Worldmap

The Renaissance in England

By raffaella.tonazzi
  • HenryVII marries Elisabeth of York
    Mar 11, 1485

    HenryVII marries Elisabeth of York

    and the War of the Roses comes to an end
  • Period: Mar 12, 1485 to

    The Renaissance

  • Henry VIII becomes King
    Mar 11, 1509

    Henry VIII becomes King

    and marries Catherine of Aragon
  • Sir Thomas More
    Mar 11, 1516

    Sir Thomas More

    publishes Utopia
  • Martin Luther
    Mar 11, 1517

    Martin Luther

    nails his Ninenty-five Theses and so The Reformation begins
  • Mar 11, 1533

    Henry VIII's divorce

    from Catherine of Aragon
  • Mar 11, 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    Henry VIII becomes Head of the Church of England
  • Copernicus
    Mar 11, 1543

    Copernicus

    publishes On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres
  • Act of Uniformity
    Mar 11, 1549

    Act of Uniformity

    enforces the use of the Book of Common Prayer
  • Elisabeth I
    Mar 11, 1558

    Elisabeth I

    daughter of HenryVIII and Anne Boleyn becomes Queen
  • Queen Mary of Scotland
    Mar 11, 1568

    Queen Mary of Scotland

    flees England, but leaves her baby boy James behind
  • Sir Walter Raleigh

    Sir Walter Raleigh

    is given permission by Queen Elisabeth to establish the first colony in today's Virginia
  • The Invincible Armada

    The Invincible Armada

    is defeated
  • King James VI of Scotland

    King James VI of Scotland

    becomes King of England and so the two Houses become united