
ABOUT
English explorer, aristocrat, spy, poet, writer, and soldier who popularized tobacco in England.He fought at the siege of Smerwick, where he organized the massacre of Spanish and Italian soldiers after they had admitted defeat.He was a famous English explorer, whereas Jacques Cartier was a famous French explorer.
BEFORE FAMEHe founded an early American colony at Roanoke.
PERSONAL LIFEHe secretly married Elizabeth Raleigh, one of a Queen Elizabeth I's ladies-in-waiting, without the Queen's permission, and when his ruse was uncovered, he was sentenced to the infamous Tower of London. He had three children named Carew, Damerei and Walter.
Historical Events in the Life of Walter Raleigh
1584-3-25 Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore North America
1586-7-27 Sir Walter Raleigh brings first tobacco to England from Virginia
1603-7-17 Sir Walter Raleigh arrested by forces of King James
1603-11-17 English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
1616-3-20 Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana
1618-10-29 English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
Explorer Walter Raleigh were born on Tuesday, in a leap year, birthstone is Garnet, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of , it is 19 days until Walter Raleigh next birthday.