Queen Elizabeth I claimed the throne after her half-sister, Queen Mary I, died November 17, 1558.
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England drew it's very first lottery outside St Paul's Cathedral.
The British East India Trading Company was given a Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I.
The English secret service discovered the Babington Plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I.
Mary Queen of Scots received the death sentence from cousin Queen Elizabeth I.
The Royal Exchange in London was opened by Queen Elizabeth I.
