Tudors

Henry VII

Period: 1485 to 1509

Battle of Bosworth

Aug 22, 1485

Henry marries Elizabeth of York

1486

Lord Lovell and Stafford Uprising

1486

Star Chamber created

1487

Simnel impersonates Earl of Warwick

1487

Pretender to the thrown

Brittany Crisis

Period: 1487 to 1492

Yorkshire Rebellion

1489

caused by the funds required over Brittany crisis. Killed the Earl of Northumberland but easily suppressed.

Treaty of Redon

1489

Henry promises to send troops to Brittany to fight French invasion. But Anne marries Charles I and abandons England's forces.

Treaty of Medina del Campo

1489

Marriage alliance with Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon

Perkin Warbeck is a threat!

Period: 1491 to 1499

Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas

1492

Treaty of Etaples

1492

England will receive a pension and France wont support pretenders to the thrown.

Intercersus Magnus

1496

trade embargo lifted from Burgundy.

Cornish Rebellion

1497

Got all the way to Blackheath! Large numbers.

Catherine of Aragon and Arthur marry

1501

Prince Arthur dies

1502

Empson and Dudley take over the Council Learned

1503

From Bray.

Prince Arthur knighted

1504

To increase royal finances.

Treaty of Windsor

1506

England received the Earl of Sussex (last pretender to the thrown)

Intercersus Malus

1506

Attempt to push better trade, but never put into place.

Henry marries Catherine of Aragon

1509

Widow of brother, Arthur.

Henry VIII

Period: 1509 to 1547

Treaty of Etaples renewed

1510

Henry VIII reluctant bust councillors insist

Attack on France

1512

10,000 troops but unsuccessful.

Attack on France

1513

Captures 2 key towns in France. Henry is pleased

Battle of Flodden

1513

James IV of Scotland killed by English troops and leaves infantile James V on the thrown. Huge expense of England.

Wolsey becomes Lord Chancellor

1515

Beginning of the pre-eminence of Wolsey.

Mary Tudor born

1516

Daughter of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII

Treaty of Cambrai

1517

France and Holy Roman Empire sign a peace treaty, isolating England.

Treaty of London

1518

Key policy of Wolsey. A huge success!

Charles V now rules HRE and Spain

1519

Field of Cloth and Gold

1520

With France. Strong diplomatic event.

Treaty of Bruges

1521

England and Charles V against France

Attack on France

1522

Amicable Grant

1525

Huge failure of Wolsey to raise money through Subsidy.

Henry Fitzroy made Duke of RIchmond.

1525

Henry gives his bastard a title as desperate for make heir.

Eltham Ordinances

1525

failed reform of the English court of Henry VIII by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

Battle of Pavia

1525

Charles V and England (but not really) wins France

Henry Meets Anne Boelyn

1526

Treaty of Amiens

1527

Anti Imperial alliance with France,

Battle of Landriano

1529

Charles V wins against France

Renewed Treaty of Cambrai

1529

France and Charles V peace

Divorce issues ground to a halt

1529

Wolsey had failed.

Clergy collectively accused of Praemunire

1530

and fined.

Wolsey arrested

Nov 4, 1530

Wolsey dies

Nov 29, 1530

On route to his execution.

Formal submission of the clergy

1532

Anne is pregnant

1532

Needs to rush divorce!

Elizabeth born

1533

Daughter of Anne Boelyn and Henry VIII

Henry VIII marries Anne Boelyn

Jan 25, 1533

Irish rebellion

1534

After Kildare released.

Act in restraint of Appeals

1534

Break with Rome

1534

Act of Supremacy

1534

Act of Succession

1534

Treason Act

1534

10 Articles Act

1536

Promoted some Protestant ideas and challenged Catholic beliefs

Anne Boelyn accused of treason

May 19, 1536

and executed.

Henry marries Jane Seymour

May 30, 1536

Lincolnshire Rebellion and the Pilgrimage of Grace

1537

Edward born

1537

Son of Jane Seymour and Henry VIII

Henry excommunicated

1538

6 Articles Act

1539

reverting some protestant practices back to more catholic practices.

Henry marries Catherine Howard

1540

Cromwell executed

Jun 28, 1540

Factionalism and poor marriage alliance with Anne of Cleves

Ireland separates from England

1541

Catherine Howard Executed

1542

Battle of Soloway Moss

1542

England invades Scotland as part of it's rough wooing policy.

Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr

1543

Treaty of Greenwich

1543

Marriage proposal for Edward and Mary Queen of Scots

Succession Act

1544

Henry captures Boulogne

1544

Battle of Ancrum Moore

1545

France gives Scotland troops to fight England

Somerset becomes protector

1547

Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford

Battle of Pinkie

1547

An English army led by Edward Seymour defeats a Scottish army

Chantries Act

1547

dissolved chantries to make money and banned all prayers to the dead.

Vagrancy Act

1547

Never put into effect but if out of work for 3 days, would be branded and sold into slavery for 2 years.

Edward VI

Period: 1547 to 1553

Kett's rebellion

1549

caused by social antagonism and hatred of local government

1st Book of Common Prayer

1549

By Archbishop Cranmer

Act of Uniformity

1549

Makes the new Book of Common Prayer compulsory in England.

Western Rebellion

1549

Caused by religious reforms like the Book of Common Prayer.

Fall of Somerset and rise of Northumberland

1549

Dudley, Earl of Warwick

2nd Act of Uniformity

1552

2nd Book of Common Prayer released

New Treason Act

1552

Devyse crowns Lady Jane Grey

1553

For 9 days then Mary I takes the throne.

42 Articles of Religion

1553

Pole appointed Papal Legate

1553

Mary I

Period: 1553 to 1558

Wyatt's Rebellion

1554

Mary I marries Philip of Spain

1554

Restoration of Heresy law

1555

Including burnings

Philip's Coronation prevented

1555

by Parliament.

Execution of Cranmer

1556

War against France

1557

Pope Paul IV revokes Pole's papal legateship

1557

Loss of Calais

1558

Sir William Cecil appointed secretary to Elizabeth /i

1558

Elizabeth I

Period: 1558 to 1603

4th set of royal injunctions issued

1559

Treaty of Cateau Cambresis

1559

Act of Supremacy II

1559

Act of Uniformity

1559

Northern Rebellion

1569

Elizabeth is excommunicated

1570

Ridolfi Plot

1571

Francis Drake sails around the world

1577

Babington Plot

1586

Sir Francis Walsingham discovers plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots. The leader of the plot was Anthony Babington

Mary Queen of Scots executed

1587

Spanish Armada

1588

132 ships is defeated by the English fleet of 34 ships and 163 armed merchant vessels under Lord Howard of Effingham, Sir Francis Drake, and Sir John Hawkins (war between Spain and England continues)

King Philip II sends a second armada against England

1597

a storm scatters his ships

Globe theatre built

1599

Elizabeth's Poor Law released

1601

Elizabethan Poor Law charges the parishes by providing for the needy