History

  • The Ninety-Five Theses by Martin Luther
    Oct 31, 1517

    The Ninety-Five Theses by Martin Luther

  • The Tyndale Bible
    1526

    The Tyndale Bible

    The New Testament translated into English by William Tyndale.
  • The Act of Supremacy
    1534

    The Act of Supremacy

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

    The dissolution of the monasteries

    Henry decided that the monasteries were bastions of “popery”. They were disbanded and the Crown appropriated their income and land.
  • The Pilgrimage of Grace
    1537

    The Pilgrimage of Grace

    The dissolution process was interrupted by rebellions in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. These were the greatest rebellions ever faced by a Tudor monarch and they lasted six months.
  • Mary I becomes the first Queen of England
    1553

    Mary I becomes the first Queen of England

  • Elizabeth becomes the Queen of England
    1558

    Elizabeth becomes the Queen of England

  • 1559

    The Act of Supremacy

    Church organisation abolished the authority of the Pope, restored the authority of the Queen over the Church. She became “ Supreme Governor of the Church of England ”.
  • 1559

    The Act of Uniformity

    Religious belief that every parish had to use the Book of Common Prayer and people who did not attend an Anglican service were fined.
  • Feb 1, 1559

    The Act of Supremacy

    The king was made “Supreme Head of the Church of England”
  • Mar 1, 1559

    The Act of Uniformity

  • Period: 1563 to 1571

    The 39 Articles of Faith

    It stated the doctrine of the Church and three important changes: a new ecclesiology, a new doctrine of Salvation, a new definition of sacraments and of the mass still in use today.
  • Feb 25, 1570

    Papal Bull "Regnans in Excelsis"

  • 1571

    The Treason Act

  • The Babington Plot

    Young Catholics had sworn to kill Elizabeth and put Mary Stuart on the throne but their strategies were discovered by Francis Walsingham, when he managed to decipher a coded letter between Marie Stuart and this group.
  • The execution of Mary Queen of Scots

    The execution of Mary Queen of Scots

    She was the daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise and she was she imprisoned because she was a threat to Elizabeth.
  • The defeat of the Spanish Armada

    The defeat of the Spanish Armada

  • The Poor Laws

  • The Gunpowder Plot

    The Gunpowder Plot

  • English settlement in North America

  • The Great Contract

  • The Grand Remonstrance

  • Period: to

    Civil War

  • England declared as a Commonwealth

  • King Charles I execution

  • The Popish Plot

  • The Bill of Rights

  • Act of Settlement

  • Act of Union

  • Second Act of Union