Timeline Queen Elizabeth I
1533 Marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
1533 Elizabeth born in Grenwich.
1535 Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church of England
1538 Henry VIII excommunicated by Pope Paul III
1558 Death of Mary I – Elizabeth ascends to the throne.
1559 coronation of Elizabeth I
1559 Elizabeth declared head of the Protestant Church of England.
1569 Catholic uprising in north of England
1577 Francis Drake completes historic voyage around the World.
1587 Mary Queen of Scots executed.
1588 Defeat of Spanish Armada.
1603 Dies at Greenwich, London aged 70