Find out all about these Tudor events from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History" and several other Tudor history books. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:

 

 22nd January 1561, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I - The birth of politician, philosopher, author and scientist Francis Bacon at York House, the Strand, London. Bacon is known as "the Father of the Scientific method" and Baconians believe that he was the true author of some or all of William Shakespeare's plays. 

 

23rd January 1570, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I - The assassination of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, the illegitimate son of James V, half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a man who was acting as regent for his half-nephew, King James VI.  He is famous for being the first head of government to be assassinated by a firearm.

 

24th January 1503 - The laying of the foundation stone of King Henry VII's Chapel, a large Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey, which became the resting place of 15 kings and queens.

 

Henry VII's Chapel - https://www.westminster-abbey.org/about-the-abbey/history/lady-chapel

Virtual tour of Westminster Abbey - https://www.westminster-abbey.org/learning/virtual-tours

Anthony Bacon - https://youtu.be/fOabYK2e4bA

Sir Nicholas Bacon - https://youtu.be/XeYFwlAuHGc