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.
Establishment of the first paper-mill in England.
Publication of three books of Spenser's Faerie Queene, the Arcadia of Sidney, and part of Marlowe's Tamburlane.
1591.
Elizabeth sends an army to assist Henry IV in France; it besieges Rouen; it is relieved by Parma.