british history timeline

  • Henry VIII
    1509

    Henry VIII

    .Henry VIII becomes king of England.
  • Ninety-Five Theses
    1517

    Ninety-Five Theses

    The famous text by Martin Luther that marks the start of the European Reformation.
  • The Tyndal Bible
    1526

    The Tyndal Bible

    William Tyndale translated the New Testament into English.
  • Petition of Henry VIII
    1529

    Petition of Henry VIII

    the Pope rejected Henry’s petition for a divorce with his wife Catherine D'Aragon.
  • Act in Restraint of Appeals
    1533

    Act in Restraint of Appeals

    Gave the King the legal power to annul marriages.
  • Ann Boelyn
    1533

    Ann Boelyn

    Henry VIII married Ann Boleyn.
  • Schism of Henry VIII
    1534

    Schism of Henry VIII

    Under his reign, the church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Act of Succession
    1534

    Act of Succession

    Made Anne Boleyn a legitimate Queen.
    The Pope declared that Anne was not the King's wife and Henry was excommunicated.
  • Period: 1536 to 1541

    Monasteries

    -They were disbanded (dissous) and the Crown appropriated their income and land (and at the time Church owned 25% of the land!)
    -So the dissolution of the monasteries was in effect a kind of nationalisation.
    -The valuables were confiscated and melted down.
  • Period: 1536 to 1537

    Pilgrimage of Grace

    Rebellions in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
  • Council of Trent (1545-63)
    1545

    Council of Trent (1545-63)

    Held in the Italian city of
    Trent, the symbol of Counter Reformation.
  • Death of Henry VIII
    1547

    Death of Henry VIII

  • Edward VI
    1547

    Edward VI

    Becomes the Young king of England.
  • Book of Common Prayers
    1549

    Book of Common Prayers

    The publication of the Book of Common Prayers by Edward VI: Roman Catholic practices (including statues and stained glass) were eradicated.
  • Death of Edward VI
    1553

    Death of Edward VI

    He died from tuberculosis.
  • Mary I (Tudor)
    1553

    Mary I (Tudor)

    Mary I (Tudor) becomes queen of England.
  • Period: 1553 to

    Poor Laws

    This system remained in place until the 19th century
    and is one of the most famous legacy of the Queen’s Elizabeth I reign.
  • Period: 1555 to 1558

    Protestanism eradication

    Protestantism was confined to secrecy as heretics were burned between 1555 and 1558.
  • Death of Mary I
    1558

    Death of Mary I

    Her death in 1558 was greeted as she had turned the nation against her.
  • Speech to the troops at Tilbury
    1558

    Speech to the troops at Tilbury

    The queen made this speech in Tilbury, Essex, in order to rally
    the troops who were preparing to repel the invasion of the
    Spanish Armada.
  • The Defeat of the Spanish Armada
    1558

    The Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    Philip II, the Catholic King of Spain

    supported several plots against Elizabeth
    In retaliation, and to support the cause of

    Protestantism, Elizabeth supported the
    Dutch Revolt against Spain

    As a result, the King of Spain attempted to

    invade England
    A complete defeat, England was victorious
  • Elizabeth I
    Sep 17, 1558

    Elizabeth I

    Becomes the Queen of England.
  • The act of Supremacy by Elizabeth I
    1559

    The act of Supremacy by Elizabeth I

    -Remind the antipapal statutes of Henry VIII.
    -declare the queen supreme governor of the church.
  • The act of Uniformity
    1559

    The act of Uniformity

    -every parish had to use the Book of Common Prayer
    -people who did not attend an Anglican service were fined.
  • Period: 1559 to 1561

    Robert Dudley

    A love affair with Robert Dudley, 1rst earl of Leicester.
  • Period: 1559 to 1579

    Royales Progresses and Parades in London

    Travelling through the South
    of England, the Midlands.
  • The 39 articles of faith doctrine
    1563

    The 39 articles of faith doctrine

    3 important changes:
    -a new ecclesioly.
    -a new doctrine of salvation.
    -a new definiton of sacraments on and the mass.
    -still in use today.
  • The Northern Rebellion
    1569

    The Northern Rebellion

    -Rebellion against religious reforms.
    -6000 insurgents.
    -An attempt to replace Queen Elizabeth by Mary, Queen of Scots.
  • Compromise made by Elizabeth I
    1570

    Compromise made by Elizabeth I

    Two forces born: Puritans and Catholics.
  • Protestanism become global in England
    1570

    Protestanism become global in England

  • Pope excommunited Elizabeth
    1570

    Pope excommunited Elizabeth

    Many catholics plots against the Queen.
  • Papal Bull
    1570

    Papal Bull

    Pope Pius V issued the papal bull “Regnans in
    Excelsis”
  • Treason Acts
    1571

    Treason Acts

    For anyone to say that Elizabeth I was not the true Queen of England and Wales.
  • 1581 act of Elizabeth I
    1581

    1581 act of Elizabeth I

    “Act to retain the
    Queen’s Majesty’s Subjects in
    their due Obedience"
    Sentence to death if any people have links with Catholism.
  • Babington Plot

    Babington Plot

    Young catholics had sworn to kill Elizabeth I to help Mary (Stuart), Queen of Scots .
  • Mary Queen of Scots

    Mary Queen of Scots

    Execution of Mary Queen of Scots.
  • Death of Elizabteh I

    Death of Elizabteh I

    She had secured the position of
    England in the world and had imposed Protestantism.
  • Millineary Petition

    Millineary Petition

    a list of requests given to James I by Puritans in 1603 when he was travelling to London in order to claim the English throne. It is claimed, but not proven, that this petition had 1,000 signatures of Puritan ministers
  • James VI

    James VI

    James VI of Scotland: became James I
    of England and he is the son of Elizabeth I cousin's son.
  • Gunpowder Plot

    Gunpowder Plot

    The Gunpowder Plot was the conspiracy of a group of English Roman Catholics to blow up Parliament and King James I, his queen, and his eldest son on November 5, 1605.
  • Virginia State

    Virginia State

    Virginia became the 1st permanent English settlement in North America.
  • Great Contract

    Great Contract

    The King would receive a fixed sum, but some MPs feared that he would be dependant without them.
  • James Bible

    James Bible

    The King James Version, also the King James Bible and the Authorized Version, is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I.
  • Period: to

    Thristy years'war

    Military defeats,
    England at war with spain and france.
  • James asks money

    For the thirty years war.
  • Parliament

    Parliament

    Parliament agreed to finance the war on spain.
  • Charles I King

    Charles I King

    Charles I became King.
  • Petition of rights

    Petition of rights

    Parliament forced the King to assent to the Petition of Right. This asked for a settlement of Parliament's complaints against the King's non-parliamentary taxation and imprisonments without trial, plus the unlawfulness of martial law and forced billets.
  • Three resolution

    Three resolution

    condemning the collection of tonnage and poundage as well as the doctrine and practice of Arminianism, were introduced. Parliament broke up in pandemonium, with both king and members shocked by the “carriage of diverse fiery spirits.”
  • Period: to

    Personal Rule

    11 years when the king ruled without calling a parliament.
  • New prayer book

    New prayer book

    New position of the atlar, kneeling ect.
  • Period: to

    The scottish crisis

    The end of personal rule and the outbreak of the civil war were caused by crisis not just in england but in sdcotland and ireland.
  • The long parliament

    The long parliament

    This called for the removal of the bishops from the Church of England and for the Church's reform along Scottish-style Presbyterian lines. Throughout 1640-1 the Long Parliament dismantled bit by bit the structure of Personal Rule. The King had to assent grudgingly to whittling away his own prerogative rights.
  • The Irish rebellion

    The Irish rebellion

    The Irish Rebellion of 1641 came about because of the resentment felt by the Catholic Irish, both Gael and Old English, in regards to the loss of their lands to Protestant settlers from England and Scotland
  • Milian Act

    Milian Act

    the army should be placed under the control of a general appointed by Parliament taking away the king's ability to appoint whoever he wanted.
  • The Grand Remonstrance

    The Grand Remonstrance

    an important document voted by parliament after heated debates. It summarized all the wrong doing of charles I and concluded on "revolutionary" demands.
  • Charles I and the MPS

    Charles I and the MPS

    Charles I marched into the house of commons with troops and attempted to arrest the 5 mps (January 1642)
  • War on Parliament

    War on Parliament

    Charles formally declared war on Parliament.
  • Battle of Naseby

    Battle of Naseby

    The battle of Naseby was fought on the foggy morning of 14th June 1645 and is considered one of the most important battles in the English Civil War.
  • Second civil war

    Second civil war

    It is a series of military and political conflicts between the forces of the parliamentarians and those of the royalists
  • Pride's Purge

    Pride's Purge

    soldiers prevented members of Parliament considered hostile to the New Model Army from entering the House of Commons of England.
  • Monarchy and House

    Monarchy and House

    Monarchy and house of Lords abolished, England was declared a commonwealth (a republic).
  • Period: to

    The Interegnum

    England is governed by its own people without a king but it was a failure to reach stability and creation of a military protectorate.
  • Charles I death

    Charles I death

    Charles I was excuted.
  • Blasphemy act

    Blasphemy act

    The quaker James Naylar who imitated Christ's entry into jerusalem was harsly punished.
  • end of the crommonwealth and start of the protectorate

    end of the crommonwealth and start of the protectorate

  • Death of Cromwell

    Death of Cromwell

  • The declaration of breda issued

    The declaration of breda issued

    Promised a general amnesty, to continue religious toleration, to share power with parliament.
  • The restoration

    The restoration

    The king charles II comeback as a king.
  • The act of uniformity

    The act of uniformity

    all ministers had to swear to conform to the book of common prayer. And the restoration of bishops to the house of Lords and to their place in the church.
  • outbreak of Plague

    outbreak of Plague

  • Great fire of London

    Great fire of London

  • The popish plot

    The popish plot

    Popish Plot, a totally fictitious but widely believed plot in which it was alleged that Jesuits were planning the assassination of King Charles II in order to bring his Roman Catholic brother, the Duke of York (afterward King James II), to the throne.
  • Period: to

    The exclusion crisis

    Parliament attempted to debar James II from the sucession to the English throne.
  • The glorious revolution

    The glorious revolution

    Parliament invited the king's son in law (william of orange) to invade england and seize the crown.
  • Toleration act

    Toleration act

    established religious pluralism, and freedom of worship for all protestants.
  • The bill of rights

    The bill of rights

    Set out the rights of Parliament; set out basic civils right, a key political text.
  • The act of settlement

    The act of settlement

    Ensured a Protestant succession, ignoring dozens of Catholics heirs.
  • Death of William

    Death of William

    And then succeded by Anne and then by Goerge I, in 1714
  • Act of Union between England and Scotland

    Act of Union between England and Scotland

    Creation of the united kingdom of great britain: England (and wales) and Scotland.
  • Act of Union

    Act of Union

    Unites the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.