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Publication of Thomas Lodge's prose tale Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie. 1591 10 April – Merchant James Lancaster sets off on a voyage to the East Indies...

1591 (MDXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1591st year...

improve one's reputation. The first known use of the term is from 1591 in England. Whitewash is a cheap white paint or coating of chalked lime that was...

Events from the 10th century in the Kingdom of England. 902 Irish Norsemen, expelled from Dublin, establish colonies on The Wirral. 909 King Edward the...

year 1591 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Monarch – James VI February – Brian O'Rourke, rebel lord of West Bréifne in Ireland, seeks right of asylum in Scotland...

Events from the 1600s in England. This decade marks the end of the Elizabethan era with the beginning of the Jacobean era and the Stuart period. Monarch...

Events from the 1550s in England. This decade marks the beginning of the Elizabethan era. Monarch – Edward VI (until 6 July 1553), Jane (disputed, 6 July...

(1559–10 December 1591), priest of the Diocese of Nottingham (Lincolnshire – London, England) Polydore Plasden (1563–10 December 1591), priest of the Archdiocese...

Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years'...

Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric. He is best known for Hesperides...

(1591/2 – 1678/9) was born 2 January 1591/2 in Hertfordshire, England and died 27 August 1678 in Southampton, New York. He emigrated from England in 1633...

Events from the 1620s in England. This decade sees a change of monarch. Monarch – James I (until 27 March 1625), then Charles I 1620 27 April – treaty...

Prentise in the Divine Art of Poesie (also called Some Reulis and Cautelis), 1584 His Majesties Poeticall Exercises at Vacant Houres, 1591 Lepanto, poem...

1610s in England. Monarch – James I 1610 9 February – Parliament assembles and debates the Great Contract proposed by Robert Cecil whereby in return...

Events of the year 2024 in England. 1 January – Figures published by NHS England show that almost three million people were seen for an urgent cancer check...

Events from the 1400s in England. Monarch – Henry IV 1400 January – Henry IV quells the Epiphany Rising and executes the Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and...

Events from the 1530s in England. Monarch – Henry VIII 1530 26 January – Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, becomes Keeper of the Privy Seal. January...

Events from the 1170s in England. Monarch – Henry II 1170 April – Inquest of Sheriffs: Henry II looks into the financial dealings of local officials. 14...

Events from the 1150s in England. Monarch – Stephen (to 25 October 1154), then Henry II 1150 Henry, son of Empress Matilda, becomes Duke of Normandy. The...

the 1100s in England. Monarch – William II (until 2 August 1100), then Henry I 1100 2 August – King William II dies in a hunting accident in the New Forest;...