Elizabeth I of England died on 24 March 1603 in Richmond Palace, aged 69. Queen of England and Ireland, Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and came to the throne in 1558 after her half-sister Mary I. She restored a moderate Protestant church settlement and, though pressed to marry, never did, which gave rise to her image as the Virgin Queen. Her reign saw tension with Catholic Spain and the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, the voyages of Drake and Raleigh and the flowering of English literature with Shakespeare and Marlowe. She is remembered for her political skill and for the stability she gave England. James VI of Scotland succeeded her.
Before and after
- 1602Publication of Hamlet
- from 1603 to 1868Edo period
- 1603Birth of Abel Tasman
- from 24 March 1603 to 9 November 1867Tokugawa shogunate
- 24 March 1603Death of Elizabeth I of England
- 1604Siege of Ostend
- October 1604Kepler's Supernova appears in the constellation Ophiuchus
- 8 October 1604SN 1604
- from 1605 to 1618Polish–Muscovite War
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The era
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