The Tudors Chloé Lohou

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  • 1485

    Henry VII

    Henry VII
    Henry VII defeated the Yorkist Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field which ended the War of Roses. He then became King and established the Tudors dynasty.
  • 1509

    Henry VIII's reign

    Henry VIII's reign
    Henry VII died and his son, Henry VIII became King. He married Catherine of Aragon, the daughter of a powerful Spanish Catholic King.
  • 1516

    Birth of Mary I

    Birth of Mary I
    Catherine of Aragon gave birth to a girl. She was not able to give Henry VIII a male heir.
  • 1527

    Demand for divorce

    Demand for divorce
    With the help of Cardinal Wolsey, the King demanded for divorce to Pope Clement VII. The demand was rejected and Henry replaced Cardinal Wolsey by Sir Thomas More.
  • 1532

    Thomas Cranmer

    Thomas Cranmer
    Thomas Cranmer was nominated as Archbishop of Canterbury with the help of Ann Boleyn
  • 1533

    Act in Restraint of Appeals

    This Act gave the King the legal power to annul marriages. The same year, Thomas Cranmer married Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. They had a daughter: Elizabeth I. The same year, the King was excommunicated by the Pope.
  • 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    The King was made "Supreme Head of the Church of England."
  • 1536

    Pilgrimage of Grace

    Pilgrimage of Grace
    Henry VIII decided to disband the monasteries. The people that were against it decided to do the Pilgrimage of Grace (1536-1537). In 1538, every monastery in England had disappeared.
  • 1536

    Jane Seymore

    Jane Seymore
    Henry VII executed Anne Boleyn and married Jane Seymore. They had a son: Edward VI in 1537.
  • 1540

    Anne of Cleves

    Anne of Cleves
    Henry VIII and Jane Seymore divorced and the King married Anne of Cleves.
  • 1540

    Catherine Howard

    Catherine Howard
    Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves divorced and the King married Catherine Howard. He then executed her in 1541.
  • 1543

    Catherine Parr

    Catherine Parr
    Henry VIII got married to his sixth wife, Catherine Parr.
  • 1547

    Edward VI

    Edward VI
    Henry VIII died in 1547. His son Edward VI became Lord Protector at only nine years old. He was Protestant and tried to make the Church of England more Protestant.
  • 1549

    Book of Common Prayer

    Book of Common Prayer
    Edward VI published the Book of Common Prayer which replaced every Latin mass book in every church.
  • 1553

    Edward VI's death

    Edward VI died at the age of 15.
  • 1553

    Mary I

    Mary I
    Mary I became the first Queen regnant ever at 37 years old. Her aim was to restore Catholicism and make an alliance with the Habsburgs empire.
  • Period: 1554 to 1558

    The Catholic Restoration under Mary I

    She married Phillip II in 1554 which created an alliance with Spain. Over 200 Protestants went to stake during her reign. Protestants were forced to leave England, and became the Marian exiles. Mary I became Bloody Mary. She died of illness in 1558.
  • 1558

    The Elizabethan Settlement

    The Elizabethan Settlement
    Elizabeth I became Queen in 1558 at 25 years old. She was an unmarried woman that needed to prove wrong gender prejudice because she was the daughter of Ann Boleyn. She was Protestant. She found a compromise to satisfy the greatest number. With progressive acts, she installed a new form of faith and church structure.
  • 1559

    Act of Supremacy

    The Act of Supremacy reaffirmed the authority of the Queen over the Church. Elizabeth I became "Supreme Governor of the Church of England." The new Church of England became Anglicanism, with some Catholic features and Protestant ideas.
  • 1559

    Act of Uniformity

    Because of this Act, every parish had to use the Book of Common prayer.
  • 1568

    Civil War in Scotland

    Because of the Civil War in Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots had to escape England. She was imprisoned for 19 years.
  • 1569

    Northern Rebellion

    6000 insurgents wanted to replace Elizabeth I with Mary Queen of Scots who was Catholic, the next heir in line, and daughter of King of Scotland and Mary de Guise.
  • 1570

    Excommunication Elizabeth I

    Excommunication Elizabeth I
    Pope Pius V supported Mary Queen of Scots and excommunicated Elizabeth I in 1570
  • 1581

    Act 1581

    Act 1581
    This Act forbade Catholic mass. About 150-200 persons were killed during the repression.

  • Babington plot

    Babington plot
    A lot of plots had been made against Elizabeth I. In 1586, Anthony Babington and a group of Catholics tried to kill Elizabeth I, but it failed.

  • Death Mary Queen of Scots

    Death Mary Queen of Scots
    Mary Queen of Scots was executed.

  • Armada

    Armada
    England defeated the Spanish Armada.

  • East India Company was chartened

  • Death Elizabeth I

    Her death marks the end of the Tudors and the beginning of the Stuart reign.