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Events relating to england
Henry VIII's fourth wife, Catherine Howard, is beheaded on a charge of adultery with Thomas Culpeper
David Beaton, the archbishop of St Andrews, burns a leading Protestant, George Wishart, as a heretic and is murdered in retaliation
On the death of Henry VIII his 10-year-old son becomes king of England as Edward VI
John Knox is captured in St Andrews and is sent to serve in the French fleet as a galley slave
The first version of the English prayer book, or Book of Common Prayer, is published with text by Thomas Cranmer
Mary I succeeds to the English throne, and devotes her energies to the restoration of the Catholic faith
Mary I causes grave offence in England by her marriage to the Catholic heir to the king of Spain
Thomas Wyatt raises a Protestant rebellion in Yorkshire and marches south in a failed attempt to depose the English queen, Mary I
Mary I arrests her younger sister Elizabeth under suspicion of complicity in the Wyatt Rebellion, but she can find no proof
The Muscovy Company is granted a monopoly by the crown to trade with Russia, as the first of the English chartered companies
The Protestant martyrs, though few in number, ensure the reputation of Bloody Mary in English history
Elizabeth I succeeds peacefully to the throne of England, after the turmoil of Mary's Catholic reign
William Cecil, later Lord Burghley, becomes Elizabeth's principal secretary - and remains in the post for forty years
Marlowe and Shakespeare are born in the same year, with Marlowe the older by two months
The Book of Common Prayer and the New Testament are published in Welsh, to be followed by the complete Bible in 1588
Mary Queen of Scots flees across the border to seek the help of her English cousin, Elizabeth, but finds herself kept under close guard
A rebellion in the north of England aims to put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne
Pope Pius V excommunicates the English queen, Elizabeth I, causing a severe crisis of loyalty for her Catholic subjects
English sailor and slave-trader John Hawkins turns the top-heavy carrack into the more seaworthy galleon
James Burbage builds London's first theatre and calls it the Theatre
Francis Drake sails from Plymouth, heading west for the Pacific and the East Indies
The first Jesuit missionaries arrive in England, with Edmund Campion among their number
Francis Drake returns to England after his three-year voyage round the world and is knighted by Queen Elizabeth on board his Golden Hind
The 18-year-old William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway in Stratford-upon-Avon
Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland on behalf of England's queen Elizabeth
