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| Timetable of Shakespeare's Times |
| Date Event 1558 Elizabeth I becomes Queen 1565 Explorer John Hawkins introduces tobacco and sweet potatoes into England 1567 Mary Queen of Scots abdicates in favour of her year-old-son James VI 1568 Mary escapes to England and is imprisoned by Elizabeth 1572 Francis Drake attacks Spanish ports in America 1576 James Burbage opens the first theatre called The Theatre, in London 1580 Frances Drake returns 1582 Pope Gregory reforms the Christian Calendar 1587 Mary Queen of Scots is executed for a treasonous plot against Elizabeth; Francis Drake partly destroys the Spanish at Cadiz which causes a war with Spain. 1588 Spanish Amarda is destroyed by the English Fleet 1592 Black Plague kills 20,000 people in London 1593 Playwright Christopher Marlowe killed in pub brawl 1596 Tomatoes are introduced into England; John Harrington invents the water-closet 1597 The Earl of Tyrone leads a new rebellion in Ireland 1599 The Earl of Essex concludes a truce with the Earl of Tyrone, returns home and is arrested 1601 The Earl of Essex is tried and executed for treasonous plots against Elizabeth 1603 Elizabeth I dies and is succeeded by James VI of Scotland as James I of England Sir Walter Raleigh is jailed for plotting against James I 1604 James is proclaimed 'King of Great Britain, France and Ireland New church rules cause 300 Puritan clergy to resign 1605 Gunpowder Plot uncovered 1607 First permanent European settlement in America at Jamestown, Virginia 1610 Galileo looks at the stars through a telescope Tea is introduced into Europe 1611 Authorised version of the Bible. 1618 Sir Walter Raleigh executed for treason Physician William Harvey announces discovery of blood circulation |
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