Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
after Unknown artist
woodcut, (circa 1564)
3 5/8 in. x 2 5/8 in. (92 mm x 67 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D8461
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- Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (1536-1572), Potential suitor to Mary, Queen of Scots. Sitter associated with 17 portraits.
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Negotiations are held to marry Queen Elizabeth I to Charles, Archduke of Austria.Sir Robert Dudley is made Earl of Leicester.
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The poet and dramatist William Shakespeare is born at Stratford-upon-Avon.International
Phillip II of Spain orders that the decrees of the Council of Trent be enforced throughout his territories.The strict application of Spanish Catholicism in the Netherlands leads to Protestant resistance under by William of Orange.
Death of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria and the succession of his son Maximilian II as Holy Roman Emperor and King of Austria, Bohemia and Hungary.
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