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| 1 | 1558 | - 1558—1603: ROYAL: Queen Elizabeth I ascends the throne.Restores Protestantism, establishes state Church of England (Anglicanism). Renaissance will reach height in Englando Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser.
- 1558—1558: ROYAL: .Mary I. Ruler of England. House of Tudor - Daughter of Henry VIII, by Catherine of Aragon.
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| 2 | 1560 | - 1560—1560: EPEDEMIC: Europe is still suffering from periodic epidemics and famines.One-half of all infants born alive are dying before twelve months (as in the poorest countries today). The wealthy might live to between 48 and 56, and the poor, who do not eat as well, might live to 40.
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| 3 | 1568 | - 1568—1568: HISTORY: .Bottled beer invented in London.
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| 4 | 1569 | - 1569—1569: HISTORY: .Gerard Mercator invents Mercator map projection.
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| 5 | 1570 | - 1570—1570: WAR: Japan permits visits of foreign ships.Japan permits visits of foreign ships.
- 1570—1570: RELIGION: Queen Elizabeth I excommunicated by Pope. .
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| 6 | 1571 | - 1571—1571: WAR: Turks attack Cyprus and war on Venice. .Turkish fleet defeated at Battle of Lepanto by Spanish and Italian fleets (1571).
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| 7 | 1572 | - 1572—1572: WAR: Peace of Constantinople (1572) ends Turkish attacks on Europe..
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| 8 | 1587 | - 1587—1587: ROYAL: Philip II of Spain plots to have the Catholic Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, replace Elizabeth I on the throne of England. .Mary has been a rallying point for all in England opposed to Elizabeth. Elizabeth solves her problem with Mary by having her beheaded
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| 9 | 1589 | - 1589—1589: HISTORY: .Englishmen, William Lee invents the knitting machine.
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| 10 | 1590 | - 1590—1590: HISTORY: .Dutchmen, Zacharias Janssen invents the compound microscope.
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1555 - 1591 (36 years)
