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1542 CE - 1591 CELife of the Elizabethan adventurer, mariner and privateer Sir Richard Grenville.
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1562 CERichard Grenville is pardoned after killing a man during a riot.
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1563 CERichard Grenville serves as a Member of Parliament.
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1568 CERichard Grenville creates a plantation in the Munster region of Ireland.
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1571 CERichard Grenville represents Cornwall as a Member of Parliament.
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1571 CERichard Grenville fails to win royal approval for his proposed expedition to find the great southern continent.
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Apr 1585 CE - Jul 1585 CESettlers sail to Virginia in North America to create England's first colony on Roanoke Island.
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Jul 1588 CE - Aug 1588 CERichard Grenville fights against the Spanish Armada.
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1591 CERichard Grenville sails as vice-admiral to Lord Thomas Howard in an expedition to plunder Spanish treasure ships in the Azores.
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9 Sep 1591 CE - 10 Sep 1591 CERichard Grenville commands the Revenge in a heroic but losing battle against a large Spanish fleet in the Azores.
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