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England · Arts / Literature. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1584–1587Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1584

Christopher Marlowe1584

Canterbury · Arts / Literature

Attends The King's School, Canterbury (where a house is now named after him) and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge on a scholarship and received his Bachelor of Arts degree

1587

Christopher Marlowe1587

Arts / Literature

The Privy Council orders Cambridge University to award Marlowe his MA, denying rumours that he intended to go to the English Catholic college in Rheims, saying he had been engaged in unspecified "affaires" on "matters touching the benefit of his country"

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Christopher Marlowe

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