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| Arrest of Mary of Scots Elizabeth I |  |
| Elizabeth will not risk a war to restore Mary & has Mary arrested |
| Death of Babington, Anthony Babington, Anthony | |
| 20th Sep London Death of Anthony Babington, assassinated |
| Death of Mary of Scots Elizabeth I | |
| 1st Feb London Signs Mary Queen of Scots; death warrant but tries, unsuccessfully, to retain it |
| Death of Mary of Scots Sackville, Lionel | |
| London Announces death sentence to Mary Queen of Scots |
| Death of Sydney, Philip 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 |
| England Scotland War Mary of Scots |  |
| Implicated in a plot by the Duke of Guise to invade England |
| Execution of Babington Babington, Anthony | |
| 20th Sep London Babington & his 5 associates are executed |
| Execution of Mary of Scots Elizabeth I | |
| 1st Feb London Signs Mary Queen of Scots; death warrant but tries, unsuccessfully, to retain it |
| Exile of Elizabeth I Elizabeth I | |
| Cross es the Scottish border & seeks Elizabeth's protection |
| 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 House of Commons 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 of Mary of Scots Hatton, Christopher | |
| Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots |
| Trial of Mary of Scots Howard, Charles | |
| A Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots |
| Trial of Mary of Scots Mildmay, Walter | |
| Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots |
