Topic: England (only) 1550-1559
1550: Sir William Cecil made English Secretary of State.
1550: First written reference to game of cricket (creag) in young Edward VI's wardrobe accounts.
1551: First licensing of alehouses and taverns in England and Wales.
1552: Second Prayer Book of Edward VI.
1552: Christ's Hospital, London, founded by King Edward VI.
1553: King Edward VI of England d. (b. 1537).
1553: Lady Jane Grey proclaimed Queen of England; deposed nine days later.
1553: Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, becomes Queen of England (-1558).
1554: Lady Jane Grey executed.
1554: Princess Elizabeth sent to the Tower for suspected participation in rebellion against Mary I.
1554: Catholic restoration in England.
1554: Trinity College, Oxford, founded.
1554: Queen Mary I marries Philip of Spain, son of Emperor Charles V.
1556: Stationers' Company of London granted monopoly of printing in England.
1558: Sir William Cecil appointed principal Secretary of State.
1558: Queen Mary I of England d.; succeeded by Elizabeth I (-1603).
1558: Sir William Cecil appointed principal Secretary of State.
1559: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I. (34)
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