1517 - 1801

  • Ninety-Five Theses, Martin Luther
    1517

    Ninety-Five Theses, Martin Luther

    Text which criticise Cathlicism, with the selling of indulgences etc. Marks the start of the European Reformation.
  • The Tyndale Bible Translated
    1526

    The Tyndale Bible Translated

    The bible is now translated in the vernacular so people don't need priest to interpret it for them. Helped by the invention of the printing press.
  • Henry VIII was made "Supreme Head of the England's Church"
    1534

    Henry VIII was made "Supreme Head of the England's Church"

    Stars the religious Schism. Divorces his wife.
  • Pilgrimage of Grace
    1536

    Pilgrimage of Grace

  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    King Edward IV's reign

  • The book of common prayer
    1549

    The book of common prayer

    Revision of the mass book, the common book of prayer replaced latin services ans led to rebellions in Cornwall and Devon.
  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Queen Mary I's reign, catholic restoration

  • Period: 1558 to

    Queen Elizabeth's reign

  • The 39 articles of faith
    1563

    The 39 articles of faith

    Compromise between protestant and catholic church. Elizabeth kept Catholic features and adopted new Protestant ones.
  • Treason Act
    1571

    Treason Act

    madi it treason for anyone to say that Elizabeth was not the true Queen.
  • Executiion of Mary Queen of Scots

    Executiion of Mary Queen of Scots

    After Francis Walsingham told Elizabeth that Mary Queen of Scots was ploting against her (The Babington plot), she decided to execute her, so she could not be replace by her cousin.
    Mary was executed wearing a red dress, colour of Catholic martyrs.
  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    Spain decided to invade England but under Elizabeth a new fleet was constructed and many Spanish ships were wrecked by storms.
    The people saw that as a divine sign which had an effect on how they were seeing Elizabeth.
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    James I reign

    Son of Mary Queen of Scots.
    He was a Calvinist but decided to continue Elizabeth I laws on religion.
  • The Gunpowder Plot

    The Gunpowder Plot

    James I had enemies because of how he treated the Catholics (following Elizabeth's example). Some Catholics then decided to blow the parliament up with the King in it.
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    The Thirty Years' war

    James I started this war to help his daughter and son-in-law but died at the beginning of it. His son, Charles I then had to take the lead of it. It had major consequences on the country's finances and also the relationship between Charles I and the Parliament.
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    Charles I's reign

    Charles, during his reign, went through: the Thirty Years' War, many parliaments (since he was only dissolving it), The Personal Rule, two Civil Wars, and finally was executed on the 30 Jan. 1649.
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    The First Civil War

    The tensions between Charles I and the parliament resulted in a war. Regarding the flaws and qualities of each, The parliamentarians won the war.
    The Parliamentarians, in 1644 created a new army: The New Model Army
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    The Second Civil War

    After Being kept prisoner and escaping in 1647, Charles II allied with the Scots but the royalists ended up defeated by Cromwell and Charles II was executed.
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    The interregnum

    England declared a commonwealth ruled by Cromwell.
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    The Cromwellian Protectorate

    Cromwell became Lord Protector and led the country in a dictarorship way.
  • King Charles II restore Monarchy

    King Charles II restore Monarchy

    After the death of Cromwell, the government changed seven times in less than a year. Charles promised to forgive all the people who killed his father and to work with the parliament so the people accept him back on the throne.
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    The Great Plague and The Great Fire of London

    The great plague started because of rats and flees and seven thousand people each week and ended with the Great Fire of London in 1666, which burnt most of the rats.
  • The Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution

    James II was a catholic so the people decided to invite his daughter, Mary, and her husband William of Orange to invade England and take the power.