Donne, John Contents
Donne, John Timeline
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| 1572 | St Bartholomew's Day massacre of Huguenots in France | Birth of John Donne | |
| 1576 | The Theatre - first purpose-built playhouse in London | James Burbage builds first permanent English playhouse, The Theatre in London. | |
| 1577 | Sir Francis Drake sails around the world. | Holinshed publishes his Chronicles, the main source of Shakespeare's historical material. | |
| 1579 |
North's translation of Plutarch's Lives Spenser's The Shepherd's Calendar |
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| 1583 | Queen's Men acting company formed | ||
| 1584 | First English colony in America established by Sir Walter Raleigh at Roanoke Island, Virginia | Donne goes to Oxford University | |
| 1586 | (Catholic) Mary Queen of Scots tried for treason against (Protestant) Queen Elizabeth of England. | Sir Philip Sidney dies | |
| 1587 |
Mary Queen of Scots executed in England. Pope proclaims crusade against England |
Performances of Kyd's The Spanish Tradgedy Rose Theatre built in London |
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| 1588 | Spanish Armada sent in retaliation of Mary Queen of Scots, defeated in battle. | Lyly's Endymion | Donne possibly at Cambridge University |
| 1589 | Hakluyt's Voyages published | ||
| 1590 |
Spenser's Faerie Queene (I-III) published Sidney's Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia |
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| 1591 | Increasing persecution of Catholics |
Kyd writes The Spanish Tragedy, thought to have a strong influence on Shakespeare's Hamlet. Sidney's Astrophil and Stella |
Donne goes to Thavies Inn as law student |
| 1592 |
Donne goes to Lincoln's Inn to study law. |
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| 1593 | Theatres closed because of plague | ||
| 1594 |
Acting group The Lord Chamberlain's Men re-established, of which Shakespeare is a leading member. They use the Theatre as their playhouse. Sir Philip Sidney's Apology for Poetry published Hooker's Of the Laws of the Ecclesiastical Polity I-IV Nashe's The Unfortunate Traveller |
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| 1595 |
Sidney's An Apology for Poetry (or The Defence of Poesy) Spenser's Amoretti |
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| 1596 | Essex attacks Cadiz |
Spenser's Faerie Queene (IV-VI) published Second Blackfriars Theatre opened by Burbage |
Donne on Cadiz expedition. |
| 1597 | New Poor Law |
Bacon's Essays published The lease on The Theatre expires. James and Richard Burbage dismantle the building and move the materials to another site in order to rebuild it. |
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| 1598 | Death of Philip II | Donne appointed Secretary to Egerton | |
| 1599 |
Earl of Essex, former favourite of Queen Elizabeth, arrested for failure to carry out her policies in Ireland Oliver Cromwell born |
The Globe Theatre built on south bank of the Thames Edmund Spenser dies |
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| 1600 | East India Company founded | Shakespeare's first tragedies performed | |
| 1601 | Following an attempted uprising, Earl of Essex beheaded for treason | 'War of the Theatres' - Jonson, Thomas Dekker, John Marston | Donne secretly gets married to Anne More and is dismissed from Egerton's service. He becomes M.P. |
| 1603 |
Elizabeth dies; succeeded by James VI of Scotland, who becomes James I of England Plague in London and theatres are closed again |
Lord Chamberlain's Men become The King's Men, and frequently perform at court | |
| 1604 | Hampton Court conference | ||
| 1605 | Gunpowder plot. Arrest and execution of Guy Fawkes |
Cervantes' Don Quixote pt 1 Shakespeare's King Lear |
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| 1606 |
Cyril Tourneur The Revenger's Tragedy |
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| 1607 |
Appearance of Halley's comet Founding of Jamestown, Virginia |
Tourneur's The Revenger's Tragedy published Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher's The Knight of the Burning Pestle |
Donne's Divine Poems |
| 1610 |
Galileo reports on his findings with the telescope Galileo The Starry Messenger |
Beaumont's and Fletcher's The Maid's Tragedy | |
| 1611 |
Authorised (or King James') Version of the Bible Chapman, translation of Homer's lliad |
Donne's First Anniversarie printed | |
| 1612 |
Death of Henry, Prince of Wales. Prince Charles becomes heir to the throne |
Donne's Of the Progress of the Soul | |
| 1613 | Globe theatre fire |
The Globe Theatre burns down after catching fire during a performance of Henry VIII. The fire was started by a spark from a cannon which was used for sound effects. |
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| 1614 | Globe theatre rebuilt after fire in previous year | Chapman, translation of Homer's Odyssey (-1615) | Donne elected M. P. for Taunton |
| 1615 | Cervantes's Don Quixote pt 2 | Donne becomes Church of England priest. Receives D.D. from Cambridge University | |
| 1616 | Lectures on the circulation of the blood by William Harvey in London |
Jonson's Works Death of Cervantes |
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| 1617 | Anne Donne dies | ||
| 1618 |
Sir Walter Raleigh executed Beginning of the Thirty Years' War (to 1648) |
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| 1620 | Pilgrim Fathers to Massachussetts in the Mayflower | ||
| 1621 |
Bacon dismissed from office Performances of Philip Massinger's A New Way to Pay Old Debts Thomas Middleton's Women Beware Women |
Donne Dean of St.Paul's Cathedral, London. |
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| 1622 | Performance of Middleton's The Changeling | ||
| 1624 |
Donne's Devotions upon Emergent Occasions. |
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| 1625 | James I dies. Charles I becomes king. Charles marries Henrietta Maria of France | ||
| 1626 | War with France | Bacon dies | |
| 1628 |
John Bunyan born Laud appointed Bishop of London Buckingham assassinated |
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| 1629 | Charles I suspends Parliament and has Sir John Eliot among other leaders imprisoned | ||
| 1630 | Future Charles II is born | ||
| 1631 | Bishop Laud enforces uniformity to the Church of England | John Dryden born | March 31: Donne dies |
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