Month: October 2012
Posted in Early Life
10 October 1562 – Elizabeth I Contracted Smallpox
On 10th October 1562, the twenty-nine year-old Elizabeth I was taken ill at Hampton Court Palace, with what was thought…
Posted in Mary I
1 October 1553 – The Coronation of Mary I
On this day in 1553, Mary I, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, was crowned Queen at Westminster Abbey by Stephen…
