Timeline (Pox)

The basic timeline for the World of Pox.

16th century
October 10, 1562 twenty-nine year-old Queen Elizabeth I was taken ill at Hampton Court Palace, with what was thought to be a bad cold. However, the cold developed into a violent fever, and it became clear that the queen had smallpox.

November 7, 1562 Queen Elizabeth would die. The 17th would have been the fourth anniversary of the beginning of her reign.

November 12, 1562 Robert Dudley presents Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon before the English Parliament. Around this time the pro-Scottish forces begin to build which would lead to the Rebellion of 1563

February 6, 1563 Henry IX of England would be Coroneted.

September 22 of 1563 Robert Dudley victory at the battle of Long Marston would lead to many of the pro-Scottish/pro-Catholic supporters heading north. This would be the final major conflict of the Henrician forces and those supporters of Mary, Queen of Scots.

July 24, 1567 Following Mary's removal as Queen of Scotland her son one year old son James VI takes the throne.

July 8, 1568 After failing to regain the crown of Scotland, Mary would flee to England in hopes of reaching France and gaining support among her fellow Catholics. She would be caught by English forces and be executed at the order of Henry IX.

December 14, 1595 Henry would die of a fever at the age 60. His successor would be his brother George I.