Britain 1534-1801 By Takitaka Period: 1509 to 1547 Henry VIII's reign 1534 Act of Supremacy by Henry VIII 1536 Destruction of monasteries Period: 1536 to 1537 Pilgrimage of Grace Period: 1547 to 1553 Edward VI's reign 1549 Book of Common Prayer 1553 Edward VI dies from tuberculosis and Mary I becomes the first queen of England Period: 1553 to 1558 Mary I's reign Period: 1558 to 1603 Elizabeth I's reign 1559 Act of Supremacy by Elizabeth I 1559 Act of Uniformity by Elizabeth I Period: 1563 to 1571 Doctrine of the church/new ecclesiology/new doctrine of Salvation/new definition of sacrements and the mass 1569 The Northern Rebellion 1570 Elizabeth I started persecuting small secret communities of catholics Period: 1603 to 1625 James I's reign (in England) Nov 5, 1605 The Gunpowder Plot 1607 First permanent colony, Virginia Period: 1609 to 1610 Starving time 1610 The Great Contract 1611 New translation of the Bible: King James' Bible Period: 1618 to 1648 The Thirty year's war 1628 Petition of Rights 1629 The Three Resolutions Period: 1629 to 1640 The Personal Rule Period: 1637 to 1640 The Scottish Crisis 1641 The Grand Remonstrance 1641 Militia Act 1641 The Irish Rebellion Period: 1642 to 1649 English Civil War Aug 22, 1642 Charles declared war to the Parliament 1644 The New Model Army 1646 The King and the Royalists are surrounded 1647 The New Model Army seized the King 1648 Pride's Purge Period: 1648 to 1648 Second Civil War 1649 Monarchy and The House of the Lords was abolished and England was declared a Commonwealth Jan 30, 1649 Charles I was executed 1650 Cromwell defeated the Scots Army 1652 The Instrument of Government Apr 20, 1653 Cromwell dissolved the Rump Period: 1654 to 1658 The Cromwellian Protectorate 1658 Cromwell's death 1660 Declaration of Breta May 29, 1660 The Restoration 1665 Outbreak of Plague 1666 Great Fire of London 1678 The Popish Plot Period: 1679 to 1681 The Execution Crisis 1685 Charles II died and was succeeded by James II Oct 16, 1689 The Bills of Rights 1701 The Act of Settlement 1702 William of Orange died and was succeeded by Anne the last Stuart 1707 Act of Union between England and Scotland
