from the 1580s in England. Monarch – Elizabeth I 1580 March – Thomas Legge's Richardus Tertius, the first known history play performed in England, is acted...

The 1580s decade ran from January 1, 1580, to December 31, 1589. January 31 – Portuguese succession crisis of 1580: The death of Henry, King of Portugal...

Events from the 1010s in England. Monarch – Ethelred (to December 1013), Sweyn (December 1013 to 3 February 1014), Ethelred (3 February 1014 to 23 April...

the authors and makers of the laws, and not the laws of the kings." In the 1580s and 1590s, James promoted the literature of his native country. He published...

1580 and 1589. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1887). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct...

established in Poland. 1580–1588 – Wollaton Hall near Nottingham in England, probably designed by Robert Smythson, is built. 1581 Uffizi in Florence, designed...

the 1100s in England. Monarch – William II (until 2 August 1100), then Henry I 1100 2 August – King William II dies in a hunting accident in the New Forest;...

Events from the 1330s in England. Monarch – Edward III 1330 19 March – Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent is executed on the orders of the regent Roger...

ineffective, poorly resourced military campaigns in the Netherlands, France, and Ireland. By the mid-1580s, England could no longer avoid war with Spain. As she...

Events from the 1040s in England. Monarch – Harold I (to 17 March 1040), Harthacanute (17 March 1040 to 8 June 1042), then Edward the Confessor 1040 17...

Events from the 10th century in the Kingdom of England. 902 Irish Norsemen, expelled from Dublin, establish colonies on The Wirral. 909 King Edward the...

Events from the 1550s in England. This decade marks the beginning of the Elizabethan era. Monarch – Edward VI (until 6 July 1553), Jane (disputed, 6 July...

Events from the 1160s in England. Monarch – Henry II 1160 2 November – betrothal of 5-year-old Henry the Young King and 2-year-old Marguerite, daughter...

Events from the 1590s in England. Monarch – Elizabeth I 1590 Publication of Edmund Spenser's poetry The Faerie Queene and his satire Mother Hubbard's Tale...

produced on Wearside from the 1580s, but by the 16th century the industry had been eclipsed by South Shields on the Tyne. In 1894 the industry returned to...

1610s in England. Monarch – James I 1610 9 February – Parliament assembles and debates the Great Contract proposed by Robert Cecil whereby in return...

Events of the year 2024 in England. 1 January – Figures published by NHS England show that almost three million people were seen for an urgent cancer check...

development in England. Hector Nunez and Roderigo Lopez were both Jews and leading physicians during 1570s and 1580s Elizabethan England. Lopez's believed...

from the 1560s in England. Monarch – Elizabeth I 1560 27 February – Treaty of Berwick: Terms agreed with the Lords of the Congregation in the Kingdom of...

Events from the 1030s in England. Monarch – Canute (to 12 November 1034), Harold I 1030 1031 King Cnut invades Scotland and forces the submission of Malcolm...

Events from the 1320s in England. Monarch – Edward II (to 25 January 1327), then Edward III 1320 Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter, is appointed as Lord...

Events from the 1400s in England. Monarch – Henry IV 1400 January – Henry IV quells the Epiphany Rising and executes the Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and...

from the 1300s in England. Monarch – Edward I (to 7 July 1307), then Edward II 1300 10 March – Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of England ("Edward Longshanks")...

Events from the 1530s in England. Monarch – Henry VIII 1530 26 January – Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, becomes Keeper of the Privy Seal. January...

Events from the 1110s in England. Monarch – Henry I 1110 Roger of Salisbury creates the exchequer as a separate governmental department. Royal park at...

Events from the 1370s in England. Monarch – Edward III (to 21 June 1377), then Richard II. 1370 19 September – Hundred Years' War: Siege of Limoges – The...

Events from the 1250s in England. Monarch – Henry III 1250 1 October – A storm damages the port of Winchelsea. Gascons revolt against English governor...

Events from the 1210s in England. Monarch – John (to 19 October 1216), then Henry III 1210 20 June – King John lands at Waterford. He later builds castles...

Events from the 1000s in England. Monarch – Ethelred 1000 English fleet invades the Isle of Man. English invasion of Cumbria fails. Heroic poem The Battle...

Events from the 1520s in England. Monarch – Henry VIII Regent – Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (starting 31 May, until 16 July 1520) 1520 26–31 May...