Tudor Timeline

1485
Battle of Bosworth
Henry VII becomes king

1509
Henry VII dies
Accession of Henry VIII

1532
Reformation of the Church begins

1533
Henry divorces Catherine Of Aragon
Henry marries Anne Boleyn
Elizabeth I born

1536
Dissolution of the Monasteries begins
Catherine Of Aragon dies
Execution of Anne Boleyn
Henry marries Jane Seymour
First Act of Union (England & Wales)

1537
Edward VI born
Jane Seymour dies

1540
Henry marries Anne Of Cleves
Henry divorces Anne Of Cleves
Henry marries Catherine Howard

1542
Catherine Howard executed

1543
Second Act of Union (England & Wales)
Henry marries Katherine Parr

1547
Henry dies
Accession of Edward VI

1553
Edward VI dies
Lady Jane Grey proclaimed queen
Mary I proclaimed Queen

1554
Mary I marries Prince Philip of Spain

1555
Burning of Protestants begins

1558
Mary I dies
Accession of Elizabeth I

1559
Elizabethan Religious Settlement

1564
William Shakespeare born

1569
Northern Rebellion

1580
Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe

1587
Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

1588
Defeat of the Spanish Armada

1601
Essex Rebellion

1603
Queen Elizabeth I dies

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