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| 1586 | Arrest
Elizabeth I |  |
| | Elizabeth will not risk a war to restore Mary & has Mary arrested |
| 1586 | Death
Sackville, Lionel | |
| | Announces death sentence to Mary Queen of Scots |
| 1586 | Death
Sydney, Philip | |
| | After the death of Sydney the English are forced to withdraw from the Netherlands |
| 1586 | Discovery of Potatoes
Drake, Francis | |
| | Returns to England with potato & tobacco |
| 1586 | Discovery of Potatoes
Hariot, Thomas | |
| | Imports the first potato into England from Virginia on Francis Drake's ship |
| 1586 | Discovery of Tobacco
Drake, Francis | |
| | Returns to England with potato & tobacco |
| 1586 | Exile
Elizabeth I | |
| | Crosses the Scottish border & seeks Elizabeth's protection |
| 1586 | Invasion of England
Mary of Scots |  |
| | Implicated in a plot by the Duke of Guise to invade England |
| | Implicated in a plot by the Duke of Guise to invade England |
| 1586 | Plot
Walsingham, Francis | |
| | Exposes the Babington plot |
| 1586 | Siege of Zutphen
Dudley, Robert | |
| | Conducts the siege of Zutphen without success |
| 1586 | Speaker
Puckering, John | |
| | Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, 2nd term |
| 1586 | Trial
Bromley, Thomas | |
| | Presides over the commission which tried Mary I of Scotland |
| 1586 | Trial
Hatton, Christopher | |
| | Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots, one of the commissioners who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason |
| | Member of the court which tried Anthony Babington |
| 1586 | Trial
Howard, Charles | |
| | A Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots |
| 1586 | Trial
Mildmay, Walter | |
| | Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots |
| 1586 | Death
Elizabeth I | |
| Feb 1st | Signs Mary Queen of Scots; death warrant but tries, unsuccessfully, to retain it |
| 1586 | Execution
Elizabeth I | |
| Feb 1st | Signs Mary Queen of Scots; death warrant but tries, unsuccessfully, to retain it |
| 1586 | Discovery of Northwest Passage
Davis, John | |
| May 7th | 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 |
| 1586 | Treaty of Berwick
Elizabeth I | |
| July 1st | Promises James VI an annual Grant |
| 1586 | Plot
Walsingham, Francis | |
| July 17th | Mary writes to Babington ploting against Elizabeth I & falls into Walsingham's trap |
| 1586 | Discovery of Potatoes
Harriot, Thomas | |
| July 28th | Brought over to Plymouth from Colombia |
| 1586 | Death
Babington, Anthony | |
| Sep 20th | Death of Anthony Babington, assassinated |
| 1586 | Execution
Babington, Anthony | |
| Sep 20th | Babington & his 5 associates are executed |
| 1586 | Plot
Babington, Anthony | |
| Sep 20th | Plans to assassinate Elizabeth |
| Sep 20th | Plans to free Mary & rally Catholic support for Spanish invasion |
| 1586 | Discovery of Northwest Passage
Davis, John | |
| Oct | 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 |
| 1586 | Sinking
Davis, John | |
| Oct | 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 |
