January 29 Deventer and Zutphen surrender to Spain February 1 English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence March 1 English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower March 12 English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower April 19 Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain and sinks Spanish fleet July 22 2nd English colony forms on Roanoke Island off NC August 5 Spanish troops conquer Lock August 19 Sigismund III becomes king of Poland October 20 Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League November 24 Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins November 27 Dutch County Groningen flood by dike break December 17 Earl Leicesters army leaves Netherlands
