Elizabeth I
Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603
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| March 2025 |
Christopher Wharton
A relic of Christopher Wharton was placed in the Martyr's Chapel in Leeds Cathedral.
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| 2024 | T.S. Milbourne published 'Gilbert Gifford', a novel focusing on the double agent involved in the Babington Plot. |
| September 6 2024 | Film was released in the United Kingdom, bringing the historical drama about Katherine Parr to national audiences |
| September 6 2024 | Firebrand was released in the United Kingdom. |
| June 14 2024 | Firebrand is scheduled for cinema release in the United States by Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment. |
| 2023 |
Alexander Briant
A pastoral area in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton was named in honor of Alexander Briant, commemorating his legacy.
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| 2023 | Karim Aïnouz directed his first English language film with Firebrand. |
| 2023 |
Marvel 1602
Marvel loosely adapts the Marvel 1602 comic series into an episode of the Disney+ animated series What If...? titled 'What If... the Avengers Assembled in 1602?'
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| December 2023 | Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment acquired US distribution rights to the film. |
| May 21 2023 | Firebrand premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, competing for the Palme d'Or. |
| 2022 | Amazon Prime Video finalized a distribution deal for UK rights to the film. |
| June 2022 | Filming at Haddon Hall in Derbyshire concluded in June 2022. |
| May 2022 | Additional cast members Sam Riley, Eddie Marsan, Simon Russell Beale, and Erin Doherty were announced for the film. |
| April 2022 | The Somerville-Jesus Ball was held, a tri-annual event co-organized with Somerville College. |
| April 2022 | Filming for 'Firebrand' began, with shooting taking place at Haddon Hall in Bakewell, Derbyshire. |
| March 2022 | Alicia Vikander joined the cast of 'Firebrand', replacing Michelle Williams. |
| 2021 | The fourth quadrangle of Jesus College was completed. |
| 2021 | Projected completion of the Cheng Yu-tung building, timed to coincide with Jesus College's 450th anniversary. |
| 2021 | Owen McKnight was appointed as the College Librarian for Jesus College, overseeing the library's collections and management. |
| 2021 | The film 'Firebrand' was initially announced during the 2021 American Film Market, with Karim Aïnouz set to direct and Michelle Williams and Jude Law originally cast to star. |
| 2021 |
Edmund Tylney
Tylney is a primary figure in the science fiction novel 'Master of the Revels' by Nicole Galland, demonstrating his continued historical and cultural relevance.
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| 2020 |
Yale English Monarchs series
Tom Licence published 'Edward the Confessor: Last of the Royal Blood' as part of the Yale English Monarchs series, providing a scholarly examination of Edward the Confessor's reign from 1042 to 1066.
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| 2020 | Series begins broadcast on Talking Pictures TV, introducing the show to a new generation of viewers |
| 2020 | David Willis took up the Jesus Professor of Celtic position after Thomas Charles-Edwards' retirement. |
| 2020 |
Roanoke Colony
Mark Horton, an archaeologist from the University of Bristol, found European artifacts at a Native American village on Hatteras Island, including part of a sword and a gun.
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| 2020 |
Roanoke Colony
Scott Dawson published a book 'The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island', describing efforts to find artifacts relating to the colony, including an olive jar, glass, and other manufactured items.
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| 2020 |
Roanoke Colony
New artifacts were discovered in North Carolina, potentially from survivors of the Lost Colony, located about fifty miles west and south of Roanoke Island.
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| 2020 |
Orlando
The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art used Orlando as the primary inspiration for its spring exhibition titled 'About Time: Fashion and Duration', specifically drawing from the film's iconic 'labyrinth' scene featuring Tilda Swinton transitioning through different historical clothing periods.
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| 2020 | SJ Parris published 'Execution', a novel featuring Giordano Bruno that dramatizes the Babington Plot. |
| October 2020 |
Orlando
The Met Gala exhibition was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ultimately opened in October 2020, though the planned Gala event was cancelled.
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| 2019 | Work commenced on redevelopment of Northgate House, a commercial property owned by Jesus College, to create new student accommodation, retail facilities, a new quadrangle, and teaching facilities. |
| 2019 |
Il castello di Kenilworth
Performance of the opera 'Il castello di Kenilworth' featuring Jessica Pratt, Carmela Remigio, Xabier Anduaga, and Ștefan Pop, conducted by Riccardo Frizza with the Donizetti Opera orchestra and chorus, directed by Maria Pilar Pérez Aspa, recorded on DVD by Dynamic label
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| 2019 |
Roanoke Colony
The First Colony Foundation announced plans to expand research into Salmon Creek State Natural Area.
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| February 2019 |
Mary Stuart
Sydney Theatre Company staged a new adaptation by Kate Mulvany, directed by Lee Lewis, starring Caroline Brazier as Mary and Helen Thomson as Elizabeth.
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| 2018 |
Ralph Sherwin
The Ralph Sherwin Catholic church in Chellaston was demolished to make space for a Lidl supermarket.
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| 2018 |
Bess of Hardwick
Bess of Hardwick was portrayed by actress Gemma Chan in the historical film Mary Queen of Scots, representing her character in a cinematic adaptation.
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| 2018 |
The Dinner Party
Judy Chicago created a limited edition set of functional plates reproducing designs from The Dinner Party, including Elizabeth I, Primordial Goddess, Amazon, and Sappho plates.
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| April 5 2018 |
The Day of the Doctor
Publication of the novelisation of 'The Day of the Doctor' written by Steven Moffat, including 'The Night of the Doctor' storyline, in paperback and digital formats as part of the Target Collection.
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| January 29 2018 |
Alice Through the Multiverse
Second edition of the book was published under the title Alice Through the Multiverse, with three additional chapters and a new ending developed with his wife Margaret.
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| 2017 | Ken Follett published 'A Column of Fire', a novel that dramatizes the Babington Plot. |
| October 2017 |
Roanoke Colony
The First Colony Foundation reported finding fragments of Tudor pottery and weapons at Site X, suggesting a small group of colonists may have resided in the area.
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| 2016 |
Mary Stuart
Ben Naylor directed his own adaptation of the play at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
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| 2016 |
Mary Stuart
Robert Icke's adaptation opened at London's Almeida Theatre, featuring a unique staging where Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams randomly assigned roles of Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart by coin toss.
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| June 16 2016 |
Alice Through the Multiverse
First edition of the book was published as The Headsman's Daughter, with a trailer created by BFX Imageworks featuring music by Penka Kouneva.
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| March 2016 |
Marvel 1602
1602 Witch Hunter Angela collected edition was published, compiling issues #1-4 of the Witch Hunter Angela series and the original 1602 #1 issue.
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| 2015 |
Alice Through the Multiverse
Trenchard-Smith decided to self-publish the novel, rewriting it to enhance characterization and political themes, and renaming it The Headsman's Daughter.
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| 2015 | Sir Nigel Shadbolt was appointed as Principal of Jesus College. |
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Il castello di Kenilworth, Queens: The Virgin and the Martyr, Edmund Tylney, Elizabethan era, Firebrand (2023 film), Alice Through the Multiverse, Sir Francis Drake (TV series), Orlando (film), Alexander Briant, Christopher Wharton, Jesus College, Oxford, Roanoke Colony, Mary Stuart (Schiller play), Anne Seymour, Countess of Warwick, The Day of the Doctor, Marvel 1602, Babington Plot, The Dinner Party, Ralph Sherwin (priest), Bess of Hardwick & Yale English Monarchs series, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.