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.