Timeline (Tudors)

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1485

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• Battle of Bosworth brought an end to the War of the Roses. Henry VII became King by conquest. (August)
• Coronation of Henry VII was dated the day before the Battle of Bosworth to ensure any Yorkist could be seen as traitor. (October)

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1486

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• Henry VII's marriage to Elizabeth of York bound the houses of York and Lancaster together. (January)
• Birth of Prince Arthur was a vital step in securing Henry VII's dynasty. (September)

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1487

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• Battle of Stoke Field ended the Lambert Simnel uprising. (June)
• Coronation of Elizabeth of York (November)

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1489

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• Treaty of Medina del Campo between England and Spain agrees marriage between Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon. (March)
• Birth of Princess Margaret (November)

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1491

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• Birth of Prince Henry the future Henry VIII. (June)

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1492

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• Treaty of Etaples signed by Henry VII and Charles VIII of France. (November)

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1496

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• Birth of Princess Mary (March)

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1497

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• Battle of Blackheath where Henry VII led 25,000 men to defeat the rebels of the First Cornish Rebellion. (July)

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1499

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• Birth of Prince Edmund the prince would die 15 months later of unknown causes. (February)
• Perkin Warbeck executed (November)

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1501

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• Marriage of Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon (November)

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1502

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• Death of Prince Arthur (April)
• Treaty of Perpetual Peace signed as part of the marriage negotiations of Princess Margaret, daughter of Henry VII, and James IV, King of Scotland.

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1503

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• Death of Elizabeth of York in childbirth with Princess Catherine. (February)
• Betrothal of Prince Henry to Catherine of Aragon (June)
• Marriage of Princess Margaret to James IV of Scotland (August)

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1509

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• Henry VII dies and Henry VIII takes the throne. (April)

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1511-12

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• First French War

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1514

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• Thomas Wolsey made Archbishop of York

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1515

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• Wolsey made a Cardinal (November) and appointed Lord Chancellor (December).

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1518

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• Wolsey appointed papal legate.

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1520

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• Meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold.

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1521

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• Henry VIII given title of Defender of the Faith by the Pope.

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1525

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• Amicable Grant

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1526

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• Eltham Ordinances

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1529

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• Wolsey falls from power.
• Meeting of the Reformation Parliament.

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1530

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• Thomas More becomes Lord Chancellor.

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1532

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• More reisgns as Lord Chancellor.
• Thomas Cromwell becomes the king's chief advisor.

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1533

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• Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Cantebury.

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1534

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• Act of Supremacy passed, severing England's ties with Rome and making Henry VIII head of the Church of England.

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1536

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• First Act for the dissolution of the monasteries passed in parliament.
• Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion breaks out in northern England.
• Act of Ten articles.

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1539

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• Second Act for the dissolution of the monasteries passed in parliament.
• Execution of Cromwell.

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1547

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• Death of Henry VIII.
• Succeeded by Edward VI.
• Government headed by Lord Protector Somerset.

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1549

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• Dissolution of the chantries.
• The Western rebellion (Prayer Book rebellion) and Ketts rebellion break out.
• Somerset replaced as head of government by Lord President Northumberland
• First Book of Common Prayer drawn up and published by Archbishop Cranmer.

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1552

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• Second Book of Common Prayer published.

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1553

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• Death of Edward VI.
• Succeeded by Mary I after the defeat of the Lady Jane Grey conspiracy.

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1554

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• Wyatt rebellion.
• Execution of Northumberland and Lady Jane Grey.

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1555

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• Mary restores the Pope as Head of the Church.

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1556

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• Execution of Archbishop Cranmer.
• Cardinal Reginald Pole appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.

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1558

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• Death of Mary.
• Succeeded by Elizabeth I.

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1559

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• Church settlement.

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1568

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• Mary, Queen of Scots arrives in England following civil war in Scotland (immediately detained).

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1569

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• Rebellion of the Northern Earls (Northern Rebellion).

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1570

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• Elizabeth excommunicated by the Pope.

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1571

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• Ridolfi Plot.

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1583

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• Throckmorton plot.

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1586

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• Babington plot.

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1587

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• Mary, Queen of Scots executed.

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1588

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• Spanish Armada.

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1601

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• Essex Rebellion.

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1603

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• Death of Elizabeth I.