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Events

 * Jane Grey is beheaded for treason by Mary I of England. The Doctor foresaw this during the events of "The Nine-Day Queen," but knew he could not prevent it. He would later visit Lady Jane in the Tower of London just prior to her execution, an event he would later recall in his sixth incarnation when imprisoned once again by Mary 1st.[]


 * Walter Raleigh is born at Hayes Barton, England. The Doctor will share a cell with Raleigh, who keeps going on about "some new vegetable he's discovered" ("The Mind of Evil").


 * Mary I of England enacts Heresy Laws against English Protestants, especially those who voice support for her sister, Elizabeth ("The Marian Conspiracy").