Britain History

  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Henry VIII reign

  • 1517

    The Ninety-Five Theses by Martin Luther

    The Ninety-Five Theses by Martin Luther
    This text is the start of the European Reformation
  • Period: 1517 to

    The Protestant Reformation

    The development of personal interpretations of the Christian message and leading to the development of modern nation-states.
  • 1522

    Bible translate in German

  • 1526

    Tyndale Bible

    Tyndale Bible
    William Tyndale translated the New Testament into English
  • 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    The king was made “Supreme Head of the Church of England”
  • 1536

    The crown appropriated the income and land of monasteries

    All the smaller monasteries had disappeared and the greater ones followed two years later
  • 1537

    English Bible and not a Latin

    English Bible and not a Latin
    Permission was given for an English Bible and not a Latin one. They were soon made mandatory in every chruch
  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    Council of Trent

    Held in the Italian city of Trent = symbol of counter reformation
  • 1549

    Book of Common Prayer

    Book of Common Prayer
    the publication of the "Book of Common Prayer" during the protestantism
  • 1553

    Edward VI died

    Edward VI died
    The King Edward VI died at the age of 15
  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    The Catholic Restoration

    Mary I restorate the catholicism in 18 months
  • Period: 1555 to 1558

    Bloody Mary

    Bloody Mary was the name given to the queen Mary I because she killed over 200 protestant, they were burned
  • 1558

    Act of Supremacy

    The 2nd act of Supremacy, this one was under the reign of the Queen Elizabeth I
  • Period: 1558 to

    Elizabeth I reign

    she stabilized the church of England by giving it principles, satyed in power without getting married, that reinforced the dependence of England, her reignis associated with the idea of "Golden Age" for the country.
  • 1570

    The papal bull "Regnans in Excelsis"

    The papal bull "Regnans in Excelsis"
    Text wrote by the Pope Pius V
  • 1571

    Treason Act

    Treason Act
    Made it treason for anyone to say that Elizabeth was not the true Queen of England and Wales
  • The execution of Mary Queen of Scot

    The execution of Mary Queen of Scot
    Mary Queen of Scots was convicted for complicity after the plot against Elizabethand sentenced to death.
    She was executed in 1587 Fotheringham Castle, wearing a bright red dress, the colour of Catholic martyrs
  • The defeat of Spanish Armada

    The defeat of Spanish Armada
    Elizabeth won the war against Philip II, the Catholic King of Spain and his Armada
  • Period: to

    9 years War in Ireland

    The Nine Years War was one of the most traumatic and bloody conflicts in the history of Ireland.
  • Period: to

    James I reign

    He was King James I in england and James VI in scotland and he was the son of Mary queen of scots.
  • The gunpowder plot

    The gunpowder plot
    Catholics wanted to blow up the parliament and kill James I
  • Period: to

    The Starving Time

    Only 60 over the 500 colonists survived
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Etablishement of Jamestown in Virginia
  • Great Contract

    Financial reform made by King James but the Parliament was against it
  • The King James Bible

    A new English Translation of the Bible by King James I
  • Period: to

    Thirty years war

    The worst war in Europe
  • Period: to

    English civil war

    it was due tensions between King and Parliament under king James and King Charles I
  • King James death

    King James death
    King James died of natural cause
  • Three resolution

    Creat by the Parliament
  • Period: to

    The 11 years Tyranny

  • King Charles I death

    King Charles I death
    King Charles was Executed
  • During the Commonwealth

    Law creat to abolish the monarchy and The House if Lords. The House of Commons had supreme authority. The massacre of the Irish Royalist troops and civilians.
  • Scots army defeat

    Cromwell defeated the Scots Army
  • Period: to

    The Commonwealth

  • Period: to

    The Interrgnum

    time between two reign / King
  • Blasphemy Act

  • King Charles II escaped

    King Charles II escaped
    The King Charles II escaped after his uprising Royalist force (scots) was crushed by Cromwell.
  • Cromwell dissolved the Rump

  • Start of The protectorate

    End of the Commonwealth and the start of the Protectorate
  • Jamaica invasion

    English invaded Jamaica
  • Cromwell died

    Cromwell died
    The death of Cromwell led to a period of Anarchy
  • Declaration of Breda

    Declaration of Breda
    Charles II issued the Declaration of Breda, he promised to not kill the men who killed he's father (lied), religious toleration and to share the power with the Parliament.
  • Outbreak of Plague

    Outbreak of Plague
  • The Great Fire of London

    The Great Fire of London
  • The Popish Plot

  • Period: to

    Political crisis

  • Charles II died

  • Toleration Act

    Toleration Act
    established religious pluralism, and freedom of worship for all Protestants
  • The Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution
  • The Bill Rights

    The Bill Rights
    Lists King James’ misdeeds
    Fixed limitations on the sovereign’s powers
    The King could not raise tax without Parliament’s consent
    No Catholic was to inherit the throne
    Set out the rights of Parliament
    Regular parliaments
    Free elections
    Freedom of speech in Parliament
    Set out basic civil rights
    Ex: Freedom from cruel and excessive punishment, freedom to bear arms
    A key political text
  • Act of Settlement

    Act of Settlement
    Settled the order of succession and ensured a Protestant succession, ignoring dozens of Catholic heirs
    Successor: Hanoverian descendants of James I
    Key role in the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Act of Union

    Act of Union
    Act of Union between England and Scotland made under the reign of Queen Anne the last Stuart monarch. This union was the dream of King James II
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    War of Spanish succesion

  • Period: to

    Seven years' war

  • Period: to

    Independance of America

    American War of independence
  • First British Empire

    First British Empire
    The early British Empire, large with colonies in America and West Indies
  • End of the "First British Empire"

  • Period: to

    The Cromwellian Protectora