Attack on the Spanish settlements in the West Indies by a powerful
English fleet under Drake and Frobisher.
Ambassadors from Japan received at Rome by Pope Gregory XIII.
Coaches first used in England.
1586. An unsuccessful settlement made by Raleigh's men on Roanoke
Island.
Trial and condemnation of Mary Stuart. See "MARY STUART: HER REIGN AND
EXECUTION," X, 51.
Conspiracy of Babbington against Queen Elizabeth.
Drake returns with an immense booty; he takes back the Virginian
colonists; they introduce potatoes and tobacco into England.
1587. Henry of Navarre defeats the army of Henry III at Coutras.
Sigismund Vasa elected King of Poland.
Expedition of Drake against the Spanish harbors. See "DRAKE CAPTURES
CARTAGENA," X, 230.
Cabal of "the Sixteen" in Paris.
1588. Publication of the first English newspaper, by Lord Burghley,
_The English Mercury_. It announced the defeat of the Invincible
Armada. See "DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA," X, 251.
Revolt against Henry III in Paris; "Day of the Barricades."
1589. End of the Valois line in France; inauguration of the Bourbon
dynasty.
Invention of the stocking-knitting frame by Lee, of Cambridge, England.
1590. Battle of Ivry; Henry IV defeats the Catholic League; he lays
siege to Paris, which is relieved by the Duke of Parma.
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