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| Arrest Elizabeth I | |
| Elizabeth will not risk a war to restore Mary & has Mary arrested |
| Death Babington, Anthony | |
| 20th Sep London Death of Anthony Babington, assassinated |
| Death Elizabeth I | |
1st Feb London Signs Mary Queen of Scots ; death warrant but tries, unsuccessfully, to retain it |
| Death Sackville, Lionel | |
London Announces death sentence to Mary Queen of Scots |
| Death Sydney, Philip | |
London After the death of Sydney the English are forced to withdraw from the Netherlands |
| Discovery of Northwest Passage Davis, John | |
7th May Northwest Passage English sea captain John Davis sets sail from Dartmouth with 3 ships in a 2nd attempt to find the Northwest passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| Oct Northwest Passage When Davis returns he learns that one ship, the North Star, had been lost with all hands in a gale near the coast of Ireland |
| Discovery of Potatoes Drake, Francis | |
London Returns to England with potato & tobacco |
| Discovery of Potatoes Hariot, Thomas | |
Virginia Imports the first potato into England from Virginia on Francis Drake's ship |
| Discovery of Potatoes Harriot, Thomas | |
| 28th July Plymouth Brought over to Plymouth from Colombia |
| Discovery of Tobacco Drake, Francis | |
London Returns to England with potato & tobacco |
| Execution Babington, Anthony | |
| 20th Sep London Babington & his 5 associates are executed |
| Execution Elizabeth I | |
1st Feb London Signs Mary Queen of Scots ; death warrant but tries, unsuccessfully, to retain it |
| Exile Elizabeth I | |
Crosses the Scottish border & seeks Elizabeth's protection |
| Invasion of England Mary of Scots | |
Implicated in a plot by the Duke of Guise toinvade England |
| Plot Babington, Anthony | |
| 20th Sep Plans to assassinate Elizabeth |
| 20th Sep Plans to free Mary & rally Catholic support for Spanish invasion |
| Plot Walsingham, Francis | |
| Exposes the Babington plot |
| 17th July Mary writes to Babington ploting against Elizabeth I & falls into Walsingham's trap |
| Siege of Zutphen Dudley, Robert | |
| Zutphen Conducts the siege of Zutphen without success |
| Sinking of North Star Davis, John | |
| Oct Northwest Passage When Davis returns he learns that one ship, the North Star, had been lost with all hands in a gale near the coast of Ireland |
| Speaker Puckering, John | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, 2nd term |
| Treaty of Berwick Elizabeth I | |
| 1st July Berwick Promises James VI an annual Grant |
| Trial Hatton, Christopher | |
Commissioner at thetrial of Mary Queen of Scots |
| Trial Howard, Charles | |
A Commissioner at thetrial of Mary Queen of Scots |
| Trial Mildmay, Walter | |
Commissioner at thetrial of Mary Queen of Scots |