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1558 The Elizabethan Era Begins

Queen Mary I of England died and was succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England as the Elizabethan era begins

2019 First COVID-19 Case Identified

The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

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