THE ELIZABETHAN GOLDEN AGE
Feb 17, 2022
3 minutes
WORDS: EMMA SLATTERY WILLIAMS
7 SEP 1533
Elizabeth is born to Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII at Greenwich Palace.
15 JAN 1559
Elizabeth I is crowned at Westminster Abbey. That date had been chosen by royal astrologer, John Dee, who deemed it auspicious.
3 APR 1559
The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis ends the Italian War of 1551–59 and conflict between England and France, which had begun during the reign of Mary I. As a result, England formally loses Calais, its final territorial possession on the continent.
6 JUL
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