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Headword Date Article Type
Francis Drake attacks Spanish sea-power in the Caribbean 1572 Topics
Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason 1572 Topics Short note
English volunteers land in the Netherlands to fight against the Spanish 1572 Topics Short note
The Earl of Northumberland is executed at York for treason 1572 Topics Short note
The Irish rebellion is effectively crushed 1573 Topics Short note
English army marches into Scotland to capture Edinburgh Castle 1573 Topics Short note
Edinburgh Castle surrenders to the English 1573 Topics Short note
Don John of Austria seizes Namur 1577 Topics Short note
Seminary priest Cuthbert Maine is executed for treason 1577 Topics Short note
Elizabeth I gives John Casimir of the Palatinate £20,000 to aid the Dutch 1578 Topics Short note
The Earl of Morton is executed for complicity in Darnley's murder 1581 Topics Short note
Edmund Campion is seized 1581 Topics Short note
Edmund Campion is executed 1581 Topics Short note
In the Ruthven Raid, the English Party in Scotland capture James VI 1582 Topics Short note
The Somerville Plot to assassinate Elizabeth I is discovered 1583 Topics Short note
The Throgmorton Plot, for a Spanish invasion of England, is discovered 1583 Topics Short note
John Somerville, who had plotted to assassinate Elizabeth I, is executed 1583 Topics Short note
Francis Throgmorton is executed for treason 1584 Topics Short note
Dr William Parry MP executed for alleged high treason 1585 Topics Short note
English shipping in Spanish ports is confiscated 1585 Topics Short note

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