BRITISH HISTORY 1534-1801

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  • 1517

    The Ninety-five theses

    German monk, Martin Luther wrote the doctrine concerning indulgencest
  • 1526

    The Tyndale bible

    The new testament translated into english by William Tyndale
  • 1534

    Act of suppremacy

    King Henry VIII was made the supreme head of the church of England
  • 1534

    The Anglican schism

    King Henry VIII split from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534, when the pope refused to grant the King an annulment.
  • 1536

    The Pilgrimage of Grace

    The Pilgrimage of Grace was a rebellion that occurred in the North of England from October 1536 to January 1537. It was motivated primarily by outrage at the dissolution of the monasteries and the English Reformation, although there were other secular motives as well.
  • 1537

    English bible

    The English bibles were made mandatory in every church by king Henry VIII
  • 1547

    The reign of king Edward VI

    Son of king Henry VIII
  • 1549

    Book of Common Prayer

    Publication of the Book of Common Prayer.
  • 1553

    Mary I (Tudor)

    First Queen of England, daughter of King Henry VIII
  • 1555

    Bloody Mary

    A devoted Roman Catholic, she attempted to restore Catholicism, mainly through reasoned persuasion, but her regime's persecution of Protestant dissenters led to hundreds of executions for heresy
  • 1559

    Act of suppremacy

    Queen Elizabeth became the supreme goverener of the Church of England.
  • 1559

    Act of Uniformity

    The Act of Uniformity of 1559 set out the groundwork for the Elizabethan church. It restored the 1552 version of the English Prayer Book but kept many of the familiar old practices and allowed for two interpretations of communion, one Catholic and one Protestant.
  • 1563

    The 39 Articles of Faith

    The 39 Articles are a brief and condensed statement of what Anglican Christians believe and teach. These carefully summarized statements of biblical theology were compiled by the English Reformers.
  • 1569

    The Northern Rebellion

    an unsuccessful attempt by Catholic nobles from Northern England to depose Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
  • 1570

    Excommunication of Queen Elizabeth

    In February 1570, Pope Pius V declared that Elizabeth was a heretic and, as such, she was excommunicated by way of a Papal Bull.
  • 1571

    Treasons Act

    The Treasons Act 1571 (13 Eliz.1 c.1) was an Act of the Parliament of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It restored the provisions of the Treasons Act 1534, which had been passed by Parliament during the reign of her father, King Henry VIII, and then repealed by the Treason Act 1547 at the beginning of the reign of her half-brother, King Edward VI.

  • The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

    Mary Queen of Scots was executed by beheading at the age of 44 on the orders of her cousin, Elizabeth I of England. Mary had been in Elizabeth’s custody for 19 years, after she fled from Scotland to England in 1567, following her forced abdication of the Scottish throne. She was accused of plotting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth and sentenced to death.

  • The defeat of Spanish Armada

    the great fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England in conjunction with a Spanish army from Flanders. England’s attempts to repel this fleet involved the first naval battles to be fought entirely with heavy guns, and the failure of Spain’s enterprise saved England and the Netherlands from possible absorption into the Spanish empire.

  • Speech to the troops at Tilbury, Essex

    The Tilbury speech given by Queen Elizabeth I is considered one of the most inspiring speeches in English history. The speech appealed to soldiers to protect against a Spanish invasion while recognizing the right of Queen Elizabeth I to rule England.

  • The Gunpowder Plot

    A conspiracy devised by a small group of Catholics to blow up Parliament and kill James I.

  • Great Contract

    The centrepiece of the financial reforms was the “Great Contract"

  • The Thirty Years' war

  • Death of king James I

  • Petition of rights

  • Three Resolutions

  • The Eleven Years Tyranny

  • The Scottish Crisis

  • The Bishops War

  • Militia Act

  • The Grand Remonstrance

  • The English Civil War

  • The First Civil War

  • The New Model Army

  • Battle of Naseby

  • Agreement of the people

  • The Putney Debates

  • Charles I escaped from army custody and allied himself with the Scots

  • Pride's Surge

  • The second civil war

  • Monarchy and House of Lord abolished

  • The Commonwealth

  • The Interregnum

  • Regicide

  • Blasmephy Act

  • Cromwellian Protectorate

  • The Instrument of government

  • End of Commonwealth and start of the Protectorate

  • Cromwell death

  • Declaration of Breda

  • Outbreak of plague

  • The Restoration