1599 Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex and a favorite of Elizabeth I, became Lord Lieutenant General of Ireland during the Nine Years War. However, he was unsuccessful in defeating the rebel forces and returned to England in disgrace.
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Sunday, March 27, 2016
History Trivia - Robert Devereux becomes Lord Lieutenant General of Ireland
March 27
1599 Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex and a favorite of Elizabeth I, became Lord Lieutenant General of Ireland during the Nine Years War. However, he was unsuccessful in defeating the rebel forces and returned to England in disgrace.
1599 Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex and a favorite of Elizabeth I, became Lord Lieutenant General of Ireland during the Nine Years War. However, he was unsuccessful in defeating the rebel forces and returned to England in disgrace.
Friday, March 27, 2015
History Trivia - Charles I, King of England, Scotland & Ireland, ascends the English throne
March
27
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1599 Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex and a favorite of Elizabeth I, became Lord Lieutenant General of Ireland during the Nine Years War. However, he was unsuccessful in defeating the rebel forces and returned to England in disgrace.
1625 Charles I, King of England, Scotland & Ireland, ascended to the English throne.
1599 Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex and a favorite of Elizabeth I, became Lord Lieutenant General of Ireland during the Nine Years War. However, he was unsuccessful in defeating the rebel forces and returned to England in disgrace.
1625 Charles I, King of England, Scotland & Ireland, ascended to the English throne.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
History Trivia - Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex, beheaded for high treason
February 25
777 Saint Walburga (Anglo-Saxon abbess and saint), patroness of sailors because her prayers calmed a stormy sea, and thereby saving a ship caught in its wake, died.
1570 Elizabeth I was declared a heretic by Pope Pius V.
1601 Robert Devereux, the second Earl of Essex and former favorite of Elizabeth I, was beheaded in the Tower of London for high treason.
777 Saint Walburga (Anglo-Saxon abbess and saint), patroness of sailors because her prayers calmed a stormy sea, and thereby saving a ship caught in its wake, died.
1570 Elizabeth I was declared a heretic by Pope Pius V.
1601 Robert Devereux, the second Earl of Essex and former favorite of Elizabeth I, was beheaded in the Tower of London for high treason.
Sunday, February 8, 2015
History Trivia - Mary, Queen of Scots, executed
February 8
1587 After twenty years of captivity in England, Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire, on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
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1601 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebelled against Queen Elizabeth I, but the revolt was quickly crushed.
1622 King James I of England disbanded the English Parliament.
1587 After twenty years of captivity in England, Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire, on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
1601 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebelled against Queen Elizabeth I, but the revolt was quickly crushed.
1622 King James I of England disbanded the English Parliament.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
History Trivia - England's Elizabeth I is declared a heretic by Pope Pius V
February 25
777: Saint Walburga (Anglo-Saxon abbess and saint), patroness of sailors because her prayers calmed a stormy sea, and thereby saving a ship caught in its wake, died.
1570 Elizabeth I was declared a heretic by Pope Pius V.
1601 Robert Devereux, the
second Earl of Essex and former favorite of Elizabeth I, was beheaded in the
Tower of London for high treason.
777: Saint Walburga (Anglo-Saxon abbess and saint), patroness of sailors because her prayers calmed a stormy sea, and thereby saving a ship caught in its wake, died.
1570 Elizabeth I was declared a heretic by Pope Pius V.
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