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Timeline of Events

1471

4.14.1471

In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.

1475

8.29.1475

The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.

1477

11.18.1477

William Caxton produces ''Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres'', the first book printed on a printing press in England.

1492

3.4.1492

King James IV of Scotland concludes an alliance with France against England.

1499

11.23.1499

Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.

1503

5.28.1503

James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years.

1509

4.21.1509

Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.

1511

11.17.1511

Spain and England ally against France.

1532

5.16.1532

Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.

9.1.1532

Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.

1534

2.3.1534

The Irish rebel Silken Thomas is executed by the order of Henry VIII in London, England.

1536

5.15.1536

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest. She is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.

1547

1.28.1547

Henry VIII dies. His nine year old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.

9.10.1547

The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.

1553

7.10.1553

Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.

1554

2.12.1554

A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason.

5.21.1554

A royal Charter is granted to Derby School in Derby, England.

1558

1.7.1558

France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England.

1560

2.27.1560

The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland.

1569

1.11.1569

First recorded lottery in England.

1572

1.16.1572

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.

1577

12.13.1577

Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.

12.17.1577

Francis Drake sails from Plymouth, England, on a secret mission to explore the Pacific Coast of the Americas for English Queen Elizabeth I.

1578

5.31.1578

Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London.

1579

6.17.1579

Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls ''Nova Albion'' (modern California) for England.

1581

1.16.1581

The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.

1586

9.22.1586

Battle of Zutphen: Spanish victory over England and Dutch.

1587

8.18.1587

Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.

1588

7.31.1588

The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.

1603

3.24.1603

James VI of Scotland also becomes James I of England.

11.17.1603

English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.

1606

12.19.1606

The ''Susan Constant'', the ''Godspeed'', and the ''Discovery'' depart England carrying settlers who found, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.

1608

8.24.1608

The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.

1609

7.28.1609

Bermuda is first settled by survivors of the English ship Sea Venture ''en route'' to Virginia.

1612

8.19.1612

The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused for practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in English history.

1613

3.27.1613

The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy.

6.29.1613

The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.

7.2.1613

The first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place.

1614

4.5.1614

In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.

1618

10.29.1618

English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.

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