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| Arrest Wentworth, Peter |  |
| 23rd Feb London Imprisoned for raising questions about the succession in Parliament |
| Assassination Frizer, Ingram | |
| 30th May Deptford Murders Chris topher Marlowe after disputing a bill with him in Eleanor Bull's House |
| Assassination Marlowe, Christopher | |
| 30th May Deptford Murdered in Deptford during a pub brawl under mysterious circumstances |
| Birth Walton, Isaac | |
| 9th Aug Birth of Isaac Walton |
| Bishop of Lipari Islands Mendoza, Juan Gonzales de |  |
| Lipari Islands Appointed Bishop of the Lipari Islands |
| Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer Periam, William | |
| Appointed Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer |
| Constable Montmorency |  |
| Appointed Constable of France |
| Constitution Elizabeth I | |
| London Asserts that MPs must not override her in foreign & religious affairs |
| Constitution Henry IV | |
| Feb The Estates General meets for the 1st time since 1576 |
| Conversion Henry IV | |
| Paris Converted to Catholicism |
| 25th July Paris A ceremony in St Denis confirms Henry's conversion to Catholicism |
| 25th July Paris Henry IV hears mass & swears allegiance to the Church |
| Conversion Sigismund III Vasa |  |
| Stockholm Lutheranism is adopted as the state religion |
| Uppsala The Diet adopts the Augsburg confession of 1530 |
| Uppsala The Diet imposes Lutheraism on Sigismund as the state religion |
| Death Marlowe, Christopher | |
| 30th May Deptford Death of Chris topher Marlowe, murdered |
| Death Penry, John | |
| 29th May London Executed for denying Queen Elizabeth I's supremacy of the Church |
| Election Knollys, Francis | |
| Oxfordshire Elected Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire |
| Estates General Henry IV | |
| Feb Paris The Estates General meets for the 1st time since 1576 |
| Execution of Penry Penry, John | |
| 29th May London Executed for denying Queen Elizabeth I's supremacy of the Church |
| Knight of the Garter Knollys, Francis | |
| London Appointednight of the Garter |
| Marriage Chodikiewicz, Jan Karol |  |
| Marries Sophia Mielecka |
| Marriage Douglas, Margaret |  |
| Marries Robert Wauchope |
| Peace Henry IV | |
| Paris Agrees all foreign troops should leave France or be quartered in garrisons |
| Paris Converts to Catholicism & makes a truce with the Catholic League |
| Paris Makes a truce with the Catholic League |
| Rebellion Fawkes, Guy | |
| Enlists in the army of Archduke Albert of Austria in the Netherlands, fighting against the Protestant United Provinces |
| Rebellion Henry IV | |
| Paris The Catholic League holds Paris & the Assembly calls for a Catholic King of France |
| Siege of Pusan Hideyoshi, Toyotomi |  |
| Pusan The Chinese intervene at the request of Korea & drive the Japanese back to Pusan beach |
| Speaker House of Commons Coke, Edward | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons |
| Succession Matthias |  |
| Succeeds as Holy Roman Emperor |
| Trial Frizer, Ingram | |
| Deptford Acquitted of the murder of Chistopher Marlowe after pleading self defence |
