April

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1502 Death of Arthur, Prince of Wales

1559 Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis signed by Elizabeth I and Henry II of France

1587 Sir Francis Drake set sail to attack the Spanish ships

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1559 Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis signed by Henry II of France and Philip II of Spain

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1590 Death of Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster to Elizabeth I
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1554 Execution of Sir Thomas Wyatt

1533 The Royal Court told that Anne Boleyn was Queen

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1533 Anne Boleyn publicly declared Queen
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1578 death of 4th Earl of Bothwell (James Hepburn), abductor and husband of Mary Queen of Scots
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1570 Birth of Guy Fawkes
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1587 Death of John Foxe, English Martyrologist and author of “Foxe’s Book of Martyrs”
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1587 Sir Francis Drake attacked Cadiz in Spain
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1534 Execution of Elizabeth Barton, “The Holy Maid of Kent”
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1509 Death of Henry VII, accession of Henry VIII
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1564 Birth of William Shakespeare, “The Bard”
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1536 – Commission of Oyer and Terminer set up to investigate treason

1558 Marriage of Mary Queen of Scots and Francis, the Dauphin of France

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1599 Birth of Oliver Cromwell
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1603 Funeral of Elizabeth I – burial at Westminster Abbey
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1536 Arrest of Mark Smeaton for adultery with Anne Boleyn