Timeline (Queendom of Britain)

1500s ~ 1600s
September 7, 1533 - Elizabeth I is born in London. Her father is Henry VIII and her mother is Anne Boleyn

May 19, 1536 - Anne Boleyn is executed and Elizabeth is disinherited.

January 28, 1547 - Henry VIII dies. The throne is passed to Edward VI.

July 6, 1553 - Edward VI dies at age 15. In his will, he completely cuts out the recently re-inherited Elizabeth and Mary, and proclaims Lady Jane Grey to be his heir.

January 19, 1553  - Jane Grey is Queen for only nine days before Mary Tudor dethrones her. Elizabeth and Mary ride in together in London.

1550s - Mary, a devout Catholic in a Protestant country, makes Catholicism the official state religion and begins burning Protestants at the stake. Elizabeth is imprisoned in the Tower of London. She was later released and sent to the north of England under house arrest.

November 17, 1558 - Mary I dies and the throne passes to Elizabeth.

June 19, 1566 - James Stuart is born in Scotland.

July 24, 1567 - James becomes James VI of Scotland following his mother's abdication and exile to England.

~1575 - Arabella Stuart is born in northern England.

February 8, 1587 - Mary of Scotland, having been imprisoned by Elizabeth for twenty years, is executed.

~ 1587 - 1592 - Arabella visits Elizabeth's court in London.

~1597 - James publishes a book on witchcraft and is rumoured to have observed accused witches being tortured and murdered.

January 12, 1599 - James VI is found dead. Henry is proclaimed King of Scotland.

January 31 - The death of James VI is declared as an assassination.

March 19 - An investigation finds Anne Borley, a Catholic noblewoman and accused witch,

August 1 - Anne Borley is hanged in Edinburgh.

May 10, 1600 - Elizabeth I addresses her Privy Council and declares Arabella as heiress to the English throne. Elizabeth makes them promise to keep her declaration a secret.

February 26, 1601 - Upon orders from the Queen, Arabella is requested to come to London to stay at court.

March 1 - At a court event, Elizabeth makes her first public declaration naming an heir. She names Arabella as the next Queen of England and declares her Princess Arabella.

March 17 - Princess Arabella and her Grandmother arrive in London.

November 30, 1601 - Elizabeth delivers her Golden Speech to Parliament.

April 19 - October 31, 1602 - Elizabeth allocates a seat on the privy council to Princess Arabella

March 24, 1603 - Elizabeth I dies and Arabella is named Queen of England.

June 2, 1603 - Arabella is crowned at Westminster Abbey.

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