Explore 50 historical events and records for England in 1587.
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Tamburlaine among the first of the English plays in blank verse generally considered the beginning of the mature phase of the Elizabethan theatre. Marlowes first play is performed on stage in London, Tamburlaine, about the conqueror Timur, who rises from shepherd to warrior
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"
Advises William Davison to forward Mary Queen of Scots warrant for her execution to Fotheringhay
Secures Marys conviction
Persuades Philip II that English Catholics are ready to rise in support of Spain
The English withdraw from The Netherlands
Camden becomes keeper of the chapter library at Westminster Abbey.
Appointed Lord Chancellor, the last Member of Parliament to hold this position (barring the strange case of Charles Yorke) until Jack Straw, some four hundred and twenty years later
Destroys the Andalusian fishing industry which would supply the Armada
Advises William Davison to forward Mary Queen of Scots warrant for her execution to Fotheringhay
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