18 February – The Ridolfi Plot against Elizabeth I and the birthday of Queen Mary I
Posted By joelridg on February 18, 2022
On this day in history, 18th February 1612, Italian banker Roberto di Ridolfi died in Florence, Italy, aged 80.
Amazingly, he died a natural death even though he’d been the brains behind the Ridolfi Plot, a plot to depose Queen Elizabeth I and to replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots, thereby restoring Catholicism in England.
Find out more about Ridolfi and his famous plot in this talk…
Also on this day in Tudor history, 18th February 1516, the birth of Queen Mary I.
Find out more about her birth, baptism, and some of her achievements as queen in this video…
Other articles you might be interested in:
18 February 1516 – Birth of Mary I
1 February – Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots’ death warrant and Mary I’s Rousing Speech
November 16 – Conspirator William Stafford and an alleged plot against Elizabeth I
18 February 1516 – Birth of Queen Mary I
5 November – The discovery of the Gunpowder Plot and Mary Tudor was crowned Queen of France
8 February – The Queen’s favourite rebels and the Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
