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1509
Henry VIII
.Henry VIII becomes king of England. -
1517
Ninety-Five Theses
The famous text by Martin Luther that marks the start of the European Reformation. -
1526
The Tyndal Bible
William Tyndale translated the New Testament into English. -
1529
Petition of Henry VIII
the Pope rejected Henry’s petition for a divorce with his wife Catherine D'Aragon. -
1533
Act in Restraint of Appeals
Gave the King the legal power to annul marriages. -
1533
Ann Boelyn
Henry VIII married Ann Boleyn. -
1534
Schism of Henry VIII
Under his reign, the church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church. -
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. -
1545
Council of Trent (1545-63)
Held in the Italian city of
Trent, the symbol of Counter Reformation. -
1547
Death of Henry VIII
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1547
Edward VI
Becomes the Young king of England. -
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. -
1553
Death of Edward VI
He died from tuberculosis. -
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. -
1558
Death of Mary I
Her death in 1558 was greeted as she had turned the nation against her. -
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. -
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 -
Sep 17, 1558
Elizabeth I
Becomes the Queen of England. -
1559
The act of Supremacy by Elizabeth I
-Remind the antipapal statutes of Henry VIII.
-declare the queen supreme governor of the church. -
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. -
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. -
1569
The Northern Rebellion
-Rebellion against religious reforms.
-6000 insurgents.
-An attempt to replace Queen Elizabeth by Mary, Queen of Scots. -
1570
Compromise made by Elizabeth I
Two forces born: Puritans and Catholics. -
1570
Protestanism become global in England
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1570
Pope excommunited Elizabeth
Many catholics plots against the Queen. -
1570
Papal Bull
Pope Pius V issued the papal bull “Regnans in
Excelsis” -
1571
Treason Acts
For anyone to say that Elizabeth I was not the true Queen of England and Wales. -
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
Young catholics had sworn to kill Elizabeth I to help Mary (Stuart), Queen of Scots . -
Mary Queen of Scots
Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. -
Death of Elizabteh I
She had secured the position of
England in the world and had imposed Protestantism. -
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 of Scotland: became James I
of England and he is the son of Elizabeth I cousin's son. -
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 became the 1st permanent English settlement in North America. -
Great Contract
The King would receive a fixed sum, but some MPs feared that he would be dependant without them. -
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 agreed to finance the war on spain. -
Charles I King
Charles I became King. -
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
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 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
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 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
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
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 marched into the house of commons with troops and attempted to arrest the 5 mps (January 1642) -
War on Parliament
Charles formally declared war on Parliament. -
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
It is a series of military and political conflicts between the forces of the parliamentarians and those of the royalists -
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 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 was excuted. -
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
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Death of Cromwell
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The declaration of breda issued
Promised a general amnesty, to continue religious toleration, to share power with parliament. -
The restoration
The king charles II comeback as a king. -
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
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Great fire of London
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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
Parliament invited the king's son in law (william of orange) to invade england and seize the crown. -
Toleration act
established religious pluralism, and freedom of worship for all protestants. -
The bill of rights
Set out the rights of Parliament; set out basic civils right, a key political text. -
The act of settlement
Ensured a Protestant succession, ignoring dozens of Catholics heirs. -
Death of William
And then succeded by Anne and then by Goerge I, in 1714 -
Act of Union between England and Scotland
Creation of the united kingdom of great britain: England (and wales) and Scotland. -
Act of Union
Unites the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.