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Commander of the English fleet, Lord Howard of Effingham, calls off the chase of the Spanish Armada off the coast of Sco

Commander of the English fleet, Lord Howard of Effingham, calls off the chase of the Spanish Armada off the coast of Scotland

Commander of the English fleet, Lord Howard of Effingham, calls off the chase of the Spanish Armada off the coast of Scotland

Events Before

  1. Queen Elizabeth I of England signs the death warrant for her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots

    Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication on 24 July 1567. The…

  2. Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle at age 44 after being convicted of plotting to assassinate Eliz

    Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle at age 44 after being convicted of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth I in the Babington Plot

  3. Deventer and Zutphen surrender to Spain

    Zutphen] ; Dutch Low Saxon: Zutfent) is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands.

  4. Puritan English parliamentary leader Sir Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower

    Puritan English parliamentary leader Sir Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower

  5. 2nd English colony forms on Roanoke Island off North Carolina

    Roanoke Island () is an island in Dare County, bordered by the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Events After

  1. Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

    The Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', also known as the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, is the title of the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC).

  2. Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg after the garrison of English and Dutch troops surrenders

    The English Armada (Spanish: Invencible Inglesa, lit. 'Invincible English'), also known as the Counter Armada, the Drake–Norris Expedition, or the Portugal Expedition, was an attack fleet sent...

  3. William Bradford is born

    William Bradford separatist leader, known for english separatist leader, was born on 1589-03-19.

  4. Catherine de' Medici dies

    Catherine de' Medici dies

  5. Battle of Ivry: French King Henry IV defeats the Catholic League during the French Wars of Religion

    The Battle of Ivry was fought on 14 March 1590, during the French Wars of Religion.

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