Wednesday 18 December 2019

John Dee | Timeline

John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an Anglo-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and occult philosopher, and an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. He spent much time on alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy. He also advocated turning England's imperial expansion into a "British Empire", a term he is credited with coining. (Intro from Wikipedia)

July 13, 1527 - London - John Dee is born
January(?) 1(?), 1535 - Chelmsford - John Dee attends the Chelmsford Chantry School from 1535
November 1(?), 1542 - Cambridge - 15-year-old John Dee enters St.John's College, Cambridge
January(?) 1(?), 1546 - Cambridge - Graduates from St.John's College as a Bachelor of Arts
October(?) 1(?), 1546 - Cambridge - Becomes a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, on its founding by King Henry VIII =(START)
January(?) 1(?), 1547 - Cambridge - John Dee stages a version of "Pax Aristophanes", an ancient Greek comedy, at Trinity College. The main character Trygaeus flies up to the palace of the gods on the back of a gigantic dung beetle. The actor was carried up to the roof by a mechanical beetle built by Dee. He is accused of sorcery for the first time.
January(?) 1(?), 1548 - Louvain | Brussels - Studies at Louvain and Brussels. Becomes friend with cartographers Gerardus Mercator and Abraham Ortelius
January(?) 1(?), 1549(?) - Paris - Lecture in Paris on Euclid
January(?) 1(?), 1552 - London - Meets Gerolamo Cardano in London. Together they investigate a purported perpetual motion machine, as well as a gem supposed to have magical properties
January(?) 1(?), 1553 - Upton-upon-Severn - Becomes Rector at Upton-upon-Severn
January(?) 1(?), 1554 - Upton-upon-Severn - John Dee declines an offer of a readership in mathematics at Oxford University
January(?) 1(?), 1555 - London - Dee becomes a member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers
June(?) 1(?), 1555 - London(?) - Dee is arrested and charged with "calculating" for having cast horoscopes of Queen Mary and Princess Elizabeth. The charges are expanded to treason against Mary
January(?) 1(?), 1556 - Dee presents Queen Mary with a visionary plan for the preservation of old books, manuscripts and records and the founding of a national library
January(?) 1(?), 1557 - Mortlake, London - Expanding his library at his house
January(?) 1(?), 1558 - Becomes Queen Elizabeth's trusted advisor on scientific and astrological matters. He chooses Elizabeth's coronation date
January 15, 1559 - Westminster Abbey, London - Elizabeth is crowned Queen of England in a date chosen by John Dee
January(?) 1(?), 1564 - Dee writes the hermetic work "Monas Hieroglyphica", a cabalistic interpretation of a glyph of his own design meant to express the mystical unity of all creation
January(?) 1(?), 1565 - John Dee marries Katherine Constable
January(?) 1(?), 1570 - Dee publishes a "mathematical preface" to Henry Billingsley's English translation of Euclid's "Elements"
October 1(?), 1574 - Letter to William Cecil seeking patronage
March 16, 1575 - Mortlake, London - Katherine Constable dies on the day Queen Elizabeth goes to John Dee's house to visit his library
January(?) 1(?), 1577 - Mortlake, London - Dee publishes "General and Rare memorials pertayning to the Perfect Arte of Navigation"
January 16, 1577 - Mortlake, London - Dee is visited by the Earl of Leicester and Phillip Sydney
January 22, 1577 - Mortlake, London - Dee is visited by the Earl of Bedford
November 6, 1577 - Mortlake, London - Dee is visited by Sir Humphrey Gilbert
November 22, 1577 - Windsor - John Dee rides to Windsor to meet Queen Elizabeth
November 25, 1577 - Windsor - Meeting with Queen Elizabeth
November 28, 1577 - Windsor - Meeting with Queen Elizabeth; then with Sir Francis Walsingham
December 1, 1577 - Windsor - Speaks with Sir Christopher Hatton, who was being made a Knight that day
February 5, 1578 - London(?) - 51-year-old John Dee marries 23-year-old Jane Fromond
August 15, 1578 - Norwich - Dee goes to Norwich with his work "Imperium Brytanicum"
August 23, 1578 - Mortlake, London - Returns to London
August 31, 1578 - Cheyham (S. of London) - Visit to his Father-in-Law, Mr.Fromond
September 1, 1578 - Mortlake, London - Returns to London
October 8, 1578 - Richmond - Conference with Queen Elizabeth at Richmond
October 28, 1578 - Richmond - Sir Francis Walsingham and the Earl of Leicester summon John Dee to meet the Queen
November 4, 1578 - Richmond(?) - John Dee is directed by Sir Francis Walsingham and the Earl of Leicester to travel to the Continent
November 7, 1578 - Gravesend - Dee reaches Gravesend
November 9, 1578 - Gravesend - Departs to Hamburg
November 14, 1578 - Hamburg - John Dee arrives in Hamburg
December 11, 1578 - Frankfurt an der Oder, E-SE of Berlin - John Dee reaches Frankfurt an der Oder
March 1(?), 1579 - England - In his diary, John Dee describes the weather of March in England
July 13, 1579 - Mortlake, London - Son Arthur Dee is born
October 18, 1579 - Mortlake, London - Diary: "Mr.Adrian Gilbert and John Davis reconciled themselves to me, and disclosed some of Emery (Molyneux) his most unhonest, hypocritical, and devilish dealings and devises against me and other, and likewise of that errant strompet her abominable wordes and deeds; and John Davis said that he might curse the time that ever he knew Emery, and so much followed his wicked counsayle and advyse, so just is God"
June 3, 1580 - Mortlake, London - Diary: "Mr.Adrian Gilbert and John Davis rode homeward into Devonshire"
August 28, 1580 - Mortlake, London - Diary: "my dealing with Sir Humfrey Gilbert for his graunt of discovery"
September 10, 1580 - Mortlake, London - Diary: "Sir Humfry Gilbert graunted me my request to him, made by letter, for the royaltyes of discovery all to the North above the parallell of the 50 degree of latitude"
September 13, 1580 - John Cooke's house, "Wichcross Strete", London - Dinner with Humphrey Gilbert
September 17, 1580 - Mortlake, London - Queen Elizabeth goes to Mortlake in her coach, looking for John Dee at his house
October 3, 1580 - Richmond - Diary: "I delivered my two rolls of the Quene’s Majesties title unto herself in the garden at Richemond, who appointed after dynner to heare furder of the matter"
October 10, 1580 - Mortlake, London - Queen Elizabeth goes to Mortlake in her coach, looking for John Dee at his house, offering him confort while his mother is dying
June 7, 1581 - Mortlake, London - Daughter Katharina is born
June 17, 1581 - Mortlake, London - John Dee is visited by John Hawkins (although Dee describes Hawkins as "young Hawkins", he also writes that he had been with Francis Drake, so we concluded he means the father (John) and not the son (Richard), although John Hawkins was only 5 years older than John Dee)
March 1(?), 1582 - Mortlake, London - Meets Renaissance occultist and spirit medium Edward Kelley, who knocks at his door under the name Edward Talbot
October 12, 1582 - Tunbridge Wells - Dee rides to Tunbrige Wells
October 13, 1582 - Slaugham (near Crawley) - Dee rides to Slaugham
October 15, 1582 - Mortlake, London - Returns home to London
January 23, 1583 - Mortlake, London - Diary: "The Right Honorable Mr.Secretary Walsingham came to my house, where by good luck he found Mr.Adrian Gilbert, and so we talk was begone of Northwest Straights discovery"
January 24, 1583 - Mortlake, London - Diary: "I, Mr.Adrian Gilbert, and John Davis, went by appointment to Mr.Secretary to Mr.Beale his house, where only we four were secret, and we made Mr.Secretary privy of the NW passage, and all charts and rutters were agreed upon in general"
February 2, 1583 - Mortlake, London - Son Roland Dee is baptized
February 11, 1583 - Mortlake, London - Diary: "the Quene lying at Richemond went to Mr. Secretary Walsingham to dynner; she coming by my dore gratiously called me to her, and so I went by her horse side as far as where Mr. Hudson dwelt"
February 18, 1583 - Mortlake, London - Walsingham visits John Dee
March 6, 1583 - London - Diary: "I and Mr.Adrian Gilbert and John Davis did meet with Mr.Alderman Barnes, Mr.Tounson and Mr.Young, and Mr.Hudson about the NW passage"
April 18, 1583 - Greenwich - Queen Elizabeth leaves Richmond and goes to Greenwich. Calls for John Dee
May 13, 1583 - Greenwich - Meets the Polish nobleman Albert Laski at the Earl of Leicester's chamber in the court at Greenwich
May 18, 1583 - Mortlake, London - Albert Laski visits John Dee
June 15, 1583 - Mortlake, London - Albert Laski and Sir Philip Sydney visit John Dee
June 19, 1583 - Mortlake, London - Albert Laski visits John Dee
July 31, 1583 - Mortlake, London - Queen Elizabeth leaves Greenwich and goes to John Dee's house
September 21, 1583 - Gravesend - Departs to Poland with his new master, Albert Laski, aswell as Edward Kelley and their families
September 3, 1584 - Prague, Bohemia - Dee and Kelley's audience with Emperor Rudolf II in Prague Castle
May 27, 1585 - Niepolomice, near Kraków - Dee and Kelley's audience with the Polish King, Stefan Batory, at the Royal Castle
October 26, 1586 - Třeboň, Bohemia - Dee and Kelley arrive at Třeboň, from Prague
November 8, 1586 - Třeboň, Bohemia - While Kelley goes to Prague, Dee receives a Prince from Prague
December 8, 1586 - Třeboň, Bohemia - Edward Garland arrives at Třeboň, from the Emperor of Moscovia
December 12, 1586 - While in Třeboň(?) - King Stephen Batory dies in Grodno (Belarus). People in his court believe that his death was John Dee's revenge
December 19, 1586 - Třeboň(?) - Kelley performs his first alchemical transmutation
December 31, 1586 - Třeboň, Bohemia - Kelley goes to Prague
February 9, 1587 - Třeboň, Bohemia - Albert Laski arrives from Vienna
February 12, 1587 - Kraków, Poland - Albert Laski and John Dee go to Kraków, Poland
March 14, 1587 - Reichenstein (Zloty Stok, Poland) - Laski and Dee reach Reichenstein on their way back to Třeboň
March 23, 1587 - Třeboň, Bohemia - Laski and Dee return to Třeboň
March 27, 1587 - Prague(?) - Dee and Kelley are required to defend themselves in hearing with the papal nuncio, Germanico Malaspina, bishop of San Severo
May 22, 1587 - Třeboň, Bohemia - During a spiritual conference in Bohemia, Kelley informs Dee that the angel Uriel had ordered the men to share all their possessions, including their wives
June 14, 1587 - Třeboň, Bohemia - John Dee attends Edward Kelley's marriage
July 11, 1587 - Třeboň, Bohemia - Conference with Albert Laski and Edward Kelley
October 26, 1587 - Třeboň, Bohemia - Edward Kelley returns from Prague
December 1, 1587 - Třeboň, Bohemia - Albert Laski arrives at Třeboň for a 10-day stay
January 19, 1588 - Třeboň, Bohemia - Edward Kelley returns from Krumlov
February 28, 1588 - Třeboň, Bohemia - Son Theodorus Trebonianus Dee is born (it is possible that this child was Kelley's)
March 6, 1588 - Neuhaus (Jindřichův Hradec, Bohemia) - Dinner in Neuhaus Castle
March 11, 1589 - Třeboň, Bohemia - Departs to England
March 18, 1589 - Nuremberg - On his way back to England
March 26, 1589 - Frankfurt - John Dee reaches Frankfurt-am-Main
April 19, 1589 - Bremen - John Dee arrives at Bremen
July 6, 1589 - Bremen - John Dee is visited by Mr.Hart, the Minister of the English company there and his deputy
December 2, 1589 - Gravesend - John Dee returns to England
December 3, 1589 - Stratford - Staying at Mr.Young's house for a few days
December 19, 1589 - Richmond - Visit to Queen Elizabeth at Richmond
December 25, 1589 - Mortlake, London - Returns to his house and finds it vandalized, his library ruined and many of his prized books and instruments stolen
December 29, 1589 - Mortlake, London - Adrian Gilbert visits John Dee, offering his help to recover stolen items
March 5, 1590 - Mortlake, London - Daughter Madinia Newton is baptized at Mortlake
March 17, 1590 - Mortlake, London - Letter from Edward Kelley in Prague
May 18, 1590 - Mortlake, London - Thomas Cavendish visits John Dee
November 27, 1590 - Richmond - Queen Elizabeth summons John Dee to Richmond
December 4, 1590 - Mortlake, London - Queen Elizabeth goes to Mortlake in her coach, wearing a mask, to leave a message with John Dee
December 14, 1590 - Mortlake, London - Queen Elizabeth looks for John Dee at his house in Mortlake
December 14, 1591 - Whitehall - Meeting with the Lord Treasurer at the Court in Whitehall
January 1, 1592 - Mortlake, London - Daughter Frances is born
March 6, 1592 - (While in Mortlake) - The Queen grants his "sute" to Dr. Aubrey
March 9, 1592 - Whitehall(?) - Privy seal at night
March 16, 1592 - Whitehall(?) - The Great Seal
May 3, 1592 - Westminster - Places his son Arthur at Westminster School under the tuition of Edward Grant
May 16, 1592 - Harfelde - Rides to Harfelde to Lord Anderson, Lord Justice of the Common Pleas
July 23, 1592 - Greenwich - Dee begins having kidney stone pains. Next day a doctor helps him with a glister
August 6, 1592 - Nonsuch - Goes to the Court at Nonsuch
August 8, 1592 - Mortlake, London - Kidney stones pains for the second time
August 9, 1592 - Mortlake, London - John Dee is invited to dinner at Mr.Maynard's with the Lord Treasurer, Sir Robert Cecil and Sir Thomas Cisell
August 17, 1592 - Micheam - Goes to Micheam to Mr.Kemp
September 19, 1592 - Morlake, London - Dee has "intolerable pains" in his calfs for some minutes. He drinks his drink for the kidney stones, although he propbably had cramps in both legs
November 9, 1592 - Mortlake, London - Dee gets the Queen's grant of his supplication for commissioners
November 22, 1592 - Mortlake, London - Dee is visited by the Queen's commissioners, Mr. Secretary Wolly and Sir Thomas George
December 1, 1592 - Mortlake, London - John Dee is informed that Queen Elizabeth granted him 100 marks
February 15, 1593 - Mortlake, London - The Queen accepts a letter from Dee thanking her for granting him 100 marks
May 3, 1594 - Greenwich - Queen Elizabeth summons John Dee to Greenwich
June 3, 1594 - Thisellworth - John Dee, his wife and children, are received by Queen Elizabeth at Thisellworth
June 6, 1594 - Mortlake, London - Supper with the Lord Archbishop
June 15, 1594 - Mortlake, London - More kidney stones pains
January 8, 1595 - Mortlake, London - Queen Elizabeth appoints Dee Warden of Christ's College, Manchester
August 12, 1595 - Mortlake, London - Receives letters from Edward Kelley in Prague, with an invitation by the Emperor for John Dee to enter his service
September 13, 1595 - Russell House - Dinner with the Earl of Derby
September 26, 1595 - Russell House - Dinner with the Earl of Derby
October 9, 1595 - Durham House - Dinner with Sir Walter Raleigh
November 25, 1595 - Mortlake, London - John Dee receives news that Edward Kelley was slain in Bohemia (it is believed that he died of injuries in late 1597/early 1598 while trying to escape from prison)
February 15, 1596 - Manchester - John Dee arrives at Manchester
May 7, 1596 - Salford - John Dee takes formal possession of the wardenship of Christ's college, Manchester
August 13, 1596 - York - Rides to York
August 20, 1596 - Manchester - Returns to Manchester
June 10, 1600 - London - Departs to Manchester with his family
July 3, 1600 - Manchester - the Commission set uppon in the Chapter Howse
January(?) 1(?), 1601 - Manchester - Theodorus Trebonianus Dee dies
March 1(?), 1604 - Manchester - Jane Fromond dies of the bubonic plague
January(?) 1(?), 1605 - London - Returns to London from Manchester
January(?) 1(?), 1609(?) - Mortlake, London - John Dee dies, aged 81 =(END)