oct Warwick The Parliamentary forces withdraw to Warwick after the battle of Edgehill |
| 1642 | Battle of Turnham Green | |
| Nov Turnham Green Charles is turned back at Turnham Green |
| 1642 | Captain | |
| London Appointed 2nd-in-Command of the Parliamentary Army |
| 1642 | Capture of Brentford | |
| Nov Turnham Green Charles is turned back at Turnham Green |
| Nov Brentford Recaptures Brentford after Charles I retreats to Reading |
| 1642 | Mobilization | |
| Northampton Concentrates his forces in Northampton & raises an army of 20,000 |
| 1642 | Siege of Brentford | |
| 12th Nov Brentford Rupert attacks Brentford & defeats Parliament's forces under Holles , Essex & Brooke |
| 1642 | Siege of London | |
| 13th Nov Chelsea Fields The Roundheads leave London & muster at Chelsea Fields after their defeat at Brentford |
| 1642 | Siege of Worcester | |
| Sep Worcester Essex occupis Worcester as Charles I is unable to send reinforcements to Prince Rupert |
| 1643 | Battle of Newbury | |
| 18th Sep Newbury Defeats a Royalist force & is able to move on to Reading |
| 18th Sep Newbury Devereux defeats a Royalist force at Newburn & is able to move on to Reading |
| 1643 | Capture of Gloucester | |
| Gloucester Relieves Gloucester for the Parliamentarians |
| 1643 | Capture of Reading | |
| April Reading Captures Reading for the Parliamentarians & prevents Charles I from reaching London |
| 1643 | Siege of Reading | |
| 18th Sep Reading Devereux defeats a Royalist force at Newburn & is able to move on to Reading |
| 1644 | Battle of Lostwithiel | |
| 2nd Sep Lostwithiel Charles I captures 8,000 of Devereux's infantry |
| 2nd Sep Lostwithiel Charles I marches westwards from Oxford & intercepts Devereux |
| 2nd Sep Lostwithiel Defeated by Royalists 30 miles west of Plymouth |
| 1644 | Surrender | |
| Cornwall Forced to surrender his army in Cornwall |
| 1645 | Resignation | |
| Cornwall Resigns as Commander of the Parliamentary Army after defeat in Cornwall |
| 1646 | Death | |
| Death of Robert Devereux |
| Death of the Earl of Essex |
| 1646 | Resignation | |
| Devereux resigns |
