{"slug": "robert-devereux-2nd-earl-of-essex", "label": "Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Devereux%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Essex", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437917", "qid": "Q437917", "description": "English nobleman (1565–1601)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1565, 1601], "span_label": ["1565 CE", "1601 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "elizabeth-i", "label": "Elizabeth I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lord-lieutenant-of-ireland", "label": "Lord Lieutenant of Ireland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "cadiz", "label": "Cádiz", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "azores", "label": "Azores", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "walter-raleigh", "label": "Walter Raleigh", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1565, "year_label": "1565 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 10", "text": "November 10 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English nobleman and politician (d. 1601)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323811827#Births", "title": "1565", "revid": 1323811827, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1596, "year_label": "1596 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 5", "text": "July 5 – Capture of Cádiz: An English fleet, commanded by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Lord Howard of Effingham, sacks Cádiz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369722581#July–September", "title": "1596", "revid": 1369722581, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1597, "year_label": "1597 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801855#July–September", "title": "1597", "revid": 1362801855, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1599, "year_label": "1599 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by Queen Elizabeth I of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325746#January–March", "title": "1599", "revid": 1373325746, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1600, "year_label": "1600 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, the former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Chancellor of the University of Dublin, is put on trial in England before a commission of 18 men, after being charged with malfeasance. He is deprived of his main business, a monopoly on sweet wines, and stripped of his noble title. In revenge, he attempts to organize a coup d'etat to overthrow Queen Elizabeth and fails in his plot.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360196741#April–June", "title": "1600", "revid": 1360196741, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 8", "text": "February 8 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, longtime favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England, begins a rebellion against the Queen. The revolt is crushed the next day. The Earl of Essex and Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton are arrested and charged with treason. Essex confesses to the plot and then implicates his co-conspirators.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369165918#January–March", "title": "1601", "revid": 1369165918, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (b. 1566)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369165918#January–March", "title": "1601", "revid": 1369165918, "section": "Deaths › January–March"}}]}