Sir Walter Raleigh Timeline

Sir Walter Raleigh Timeline ( 1552 - 1618)

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Why was Sir Walter Raleigh famous?
Sir Walter Raleigh was famous for establishing the Virginia colony of Roanoke Island and introducing tobacco and the potato to Europe. As a famous courtier in the court of Queen Elizabeth I where he was reputed to have placed his cloak over a puddle in order to prevent her from muddying her shoes.

	1552	Short Biography of Sir Walter Raleigh Date of Birth: Born in 1552 Place of Birth : Hayes Barton in Devonshire, England Parents: Father - Walter Raleigh Mother: Katherine Gilbert (née Champernowne) Background Facts, Information & Ancestry : From a Protestant family. His half brother was the famous explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert. He was also related to Sir Richard Grenville and Sir Francis Drake
	1552	Date of actual birth is unknown. He was born in Hayes Barton in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England. He was initially educated by a home tutor
	1567	The young Raleigh joined a troop of a hundred horse, raised by a family member called the Compte de Montgomerie
	1572	August 24: He witnesses the St Bartholomew's Day massacre where French Protestants were massacred by French Catholics in Paris
	1574	Attended Oriel College, Oxford
	1575	Became a member of the Middle Temple
	1578	Walter Raleigh sails with his half brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, to America
	1579	Has an illegitimate daughter by a local woman called Alice Goold
	1580	Raleigh helps to put down the Irish rebellion and becomes a favourite of Queen Elizabeth. and becomes extremely wealthy from lucrative wine monopolies he is granted by the Queen
	1581	He founded the secret society called "The School of Night" which was closely related to the mysterious Rosicrucian movement
	1584	March 25: Walter Raleigh receives the patent to explore and settle in North America June: Walter Raleigh's fleet of seven vessels under Richard Grenville and Ralph Lane, with 108 men, reach Roanoke Island June 4: Virginia colony of Roanoke Island established by Walter Raleigh
	1585	January 6: Queen Elizabeth knights Walter Raleigh and makes him governor of the new territory discovered by Amadas and Barlowe. Raleigh names it "Virginia" in her honor
	1586	Sir Francis Walsingham and Sir Walter Raleigh discover plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots (called the Babington Plot)
	1587	July 22: Sir Walter Raleigh backs the first English Colony in North America (North Carolina) led by John White to the English Roanoke Colony August 18: Virginia Dare born in Roanoke colony , the first English child born in North America Became captain of the Queen's guard.
	1588	Raleigh donated "Ark Royal" to the English navy to lead the English fleet against the Spanish Armada Sir Walter Raleigh was responsible for the joint defence of Devon and Cornwall against the expected Spanish invasion
	1589	:Sir Walter Raleigh & Sir Richard Grenville guard the sea approaches to Ireland
	1592	Married Elizabeth (Bessie) Throckmorton incurring the wrath of Queen Elizabeth when she discovers that he has married one her ladies in waiting. Queen Elizabeth sends Sir Walter Raleigh to the Tower of London He Is released when one of his ships brings back a huge treasure on the captured Spanish ship called the "Madre De Dios"
	1593	Walter and Bessie have a son, also called Walter
	1595	6 February: Sir Walter Raleigh leaves England to sail to the New World looking for the city of El Dorado Sir Walter Raleigh fails to find the City of Gold but explores the Orinoco
	1600	Appointment as governor of Jersey (one of the Channel Islands)
	1603	24 March: Queen Elizabeth I dies and is succeeded by King James, the son of Mary Queen of Scots King James, eager to make peace with the Spanish, imprisons him in the Tower of London on charges of treason
	1604	Walter and Bessie have another son called Carew
	1612	King James releases Raleigh, who promises to give King James a fortune if he allows him to return to Guiana
	1616	He travels to Guiana but his mission fails and he attacks a Spanish settlement
	1618	Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for attacking the Spanish

Sir Walter Raleigh Timeline

Sir Walter Raleigh Timeline
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