1547 Henry VIII dies and is succeeded by nine-year-old Edward VI1553 Edward VI dies and is succeeded by Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, becomes queen1558 Mary dies and Elizabeth I accedes to the throne1560 The Scottish parliament abolishes the authority of the Pope and forbids the Latin mass1580 sir Francis Drake completes the first voyage round the world by an Englishman1588 The English defeats the Spanish Armada at the Battle of Gravelines1591 First performance of a play by William Shakespeare 1603 James VI of Scotland crowned James I of England uniting the two kingdoms. James's accession meant that the three separate kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland were now united, for the first time, under a single monarch.
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