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Events from the 1560s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch – Elizabeth I
Parliament – 2nd of Queen Elizabeth I (starting 11 January 1563, until 2 January 1567)

Events

1560
- 27 February – Treaty of Berwick: Terms agreed with the Lords of the Congregation in the Kingdom of Scotland for English forces to enter Scotland to expel French troops defending the Regency of Mary of Guise.
- 6 July – Treaty of Edinburgh between England, France and Scotland, ending the Siege of Leith. The French withdraw from Scotland, largely ending the Auld Alliance between the two countries, and recognise Elizabeth I of England.^[1]
1561
- 4 June – Old St Paul's Cathedral in London is badly damaged by fire and the spire is destroyed after being struck by lightning.^[1]^[2]
- August – English merchant Anthony Jenkinson arrives in Moscow on his second expedition to the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
- Reform of coinage to combat debasement.^[3]
- First publication (anonymously in London) of William Baldwin's Beware the Cat (written 1553), an early example of extended fiction (and specifically of horror fiction) in English. This edition appears to have been suppressed and no copies survive.^[4]
1562
- 18 January – first performance of Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville's play Gorboduc before Queen Elizabeth I. It is the first known English tragedy and the first English language play to employ blank verse.^[5]
- March – Anthony Jenkinson has an audience with Ivan the Terrible in Moscow before continuing his expedition to Qazvin, capital of the Safavid dynasty in Persia.
- 20 September – Treaty of Hampton Court between Queen Elizabeth and Huguenot leader Louis, Prince of Condé.^[1]
- October – John Hawkins initiates the trans-Atlantic slave trade, shipping slaves from Sierra Leone to Hispaniola.^[3]
- 4 October – English troops occupy Le Havre in France in aid of the Huguenots.^[1]
- Church of England approves the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, defining its doctrinal stance.^[3]
- Publication of the metrical psalter The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English Meter, compiled mostly by Thomas Sternhold and John Hopkins and printed by John Day.^[6]^[7]
- Dudley Grammar School established and Gresham's School granted a royal charter.
1563
- March
  - Poor Relief Act requires wealthier parishes to help their poorer neighbours.^[3]
  - Publication of Foxe's Book of Martyrs, John Foxe's account of Protestant persecution during the reign of Mary I of England,^[1] printed by John Day in London.
- April – Parliament passes laws requiring Justices of the Peace to arbitrate trade disputes and conditions of apprenticeship.^[3]
- June to October – outbreak of plague in London kills over 20,000.^[3]
- 28 July – the English surrender Le Havre to the French after a siege.
- Publication of John Shute's The First and Chief Groundes of Architecture, the first work in English on architecture.^[8]
1564
- 11 April – Treaty of Troyes: England receives monetary compensation for renouncing its claims to Calais.^[3]
- 30 April – consecration of new St Michael the Archangel parish church at Woodham Walter in Essex, probably the first new post-Reformation Church of England place of worship.^[9]
- July – Anthony Jenkinson returns to London from his second expedition to the Grand Duchy of Moscow, having gained a considerable extension of trading rights for the English Muscovy Company.
1565
- Thomas Gresham founds the Royal Exchange in London.
- College of Physicians of London first licensed to carry out human dissection.^[3]
- John Hawkins brings the first tobacco to England.^[3]
- Protestant weavers from Flanders, fleeing persecution, settle in Colchester.^[10]
- Hinchingbrooke School is established as Huntingdon Grammar School.
1566
- Henry Sidney leads a punitive expedition to Ulster.^[3]
- June – German miners find calamine (needed for production of brass) in the Mendip Hills.^[11]
- Autumn – probable completion of the Exeter Canal, the first in England, and with the first use of a pound lock in England (engineer: John Trew of Glamorgan).^[3]^[12]
1567
- 2 January – Parliament dissolved as Queen Elizabeth refuses to name a successor.^[3]
- John Brayne builds the Red Lion theatre just east of the City of London, a playhouse for touring productions and the first known to be purpose-built in the British Isles since Roman times. However, there is little evidence that the theatre survives beyond this summer's season.^[13]^[14]
- Jean Carré arrives in England from Antwerp and obtains a royal monopoly for the production of window glass on condition that the techniques would be taught to native Englishmen.^[15]^[16]
- Chatham Dockyard is established for the Royal Navy.
- Rugby School is established under the will of grocer Lawrence Sheriff.^[17]
1568
- 16 May – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees across the Solway Firth from Scotland to England but is taken prisoner on 19 May and put in Carlisle Castle.
- 28 May – incorporation of two monopolies in metalliferous mining, the Society of Mines Royal and the Company of Mineral and Battery Works.
- 23 September – Battle of San Juan de Ulúa (Anglo-Spanish War): In the Gulf of Mexico, a Spanish fleet forces English privateers under John Hawkins to end their campaign.
- 26 September – Spain seizes English ships off the coast of Mexico, and confiscates their cargo.^[3]
- October – The Bishops' Bible (The Holie Bible) published, a translation into English under the authority of the Church of England.
- December – English seize bullion from Spanish ships at Plymouth.^[3]
1569
- 11 January–6 May – the first known lottery in England is drawn outside St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London.^[18] Each share costs ten shillings and proceeds are used to repair harbours and for other public works.
- 20 January – Mary, Queen of Scots, detained at Tutbury Castle.^[3]
- After September – publication in London of Thomas Preston's tragedy Cambises.
- November–December – Rising of the North: Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland and Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland lead a rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I in an attempt to place the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne. Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex drives the Earls out of England.^[1]
- First publication of Henry de Bracton's De legibus & consuetudinibus Angliæ ("On the Laws and Customs of England", left unfinished at Bracton's death c.1268).
Undated
- During the decade Thomas Tallis composes his setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet for Maundy Thursday.

Births

1560
- 3 January – John Bois, Bible translator (died 1643)
- 19 September – Thomas Cavendish, explorer (died at sea 1592)
1561
- 22 January – Francis Bacon, philosopher, scientist, and statesman (died 1626)
- June – Samuel Harsnett, Archbishop of York (died 1631)
- 20 June (baptised) – Richard Whitbourne, colonist of Newfoundland (died 1635)
- 23 June – Stephen Bachiler, non-conformist minister and pioneer settler of New England (died 1656)
- 4 August – John Harington, courtier, writer and inventor (died 1612)
- 24 August – Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (died 1626)
- 11 October (baptised) – Thomas Lake, Secretary of State to King James I (died 1630)
- 27 October – Mary Sidney, writer, patroness and translator (died 1621)
- 9 December – Edwin Sandys, founder of the colony of Virginia (died 1629)
1562
- January – Edward Blount, printer (died 1632)
- 19 October – George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1633)
- John Bull, composer (died 1628)
- Henry Constable, poet (died 1613)
- Samuel Daniel, poet and historian (died 1619)
- Francis Godwin, writer and prelate (died 1633)
- Richard Neile, churchman (died 1640)
- Henry Spelman, antiquary (died 1641)
1563
- January – Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire, née Devereux (died 1607)
- 5 March – John Coke, politician (died 1644)
- 1 June – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, statesman and spymaster (died 1612)
- 19 November – Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, statesman (died 1626)
- 19 December – Lord William Howard (died 1640)
- Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy (died 1606)
- John Dowland, composer (died 1626)
- Michael Drayton, poet (died 1631)
- Robert Naunton, politician and writer (died 1635)
- Josuah Sylvester, poet (died 1618)
1564
- 26 February (baptised) – Christopher Marlowe, poet and dramatist (died 1593)
- 20 March – Thomas Morton, bishop (died 1659)
- 26 April (baptised) – William Shakespeare, poet and dramatist (died 1616)
- 27 April – Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (died 1632)
- 24 September – William Adams, navigator and samurai (died 1620)
- 22 November – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, peer and traitor (died 1619)
- Henry Chettle, dramatist (died 1607)
- Thomas Shirley, adventurer and privateer (died 1620)
1565
- 10 February – Edmund Whitelocke, soldier and courtier (died 1608)
- July – Ferdinando Gorges, colonial entrepreneur (died 1647)
- 10 November – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, politician (died 1601)
- George Kirbye, composer (died 1634)
- Francis Meres, churchman and author (died 1647)
- Francis Tanfield, Governor of the South Falkland colony (year of death unknown)
1566
- 19 June – King James I of England (died 1625)
- 1 September – Edward Alleyn, actor (died 1626)
- 20 December – Edward Wightman, Anabaptist (burned at the stake 1612)
1567
- 12 February – Thomas Campion, poet and composer (died 1620)
- 27 February – William Alabaster, poet (died 1640)
- 17 September – Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley, landowner (died 1643)
- November – Thomas Nashe, poet (died 1600)
1568
- 30 March – Henry Wotton, author and diplomat (died 1639)
- Richard Baker, chronicler (died 1645)
- Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (died 1648)
- Gervase Markham, poet and writer (died 1637)
- Robert Wintour, conspirator (hanged 1606)
1569
- 16 April – John Davies, poet and lawyer (died 1626)
- September – Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, a translator of the King James Bible (died 1626)
- William Monson, admiral (died 1643)
- John Suckling, politician (died 1627)

Deaths

1560
- 8 September – Amy Robsart, noblewoman (born 1532)
- December – John Sheppard, composer and organist (born 1515)
1561
- 1 September – Edward Waldegrave, politician and recusant (born c. 1516)
1562
- Nicholas Grimald, poet and theologian (born 1519)
1563
- 9 June – William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, statesman (born 1506)
- 17 September – Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, soldier (born 1526)
- 25 September – John Shute, architect
1565
- 18 July – Kat Ashley, née Katherine Champernowne, governess of Elizabeth I (born c. 1502)
- 14 October – Thomas Chaloner, statesman and poet (born 1521)
1566
- 13 July – Sir Thomas Hoby, diplomat and translator (born 1530)
- 31 October – Richard Edwardes, poet (born 1523)
1567
- 26 January – Nicholas Wotton, diplomat (born c. 1497)
- 12 June – Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor (born 1490)
- 16 September (buried) – Lawrence Sheriff, gentleman and grocer to Elizabeth I (born 1510)
- Thomas Beccon, Protestant reformer (born 1511)
1568
- 15 January – Catherine Carey, Chief Lady of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth I (born c. 1526)
- 20 January – Myles Coverdale, Bible translator (born c. 1488)
- 26 January – Lady Catherine Grey, Countess of Hertford (born 1539)
- 19 March – Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell, noblewoman (born c. 1518)
- 7 July – William Turner, ornithologist and botanist (born 1508)
- 23 August – Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (born 1495)
- 23 December – Roger Ascham, scholar, tutor of Elizabeth I (born 1515)
- Henry Dudley, soldier, sailor, diplomat and conspirator (born 1517)
1569
- 5 September – Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London (born c. 1500)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 223–226. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 287. ISBN 0-333-57688-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 153–156. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ Ringler, William A.; Flachmann, Michael, eds. (1988). "Preface". Beware the Cat. San Marino, CA: Huntington Library.
^ "Gorboduc, or the Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrox". Archived from the original on 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
^ Miller, Miriam, Macy, L. (ed.), "Day, John", Grove Music Online, retrieved 2008-01-04 Subscription required.
^ Smith, Jeremy L. (2003). Thomas East and Music Publishing in Renaissance England. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-19-513905-4.
^ "Art & Architecture, #58". Jewels in Her Crown: Treasures of Columbia University Libraries Special Collections. Columbia University Libraries. 2004. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
^ "History". St. Michael the Archangel, Woodham Walter. 2004. Archived from the original on 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
^ Lambert, Tim. "A Brief History Of Colchester, Essex, England". A World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
^ Burke, James (1978). Connections. London: Macmillan. p. 167. ISBN 0-333-24827-9.
^ Clew, Kenneth R. (1984). The Exeter Canal. Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 0-85033-544-2.
^ Bowsher, Julian; Miller, Pat (2010). The Rose and the Globe – Playhouses of Shakespeare's Bankside, Southwark. Museum of London. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-901992-85-4.
^ Phillpotts, Christopher, Red Lion Theatre, Whitechapel (PDF), CrossRail Documentary Report, Museum of London Archaeology Service, retrieved 2011-03-21^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Burke, James (1978). Connections. London: Macmillan. p. 163. ISBN 0-333-24827-9.
^ Willmott, Hugh (2005). A History of English Glassmaking AD 43-1800. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7524-3131-4.
^ Bradby, Henry Christopher. Rugby.
^ "January 11th". Chambers' Book of Days. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.

[Cassell's_Chronology-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 223–226. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.

[2] Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 287. ISBN 0-333-57688-8.

[CBH-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 153–156. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

[4] Ringler, William A.; Flachmann, Michael, eds. (1988). "Preface". Beware the Cat. San Marino, CA: Huntington Library.

[5] "Gorboduc, or the Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrox". Archived from the original on 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2007-11-14.

[6] Miller, Miriam, Macy, L. (ed.), "Day, John", Grove Music Online, retrieved 2008-01-04 Subscription required.

[7] Smith, Jeremy L. (2003). Thomas East and Music Publishing in Renaissance England. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-19-513905-4.

[8] "Art & Architecture, #58". Jewels in Her Crown: Treasures of Columbia University Libraries Special Collections. Columbia University Libraries. 2004. Retrieved 2011-02-01.

[9] "History". St. Michael the Archangel, Woodham Walter. 2004. Archived from the original on 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2015-01-05.

[10] Lambert, Tim. "A Brief History Of Colchester, Essex, England". A World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2012-08-18.

[11] Burke, James (1978). Connections. London: Macmillan. p. 167. ISBN 0-333-24827-9.

[12] Clew, Kenneth R. (1984). The Exeter Canal. Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 0-85033-544-2.

[13] Bowsher, Julian; Miller, Pat (2010). The Rose and the Globe – Playhouses of Shakespeare's Bankside, Southwark. Museum of London. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-901992-85-4.

[14] Phillpotts, Christopher, Red Lion Theatre, Whitechapel (PDF), CrossRail Documentary Report, Museum of London Archaeology Service, retrieved 2011-03-21^{[permanent dead link]}

[15] Burke, James (1978). Connections. London: Macmillan. p. 163. ISBN 0-333-24827-9.

[16] Willmott, Hugh (2005). A History of English Glassmaking AD 43-1800. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7524-3131-4.

[17] Bradby, Henry Christopher. Rugby.

[18] "January 11th". Chambers' Book of Days. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.

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 * '''1562'''
 ** 18 January – first performance of [[Thomas Norton]] and [[Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset|Thomas Sackville]]'s play ''[[Gorboduc (play)|Gorboduc]]'' before Queen [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]. It is the first known English [[tragedy]] and the first English language play to employ [[blank verse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.innertemple.org.uk/archive/gorboduc.html|title=Gorboduc, or the Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrox|accessdate=2007-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917205947/http://www.innertemple.org.uk/archive/gorboduc.html|archive-date=2007-09-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-** March – [[Anthony Jenkinson]] has an audience with [[Ivan the Terrible]] in [[Moscow]] before continuing his expedition to [[Qazvin]], capital of the [[Safavid dynasty]] in [[Persia]].
+** March – [[Anthony Jenkinson]] has an audience with [[Ivan the Terrible]] in [[Moscow]] before continuing his expedition to [[Qazvin]], capital of the [[Safavid dynasty]] in [[Iran|Persia]].
-** 20 September – [[Treaty of Hampton Court (1562)|Treaty of Hampton Court]] between Queen Elizabeth and [[Huguenot]] leader [[Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1569)|Louis, Prince of Condé]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
+** 20 September – [[Treaty of Hampton Court (1562)|Treaty of Hampton Court]] between Queen Elizabeth and [[Huguenots|Huguenot]] leader [[Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1569)|Louis, Prince of Condé]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
-** October – [[John Hawkins (naval commander)|John Hawkins]] initiates the trans-Atlantic [[slave trade]], shipping slaves from [[Sierra Leone]] to [[Hispaniola]].<ref name=CBH/>
+** October – [[John Hawkins (naval commander)|John Hawkins]] initiates the trans-Atlantic [[History of slavery|slave trade]], shipping slaves from [[Sierra Leone]] to [[Hispaniola]].<ref name=CBH/>
 ** 4 October – English troops occupy [[Le Havre]] in [[France]] in aid of the Huguenots.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
-** [[Church of England]] approves the [[Thirty-Nine Articles]] of Religion, defining its doctrinal stance.<ref name=CBH/>
+** [[Church of England]] approves the [[Thirty-nine Articles|Thirty-Nine Articles]] of Religion, defining its doctrinal stance.<ref name=CBH/>
 ** Publication of the [[metrical psalter]] ''The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English Meter'', compiled mostly by [[Thomas Sternhold]] and [[John Hopkins (psalmist)|John Hopkins]] and printed by [[John Day (printer)|John Day]].<ref>{{citation|last=Miller|first=Miriam|title=Day, John|url=http://www.grovemusic.com|work=[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|Grove Music Online]]|editor=Macy, L.|accessdate=2008-01-04}} Subscription required.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Jeremy L.|year=2003|title=Thomas East and Music Publishing in Renaissance England|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-513905-4|page=24}}</ref>
-** [[Dudley Grammar School]] established and [[Gresham's School]] granted a [[royal charter]].
+**[[Defunct schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley|Dudley Grammar School]] established and [[Gresham's School]] granted a [[royal charter]].
 * '''1563'''
 ** March
-*** [[Poor Relief Act]] requires wealthier [[parish]]es to help their poorer neighbours.<ref name=CBH/>
+***[[Poor Relief Act]] requires wealthier [[parish]]es to help their poorer neighbours.<ref name=CBH/>
-*** Publication of ''[[Foxe's Book of Martyrs]]'', [[John Foxe]]'s account of [[Protestant]] persecution during the reign of [[Mary I of England]],<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/> printed by [[John Day (printer)|John Day]] in London.
+*** Publication of ''[[Foxe's Book of Martyrs]]'', [[John Foxe]]'s account of [[Protestantism|Protestant]] persecution during the reign of [[Mary I of England]],<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/> printed by [[John Day (printer)|John Day]] in London.
-** April – Parliament passes laws requiring [[Justice of the Peace|Justices of the Peace]] to arbitrate trade disputes and conditions of [[apprenticeship]].<ref name=CBH/>
+** April – Parliament passes laws requiring [[Justice of the peace|Justices of the Peace]] to arbitrate trade disputes and conditions of [[apprenticeship]].<ref name=CBH/>
 ** June to October – outbreak of [[Black Death|plague]] in London kills over 20,000.<ref name=CBH/>
 ** 28 July – the English surrender [[Le Havre]] to the French after a siege.
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 ** July – [[Anthony Jenkinson]] returns to London from his second expedition to the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]], having gained a considerable extension of trading rights for the English [[Muscovy Company]].
 * '''1565'''
-** [[Thomas Gresham]] founds the [[Royal Exchange (London)|Royal Exchange]] in [[London]].
+**[[Thomas Gresham]] founds the [[Royal Exchange, London|Royal Exchange]] in [[London]].
 ** [[Royal College of Physicians|College of Physicians of London]] first licensed to carry out human [[dissection]].<ref name=CBH/>
 ** John Hawkins brings the first [[tobacco]] to England.<ref name=CBH/>
-**[[Protestant]] weavers from [[Flanders]], fleeing persecution, settle in [[Colchester]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Brief History Of Colchester, Essex, England|first=Tim|last=Lambert|url=http://www.localhistories.org/colchester.html|work=A World History Encyclopedia|accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref>
+**[[Protestantism|Protestant]] weavers from [[Flanders]], fleeing persecution, settle in [[Colchester]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Brief History Of Colchester, Essex, England|first=Tim|last=Lambert|url=http://www.localhistories.org/colchester.html|work=A World History Encyclopedia|accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref>
 **[[Hinchingbrooke School]] is established as [[Huntingdon]] Grammar School.
 * '''1566'''
-** [[Henry Sidney]] leads a [[punitive expedition]] to [[Ulster]].<ref name=CBH/>
+**[[Henry Sidney]] leads a [[punitive expedition]] to [[Ulster]].<ref name=CBH/>
-** June – [[German people|German]] miners find [[calamine]] (needed for production of [[brass]]) in the [[Mendip Hills]].<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=James Burke (science historian)|first=James|last=Burke|title=Connections|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=0-333-24827-9|page=167}}</ref>
+** June – [[Germans|German]] miners find [[calamine]] (needed for production of [[brass]]) in the [[Mendip Hills]].<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=James Burke (science historian)|first=James|last=Burke|title=Connections|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=0-333-24827-9|page=167}}</ref>
-** Autumn – probable completion of the [[Exeter Canal]], the first in England, and with the first use of a [[Lock (water transport)#Pound lock|pound lock]] in England (engineer: [[John Trew]] of [[Glamorgan]]).<ref name=CBH/><ref>{{cite book|first=Kenneth R.|last=Clew|title=The Exeter Canal|location=Chichester|publisher=Phillimore|year=1984|isbn=0-85033-544-2}}</ref>
+** Autumn – probable completion of the [[Exeter Ship Canal|Exeter Canal]], the first in England, and with the first use of a [[Lock (water transport)#Pound lock|pound lock]] in England (engineer: [[John Trew]] of [[Glamorgan]]).<ref name=CBH/><ref>{{cite book|first=Kenneth R.|last=Clew|title=The Exeter Canal|location=Chichester|publisher=Phillimore|year=1984|isbn=0-85033-544-2}}</ref>
 * '''1567'''
 ** 2 January – Parliament dissolved as Queen Elizabeth refuses to name a successor.<ref name=CBH/>
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 * 1560
 ** 3 January – [[John Bois]], Bible translator (died [[1643 in England|1643]])
-** 19 September – [[Thomas Cavendish]], explorer (died at sea [[1592 in England|1592]])
+** 19 September – [[Thomas Cavendish]], explorer (died at sea [[1590s in England|1592]])
 * 1561
-** 22 January – [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Francis Bacon]], philosopher, scientist, and statesman (died [[1626 in England|1626]])
+** 22 January – [[Francis Bacon]], philosopher, scientist, and statesman (died [[1620s in England|1626]])
 ** June – [[Samuel Harsnett]], Archbishop of York (died [[1631 in England|1631]])
 ** 20 June (baptised) – [[Richard Whitbourne]], colonist of Newfoundland (died [[1635 in England|1635]])
 ** 23 June – [[Stephen Bachiler]], non-conformist minister and pioneer settler of New England (died [[1656 in England|1656]])
 ** 4 August – [[John Harington (writer)|John Harington]], courtier, writer and inventor (died [[1612 in England|1612]])
-** 24 August – [[Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk]] (died [[1626 in England|1626]])
+** 24 August – [[Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk]] (died [[1620s in England|1626]])
 ** 11 October (baptised) – [[Thomas Lake]], Secretary of State to King James I (died [[1630 in England|1630]])
-** 27 October – [[Mary Sidney]], writer, patroness and translator (died [[1621 in England|1621]])
+** 27 October – [[Mary Sidney]], writer, patroness and translator (died [[1620s in England|1621]])
-** 9 December – [[Edwin Sandys (American colonist)|Edwin Sandys]], founder of the colony of Virginia (died [[1629 in England|1629]])
+** 9 December – [[Edwin Sandys (died 1629)|Edwin Sandys]], founder of the colony of Virginia (died [[1620s in England|1629]])
 * 1562
 ** January – [[Edward Blount]], printer (died [[1632 in England|1632]])
 ** 19 October – [[George Abbot (bishop)|George Abbot]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (died [[1633 in England|1633]])
-** [[John Bull (composer)|John Bull]], composer (died [[1628 in England|1628]])
+** [[John Bull (composer)|John Bull]], composer (died [[1620s in England|1628]])
-** [[Henry Constable]], poet (died [[1613 in England|1613]])
+** [[Henry Constable]], poet (died [[1610s in England|1613]])
-** [[Samuel Daniel]], poet and historian (died [[1619 in England|1619]])
+** [[Samuel Daniel]], poet and historian (died [[1610s in England|1619]])
 ** [[Francis Godwin]], writer and prelate (died [[1633 in England|1633]])
 ** [[Richard Neile]], churchman (died [[1640 in England|1640]])
 ** [[Henry Spelman]], antiquary (died [[1641 in England|1641]])
 * 1563
-** January – [[Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire]], née Devereux (died [[1607 in England|1607]])
+** January – [[Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire]], née Devereux (died [[1600s in England|1607]])
 ** 5 March – [[John Coke]], politician (died [[1644 in England|1644]])
-** 1 June – [[Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury]], statesman and spymaster (died [[1612 in England|1612]])
+** 1 June – [[Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury]], statesman and spymaster (died [[1610s in England|1612]])
-** 19 November – [[Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester]], statesman (died [[1626 in England|1626]])
+** 19 November – [[Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester]], statesman (died [[1620s in England|1626]])
 ** 19 December – [[Lord William Howard]] (died [[1640 in England|1640]])
-** [[Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy]] (died [[1606 in England|1606]])
+** [[Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy]] (died [[1600s in England|1606]])
-** [[John Dowland]], composer (died [[1626 in England|1626]])
+** [[John Dowland]], composer (died [[1620s in England|1626]])
 ** [[Michael Drayton]], poet (died [[1631 in England|1631]])
 ** [[Robert Naunton]], politician and writer (died [[1635 in England|1635]])
-** [[Josuah Sylvester]], poet (died [[1618 in England|1618]])
+** [[Josuah Sylvester]], poet (died [[1610s in England|1618]])
 * 1564
-** 26 February (baptised) – [[Christopher Marlowe]], poet and dramatist (died [[1593 in England|1593]])
+** 26 February (baptised) – [[Christopher Marlowe]], poet and dramatist (died [[1590s in England|1593]])
 ** 20 March – [[Thomas Morton (bishop)|Thomas Morton]], bishop (died [[1659 in England|1659]])
-** 26 April (baptised) – [[William Shakespeare]], poet and dramatist (died [[1616 in England|1616]])
+** 26 April (baptised) – [[William Shakespeare]], poet and dramatist (died [[1610s in England|1616]])
 ** 27 April – [[Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland]] (died [[1632 in England|1632]])
-** 24 September – [[William Adams (sailor, born 1564)|William Adams]], navigator and samurai (died [[1620 in England|1620]])
+** 24 September – [[William Adams (sailor, born 1564)|William Adams]], navigator and samurai (died [[1620s in England|1620]])
-** 22 November – [[Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham]], peer and traitor (died [[1619 in England|1619]])
+** 22 November – [[Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham]], peer and traitor (died [[1610s in England|1619]])
-** [[Henry Chettle]], dramatist (died [[1607 in England|1607]])
+** [[Henry Chettle]], dramatist (died [[1600s in England|1607]])
-** [[Thomas Shirley]], adventurer and privateer (died [[1620 in England|1620]])
+** [[Thomas Shirley]], adventurer and privateer (died [[1620s in England|1620]])
 * 1565
-** 10 February – [[Edmund Whitelocke]], soldier and courtier (died [[1608 in England|1608]])
+** 10 February – [[Edmund Whitelocke]], soldier and courtier (died [[1600s in England|1608]])
 ** July – [[Ferdinando Gorges]], colonial entrepreneur (died [[1647 in England|1647]])
-** 10 November – [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]], politician (died [[1601 in England|1601]])
+** 10 November – [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]], politician (died [[1600s in England|1601]])
 ** [[George Kirbye]], composer (died [[1634 in England|1634]])
 ** [[Francis Meres]], churchman and author (died [[1647 in England|1647]])
 ** [[Francis Tanfield]], Governor of the South Falkland colony (year of death unknown)
 * 1566
-** 19 June – King [[James I of England]] (died [[1625 in England|1625]])
+** 19 June – King [[James VI and I|James I of England]] (died [[1620s in England|1625]])
-** 1 September – [[Edward Alleyn]], actor (died [[1626 in England|1626]])
+** 1 September – [[Edward Alleyn]], actor (died [[1620s in England|1626]])
-** 20 December – [[Edward Wightman]], Anabaptist (burned at the stake [[1612 in England|1612]])
+** 20 December – [[Edward Wightman]], Anabaptist (burned at the stake [[1610s in England|1612]])
 * 1567
 ** 12 February – [[Thomas Campion]], poet and composer (died [[1620 in England|1620]])
@@ Line 140: / Line 140: @@
 ** [[Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester]] (died [[1648 in England|1648]])
 ** [[Gervase Markham]], poet and writer (died [[1637 in England|1637]])
-** [[Robert Wintour]], conspirator (hanged [[1606 in England|1606]])
+**[[Robert and Thomas Wintour|Robert Wintour]], conspirator (hanged [[1600s in England|1606]])
 * 1569
-** 16 April – [[John Davies (poet)|John Davies]], poet and lawyer (died [[1626 in England|1626]])
+** 16 April – [[John Davies (poet)|John Davies]], poet and lawyer (died [[1620s in England|1626]])
-** September – [[Arthur Lake (bishop)|Arthur Lake]], Bishop of Bath and Wells, a translator of the King James Bible (died [[1626 in England|1626]])
+** September – [[Arthur Lake (bishop)|Arthur Lake]], Bishop of Bath and Wells, a translator of the King James Bible (died [[1620s in England|1626]])
 ** [[William Monson (Royal Navy officer)|William Monson]], admiral (died [[1643 in England|1643]])
-** [[John Suckling (politician)|John Suckling]], politician (died [[1627 in England|1627]])
+** [[John Suckling (politician)|John Suckling]], politician (died [[1620s in England|1627]])
 ==Deaths==
 * 1560
-** 8 September – [[Amy Robsart]], noblewoman (born [[1536 in England|1532]])
+** 8 September – [[Amy Robsart]], noblewoman (born [[1530s in England|1532]])
-** December – [[John Sheppard (composer)|John Sheppard]], composer and organist (born [[1515 in England|1515]])
+** December – [[John Sheppard (composer)|John Sheppard]], composer and organist (born [[1510s in England|1515]])
 * 1561
-** 1 September – [[Edward Waldegrave]], politician and recusant (born c. [[1516 in England|1516]])
+** 1 September – [[Edward Waldegrave]], politician and recusant (born c. [[1510s in England|1516]])
 * 1562
-** [[Nicholas Grimald]], poet and theologian (born [[1519 in England|1519]])
+**[[Nicholas Grimald]], poet and theologian (born [[1510s in England|1519]])
 * 1563
 ** 9 June – [[William Paget, 1st Baron Paget]], statesman (born [[1506 in England|1506]])
-** 17 September – [[Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland]], soldier (born [[1526 in England|1526]])
+** 17 September – [[Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland]], soldier (born [[1520s in England|1526]])
 ** 25 September – [[John Shute (architect)|John Shute]], architect
 * 1565
-** 18 July – [[Kat Ashley]], née Katherine Champernowne, governess of Elizabeth I (born c. [[1502 in England|1502]])
+** 18 July – [[Kat Ashley]], née Katherine Champernowne, governess of Elizabeth I (born c. [[1500s in England|1502]])
-** 14 October – [[Thomas Chaloner (statesman)|Thomas Chaloner]], statesman and poet (born [[1521 in England|1521]])
+** 14 October – [[Thomas Chaloner (statesman)|Thomas Chaloner]], statesman and poet (born [[1520s in England|1521]])
 * 1566
-** 13 July – Sir [[Thomas Hoby]], diplomat and translator (born [[1530 in England|1530]])
+** 13 July – Sir [[Thomas Hoby]], diplomat and translator (born [[1530s in England|1530]])
-** 31 October – [[Richard Edwardes]], poet (born [[1523 in England|1523]])
+** 31 October – [[Richard Edwardes]], poet (born [[1520s in England|1523]])
 * 1567
-** 26 January – [[Nicholas Wotton]], diplomat (born c. [[1497 in England|1497]])
+** 26 January – [[Nicholas Wotton]], diplomat (born c. [[1490s in England|1497]])
-** 12 June – [[Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich]], [[Lord Chancellor]] (born [[1490 in England|1490]])
+** 12 June – [[Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich]], [[Lord Chancellor]] (born [[1490s in England|1490]])
-** 16 September (buried) – [[Lawrence Sheriff]], gentleman and grocer to Elizabeth I (born [[1510 in England|1510]])
+** 16 September (buried) – [[Lawrence Sheriff]], gentleman and grocer to Elizabeth I (born [[1510s in England|1510]])
-** [[Thomas Beccon]], Protestant reformer (born [[1511 in England|1511]])
+** [[Thomas Beccon]], Protestant reformer (born [[1510s in England|1511]])
 * 1568
-** 15 January – [[Catherine Carey]], Chief Lady of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth I (born c. [[1526 in England|1526]])
+** 15 January – [[Catherine Carey]], Chief Lady of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth I (born c. [[1520s in England|1526]])
-** 20 January – [[Myles Coverdale]], Bible translator (born c. [[1488 in England|1488]])
+** 20 January – [[Myles Coverdale]], Bible translator (born c. [[1480s in England|1488]])
-** 26 January – [[Lady Catherine Grey]], Countess of Hertford (born [[1539 in England|1539]])
+** 26 January – [[Lady Katherine Grey|Lady Catherine Grey]], Countess of Hertford (born [[1530s in England|1539]])
-** 19 March – [[Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell]], noblewoman (born c. [[1518 in England|1518]])
+** 19 March – [[Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell]], noblewoman (born c. [[1510s in England|1518]])
-** 7 July – [[William Turner (ornithologist)|William Turner]], ornithologist and botanist (born [[1508 in England|1508]])
+** 7 July – [[William Turner (naturalist)|William Turner]], ornithologist and botanist (born [[1500s in England|1508]])
-** 23 August – [[Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton]] (born [[1495 in England|1495]])
+** 23 August – [[Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton]] (born [[1490s in England|1495]])
-** 23 December – [[Roger Ascham]], scholar, tutor of Elizabeth I (born [[1515 in England|1515]])
+** 23 December – [[Roger Ascham]], scholar, tutor of Elizabeth I (born [[1510s in England|1515]])
-** [[Henry Dudley (conspirator)|Henry Dudley]], soldier, sailor, diplomat and conspirator (born [[1517 in England|1517]])
+** [[Henry Dudley (conspirator)|Henry Dudley]], soldier, sailor, diplomat and conspirator (born [[1510s in England|1517]])
 * 1569
-** 5 September – [[Edmund Bonner]], Bishop of London (born c. [[1500 in England|1500]])
+** 5 September – [[Edmund Bonner]], Bishop of London (born c. [[1500s in England|1500]])
 ==References==