| 1558 | Elizabeth becomes Queen on the death of her half-sister, Mary. |
| 1559 | Elizabeth is crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey in January. |
| 1559 | Mary Queen of Scots in Paris declares herself Queen of France, Scotland and England when her husband Francis becomes King of France.
He dies a year later and Mary returns to Scotland. |
| 1559 | Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity restore the Protestant Church in England and make Elizabeth Supreme Governor of the Church of England. |
| 1559 | The Revised Prayer Book of Elizabeth I is issued.Queen elizabeth 1 real face Queen elizabeth 1 husband10 facts about queen elizabeth 1Queen elizabeth 1 family treeElizabeth i siblingsIt is less extreme than its predecessors |
| 1560 | Elizabeth founds Westminster School |
| 1562 | Hawkins and Drake make first slave-trading voyage to America. |
| 1562 | Elizabeth gives aid to the Protestant Huguenots in the French Wars of Religion.
English troops occupy Dieppe and Le Havre. |
| 1563 | John Foxe�s The Book of Martyrs, the story of religious persecution, is published in England. |
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