United Kingdom 1500-1599 By ekeffer Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Dec 31, 1599 United Kingdom 1500-1599 Apr 21, 1509 Accession Of Henry VIII Jan 1, 1512 War of France and Scotland Jan 1, 1528 War with Spain May 25, 1533 Ann Boleyn Married Henry VIII; Birth of Princess Elizabeth Nov 1, 1534 Act Of Supremacy; The King Becomes Supreme Head Of The English Church Jun 22, 1535 Execution Of Sir Thomas More and Bishop John Fisher Jan 1, 1536 Wales Joins England Under One Administration Jan 1, 1536 Dissolution of the Monasteries; Union of England and Wales Feb 11, 1543 War With France Jan 28, 1547 Henry The VIII Dies; Assecion of 10 year-old Edward VI Jan 1, 1549 First Book Of Common Prayer Oct 17, 1555 Persecution of Protesrants Begins Under Mary Tudor Feb 25, 1570 Papal Bull Excommunitcationg Queen Elizabeth I Jan 1, 1580 Sir Francis Drake Becomes the First Englishman to Circumnavigate the World Jan 1, 1587 War With Spain Aug 1, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada