Death of Elizabeth I
Signs Mary Queen of Scots; death warrant but tries, unsuccessfully, to retain it
Historical events in 1586
61 historical records
February 15862 historical events
Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
Signs Mary Queen of Scots; death warrant but tries, unsuccessfully, to retain it
March 15861 historical events
Peerage
Succeeds to the Earldom while still a child, following he death of his older brother James Ruthven
May 15861 historical events
North West Passage
English sea captain John Davis sets sail from Dartmouth with 3 ships in a 2nd attempt to find the Northwest passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
June 15861 historical events
Ballard Recruits Babington Circle
John Ballard encourages Anthony Babington and his associates to support a scheme combining Elizabeth's assassination with the release of Mary, Queen of Scots.
July 15868 historical events
Treaty of Berwick
Promises James VI an annual Grant
Treaty of Berwick
Promised an annual Grant by Elizabeth I
Babington Assassination Letter
Anthony Babington writes to Mary describing plans for Elizabeth's assassination and Mary's rescue, creating the documentary evidence later used against the conspirators.
Plot
Mary writes to Babington ploting against Elizabeth I & falls into Walsinghams trap
Mary's Letter Deciphered
Thomas Phelippes deciphers Mary's response to Babington, giving Walsingham evidence that ministers interpret as approval of the plan to remove Elizabeth.
Discovery of Potatoes
Brought over to Plymouth from Colombia
Tichborne Joins Babington Plot
Chidiock Tichborne joins Babington's circle and becomes involved in the wider conspiracy to free Mary and overthrow Elizabeth's government.
Savage Assigned Assassination Role
John Savage is identified within the Babington conspiracy as one of the men prepared to undertake the physical killing of Elizabeth I.
August 15863 historical events
Arrest of Mary of Scots
Commences her imprisonment in Fotheringay Castle
Anthony Babington Captured after Plot Discovery
Anthony Babington is captured after the government deciphers correspondence connecting his circle with a conspiracy to kill Elizabeth I and release Mary Stuart.
Babington Plot Letters Intercepted
Intercepted correspondence connects Mary to the Babington conspiracy, allowing Elizabeth's ministers to argue that the leading Catholic claimant has endorsed her removal.
September 15865 historical events
Babington Plot Trial
Babington and fellow conspirators are tried for treason after Walsingham's network exposes their correspondence, and the court condemns them to death.
Death of Anthony Babington
Death of Anthony Babington, assassinated
Execution of Babington
Babington & his 5 associates are executed
Plot
Plans to free Mary & rally Catholic support for Spanish invasion. Plans to assassinate Elizabeth
Execution of Anthony Babington
Anthony Babington is executed for the conspiracy against Elizabeth, bringing the principal English organiser of the plot to a public and severe end.
October 15867 historical events
Mary Tried under Queen's Safety Act
Mary is tried before commissioners for involvement in the Babington Plot, converting the succession threat she represents into a capital legal case.
Trial
Put on trial for correspondence with anthony Babington during the Babington plot
Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
Sentenced to death by the court of star Chamber
Trial
Sentenced to death by the court of star Chamber
North West Passage
When Davis returns he learns that one ship, the North Star, had been lost with all hands in a gale near the coast of Ireland
Sinking of North Star - Loss with All Hands
North Star was lost with all hands in a gale near Ireland while returning from John Davis's second Arctic voyage.
Sinking of North Star
When Davis returns he learns that one ship, the North Star, had been lost with all hands in a gale near the coast of Ireland
November 15861 historical events
Parliament Petitions for Mary Stuart's Execution
Lords and Commons petition Elizabeth to carry out the sentence against Mary, Queen of Scots, arguing that her survival threatens national security.
Chien-Chou Tribe
Appointed leader of the Chien-Chou Juchen Tribe
Discovery of Potatoes
Imports the first potato into England from Virginia on Francis Drakes ship
Discovery of Potatoes
Returns to England with potato & tobacco
Discovery of Tobacco
Returns to England with potato & tobacco
Treason
Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots, one of the commissioners who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason
Trial
Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots, one of the commissioners who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason
Trial
Presides over the commission which tried Mary I of Scotland
Trial
Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots
Trial
Member of court which tried Anthony Babington
Plot
Exposes the Babington plot
Speaker of House of Commons
Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, 2nd term
Trial
A Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots
Death of Lionel Sackville
Announces death sentence to Mary Queen of Scots
Gifford Carries Coded Letters
Gilbert Gifford acts as a courier in the secret correspondence with Mary while cooperating with Walsingham's intelligence service, allowing ministers to monitor the conspiracy.
Arrest of Mary of Scots
Elizabeth will not risk a war to restore Mary & has Mary arrested
Exile of Elizabeth I
Crosses the Scottish border & seeks Elizabeth's protection
Britannia First Edition
Camden publishes the first edition of Britannia, his antiquarian survey of Britain.
Education
Educated at Gloucester Hall in Oxford, a college noted for its Catholic intake
Death of Philip Sydney
After the death of Sydney the English are forced to withdraw from The Netherlands
Siege of Zutphen
Conducts the siege of Zutphen without success
Montaigne Revisits Bodily Experience In Writing
Montaigne continued expanding reflections on illness, sensation and the changing self. His descriptions transformed ordinary physical experience into evidence for philosophical uncertainty.
Annexation of Kashmir
Akbar incorporates Kashmir into the Mughal Empire after a sustained campaign.
Din Illahl
Akbar, the greatest Mughal Emperor of India, attempts to establish "Din Illahl" as a universal religion acceptable to his many Hindu subjects, the movement eventually collapses under the 18th-century Muslim revival
Annexation of Kashmir
Akbar incorporates Kashmir into the Mughal Empire, extending imperial authority into the Himalayan region.
Din Illahl
Akbar, the greatest Mughal Emperor of India, attempts to establish "Din Illahl" as a universal religion acceptable to his many Hindu subjects, the movement eventually collapses under the 18th-century Muslim revival
Annexation of Kashmir
Akbar's government incorporates Kashmir into the Mughal Empire after a campaign against its ruling dynasty.
Invention of Hydrostat Balance
Invents the Hydrostatic Balance
Succession
Succeeds as Emperor of Japan
Adviser
Appointed pinciple adviser to James VI
Plot
Helps organise the Babington Plot
Invasion of England
Implicated in a plot by the Duke of Guise to invade England
Spanish Armada, 1st
From the beginning of the year starts mustering ships & men, intended for 1587