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Reign of Henry VIIIReign of Edward VIReign of Mary I
Henry VII held a tournament at the Tower of London....(more)

Oct 2 After several months of travelling Catherine of Aragon finally arrived at...(more)

Nov 14 After several days of celebration and reception Prince Arthur and Catherine of...(more)

Jan Prince Arthur took up his position as governer of the Welsh Marches and moved...(more)

Apr Prince Arthur fell ill at Ludlow with consumption, an illness that he seems to...(more)

Oct The title of Duke of Cornwall is given to the eldest son of the reigning...(more)

Henry VII ordered the construction of a new Lady chapel at the east end of...(more)

William Wareham is elected to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury by Julius...(more)

Feb Elizabeth, Henry VII's wife died in childbirth....(more)

Jun Henry VII and his eldest daughter started their journey to Scotland where the...(more)

Jun 23 Catherine of Aragon was now a widow and on the 23/24 of June the marriage was...(more)

Aug 8 The marriage of the 30 year old Scottish king to the 14 year old daughter of...(more)

Nov Isabella of Castile died....(more)

Pope Julius II gave permission for the marriage between Catherine of Aragon and...(more)

Tournaments were held at Carew Castle to celebrate the appointment of the...(more)

Thomas Wolsey was given the position of royal chaplain to Henry VII....(more)

Sep 19 This earthquake was felt throughout Scotland and England....(more)

Thomas Wolsey was given the position of royal almoner to Henry VIII....(more)

Apr 21 Henry fell in and within just over a day he died of the illness. His body was...(more)

Jun 11 Henry VIII married Catherine at Greenwich....(more)

Jun 24 Henry was crowned at Westminster Abbey....(more)

Jan 1 Catherine gave birth to a boy on the first of January but the child did not...(more)

Westminster Palace was damaged by a fire in the year. The Palace had been used...(more)

A fire at the Tower of London damages St. Peter's chapel within the castle...(more)

Pope Julius II declared Louis XII was no longer the rightful King of France....(more)

Thomas Wolsey organised Henry's invasion into France ensuring the army was...(more)

Jun Henry prepared an invasion fleet and set sail for Calais....(more)

Aug 16 The French cavalry arrived to assist the town of Therouanne which was under...(more)

Sep After the victory at Therouanne, Henry turned to Tournai. The town fell to the...(more)

Sep 9 James IV of Scotland's invasion of England came to an end at the Battle of...(more)

Feb 6 Thomas Wolsey was rewarded with the Bishopric of Lincoln....(more)

Aug Wolsey negotiated a peace treaty between England and France whereby Louis XII...(more)

Aug A peace treaty was negotiated by Thomas Wolsey with France. One of the terms...(more)

Sep Thomas Wolsey is promoted to the position of Archbishop of York....(more)

Jan 1 Louis XII died at the age of 52 leaving Mary a widow. His nephew, Francis,...(more)

Feb Princess Mary ran away with Charles Brandon after the death of Louis XII. They...(more)

May 13 Princess Mary, the younger sister of Henry VIII, married Charles Brandon, the...(more)

Sep 22 Anne of Cleves was born in Duesseldorf, Germany....(more)

The book entitled 'Utopia' was written by Sir Thomas More and published in this...(more)

Feb 18 All of Catherine of Aragon's children died in infancy until Princess Mary was...(more)

Pope Leo X made proposals for a new crusade and sent word to the leading...(more)

Londoners were affected by a wide-spread illness forcing Henry VIII and his...(more)

Oct A treaty was signed in London between the major European countries, England,...(more)

Jun 7 Meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I of France somewhere between Guines and...(more)

Nov This treaty was conducted in secrecy at Bruges between Charles V and Thomas...(more)

Anne Boleyn came to the attention of Henry VIII. Anne was a lady-in-waiting for...(more)

May To end the marriage between Henry and Catherine Wolsey set up a secret tribunal...(more)

Jun 22 Henry VIII told Catherine of Aragon that their marriage was invalid because she...(more)

Nov 29 Thomas Wolsey died at Leicester....(more)

Jan 25 Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn at Whitehall Palace on or around the 25th of...(more)

Spring A statute passed by Parliament called the 'Act of Succession' declared that...(more)

Jun 1 Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop...(more)

Sep 7 Anne gave birth to Elizabeth a healthy girl. Henry had hoped they would have a...(more)

Jan Catherine of Aragon died. It was believed that she had been poisoned but it is...(more)

May 19 Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, was executed for treason and...(more)

May 30 Henry married his third wife Jane Seymour the former lady-in-waiting to both...(more)

Oct 2 The short rebellion that took place for a couple of weeks in October was the...(more)

Oct 21 Following the earlier Lincoln rebellion, a larger rebellion began further north...(more)

Oct 27 The Duke of Norfolk met with leaders of the rebels on Doncaster Bridge where...(more)

Dec At Pontefract the rebel leaders presented a list of demands. The rebels were...(more)

Qtr 1 Although the main leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace were remaining peaceful...(more)

Summer Henry VIII summonsed the leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace to him in London...(more)

Oct 12 Jane Seymour gave birth to Edward at Hampton Court. The birth had complications...(more)

Oct 24 Jane Seymour died after complications with the birth of Edward VI. She was...(more)

Jan 6 Although Henry was disappointed that Anne did not resemble her portrait the...(more)

Jul 9 The marriage of Henry VIII to Anne of Cleves was annulled just a few months...(more)

Jul 28 Just weeks after the marriage to Anne of Cleves was annulled Henry married...(more)

Feb 13 Found guilty of adultery and therefore treason, Catherine Howard was sentenced...(more)

Nov 24 A terrible defeat for the Scottish when they were overrun by a much smaller...(more)

Dec 8 Mary was born at Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian, Scotland. She was the...(more)

Dec 14 The defeat of the Scottish army at Solway Moss a few weeks earlier is supposed...(more)

Jul A treaty was signed by the Scots and Henry VIII swearing peace between the two...(more)

Jul 12 Henry married Catherine Parr, his sixth and final wife....(more)

Henry VIII built the castle at the entrance to Portsmouth harbour to protect...(more)

Jan 28 Henry died at Whitehall Palace at the age of 55. He was buried in St. George's...(more)

Feb 20 The coronation of Henry VIII's son Edward took place at Westminster Abbey....(more)

Jun Edward signed a change to his earlier will or 'devise' and nominated Lady Jane...(more)

Jul At Kenninghall Manor in Norfolk Mary called for support against the Duke of...(more)

Jul 6 Edward VI died at Greenwich Palace as the age of 15....(more)

Jul 10 The Duke of Northumberland proclaimed that his daughter-in-law Lady Jane Grey...(more)

Jul 17 The Duke of Northumberland and a army of some 3,000 men travelled to Cambridge...(more)

Aug 3 Mary Tudor arrived at London to a huge welcome. Entering through Aldgate she...(more)

Oct 1 The coronation of Mary Tudor took place at Westminster Abbey. Mary became the...(more)

Qtr 1 Several groups around the country were unhappy with the proposal of marriage...(more)

Jul 25 The marriage of Queen Mary and Philip of Spain took place. The marriage was...(more)

Jul 16 Since the divorce from Henry VIII Anne had been given a good annual income and...(more)

Nov 17 Queen Mary died at the age of forty two. She was buried at Westminster Abbey....(more)

Apr 25 Oliver Cromwell was born on the 24/25 of April 1599. His father was Robert...(more)

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