Coronation
A Coronation procession is held in the streets of the City of London
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1559 in England
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Historical records for England in 1559
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January
Coronation Eve City Entry
Elizabeth enters the City of London in a carefully staged public procession on the day before her crowning.
Coronation Procession
Elizabeth rides through London in a public coronation procession before her crowning
Elizabeth I Cheapside Coronation Pageant
Elizabeth pauses at a major Cheapside display where civic symbolism links the queen with good government and national renewal.
Elizabeth I Cornhill Coronation Pageant
A pageant at Cornhill forms part of the city's elaborate welcome and reinforces expectations for the new reign.
Fenchurch Coronation Pageant
A civic pageant greets Elizabeth near Fenchurch, beginning a sequence of symbolic displays along the route.
Gracechurch Coronation Pageant
Elizabeth encounters another London pageant presenting political and religious imagery to the new queen.
Truth and Time Pageant
A pageant using the figures of Time and Truth presents Elizabeth with symbolic religious and political messages before her coronation.
Coronation
Elizabeth is crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey
Elizabeth I Crowned
Elizabeth is crowned queen in Westminster Abbey as the Tudor succession passes to Henry VIII's younger surviving daughter.
Elizabeth Receives Coronation Regalia
Elizabeth receives the traditional regalia of sovereignty before the formal crowning.
Elizabeth's Coronation Banquet
A formal feast follows the Abbey service and concludes the public coronation celebrations of the new queen.
Elizabeth's Coronation Oath
Elizabeth takes the coronation oath as the religious and constitutional inauguration of her monarchy proceeds.
Elizabeth's Coronation Recognition
Oglethorpe presents Elizabeth before the Abbey congregation, marking the public recognition of the new queen before her oath.
Mixed Latin and English Coronation Service
Parts of Elizabeth's coronation are conducted in Latin and parts in English, reflecting the unsettled religious position at the start of the reign.
Oglethorpe Anoints Elizabeth
Oglethorpe anoints Elizabeth during the sacred central section of the service.
Oglethorpe Chosen as Coronation Bishop
Owen Oglethorpe conducts the coronation because Canterbury is vacant and the Archbishop of York declines to perform the service.
Elizabeth's First Parliament Assembles
Elizabeth's first Parliament meets to establish the legal foundations of the new reign and reverse key features of Mary's religious policy.
Reform of Parliament
Parliament supports Elizabeth's reforms even though the Bishops do not
First Parliament Opens
Elizabeth opens her first parliament to settle religion and succession
Parliament
Attends the opening of a Reformation Parliament
Reformation, The
Attends the opening of a Reformation Parliament
Cecil Confirmed
William Cecil becomes Elizabeth's principal adviser in the early reign
Privy Council Reformed
Elizabeth reshapes the Privy Council around trusted Protestant and moderate advisers
Thomas Gargrave Chosen Speaker
Thomas Gargrave becomes Speaker of Elizabeth's first Parliament as the new government introduces its religious and constitutional settlement.
February
Succession
The Government drafts a petition requesting the Queen to marry & provide an heir
Marriage Petition
Meets Elizabeth I & presents a petition requesting the Queen marry & provide an heir
Marriage Petition
Gargrave presents Commons petition urging Elizabeth to marry and provide an heir
Petition
Meets Elizabeth I & presents a petition requesting the Queen marry & provide an heir
Marriage
Parliament addresses Elizabeth & urges her to marry
Marriage Petition Answered
Elizabeth answers parliamentary pressure by refusing to be hurried into marriage
Act of Supremacy Introduced
Government introduces legislation restoring royal authority over the English church
March
Dynastic Marriage Negotiations at Cateau Cambresis
Philip II decides to marry Elizabeth of Valois rather than Elizabeth I
Treaty of Cateau Cambresis
Philip II decides to marry Elizabeth of Valois rather than Elizabeth I
April
Anglo French Peace
Elizabeth accepts peace with France and temporary French possession of Calais
Calais Clause
Treaty provides that Calais may be restored after eight years or compensated
Calais Eight-Year Compensation Clause
Accepts a peace formula allowing France to retain Calais subject to a future compensation arrangement if the town is not restored.
French Hostilities Formally Ended
Concludes a separate peace with France that ends the war inherited from Mary's reign and stabilises Elizabeth's new government.
Rule of Calais
Under the Treaty of Cateau Cambresis Calais is ceded to France for 8 yrs
Treaty of Cateau Cambresis
Agrees an Anglo-French truce over Scotland
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