Topic: England (only) 1580-1589
1580: Francis Drake returns to England from voyage of circumnavigation.
1580: Earthquake in London.
1580: New buildings banned in London to restrict growth of city.
1581: Edmund Campion, English Jesuit, tried for treason and executed.
1581: Sedan chairs in general use in England.
1582: Royal Navy gets graduated pay according to rank.
1582: London's first waterworks founded; water wheels installed on London Bridge.
1583: First known life insurance in England, on life of William Gibbons.
1584: Sir Walter Raleigh discovers and annexes Virginia.
1586: Thomas Cavendish leaves Plymouth on voyage of circumnavigation (returns
1588).
1586: Corn severely short in England.
1587: Pope Sixtus V proclaims Catholic crusade for invasion of England.
1587: John Winthrop b. (d. 1649), first governor of Massachusetts Bay colony.
1589: House of Commons first appoints a Standing Committee for Privileges.
1589: The Reverend William Lee (Cambridge) invents the stocking frame, first knitting machine.
1589: Sir Francis Drake, with 150 ships and 18,000 men, fails to take Lisbon. (34)
Sources Utilized to Document Information
Contact: miriam@thehistorybox.com
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment