Topic: England (Only) 1570-1579
1570: Bell foundry of Whitechapel, London, founded.
1571: Act of Parliament forbids export of wool from England and enforces subscription to the Thirty-Nine Articles among clergy.
1571: Incorporation of Blacksmiths' and of Joiners' Companies, London.
1572: English Parliament demands execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.
1572: Society of Antiquaries founded in London.
1573: Sir Francis Walsingham made chief Secretary of State in England.
1574: Richard Burbage receives license to open theater in London.
1575: Freedom from arrest granted by English Parliament for its members and their servants.
1575: Edmund Grindal becomes Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1583).
1576: Richard Burbage obtains 21-year lease of land in Shoreditch, London, with permission to build a playhouse: "The Theatre" opens in Dec.
1576: Martin Frobisher (1535-1594) English navigator, discovers Frobisher Bay, Canada.
1578: Levant Trading Company founded in London for trade with Turkey.
1579: English-Dutch military alliance signed.
1579: Francis Drake proclaims sovereignty of England over New Albion, Calif. (34)
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