Tudors key dates

Henry VII crowned after Battle of Bosworth

Henry's first Parliament

Henry marries Elizabeth of York

Lovell Rebellion

Birth of Prince Arthur

Imposture of Lambert Simnel

Defeat of the Earl of Lincoln at the Battle of Stoke Field

Exports of unfinished cloth by foreign merchants banned

Murder of Earl of Northumberland and Yorkshire rising

Treaty of Redon

Treaty of Medina del Campo

Beginning of Warbeck impostire

Birth of Prince Henry

War against France

Treaty of Etaples

Poynings appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland

Execution of Sir William Stanley

Introduction of Council Learned in Law under Bray

Creation of Privy Chamber

Intercursus Magnus signed

Cornish Rebellion

Truce of Ayton between England and Scotland

Surrender of Warbeck

Marriage of Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon

Death of Prince Arthur

Death of Sir Reginald Bray

Marriage of Princess Margaret to James IV of Scotland

Treaty of Windsor

Intercursus Malus treaty agreed

Death of Henry VII and succession of Henry VIII

Marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

Empson and Dudley arrested

Henry VIII's coronation

Henry VIII abolishes council learned in law

Empson and Dudley executed

Thomas Wolsey appointed to Council

War against France

Re- foundation of St Paul's school

Battle of Flodden

Capture of Tournai and Therouanne

Wolsey emerges as chief minister

Wolsey appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

Princess Mary marries Louis XI of France

Wolsey appointed Lord Chancellor

Princess Mary marries Duke of Somerset

Wolsey appointed cardinal

Wolsey begins building Hampton Court

Birth of Princess Mary

Thomas More's Utopia published

Torrigiano's funal effigies of Henry VII and ELizabeth of York completed

Treaty of London

Field of the Cloth of Gold

Execution of Earl of Buckingham

Treaty of Bruges

War against France

Called Parliament to fund war- increase taxation

Opposition to imposition of Amicable Grant- rebellion

Eltham Ordinances issued

League of Cognac

Legatine court enquiring into the validity of the King's marriage

Fall of Wolsey

Sir Thomas More appointed Lord Chancellor

Treaty of Cambrai

Resignation of More

Cromwell emerges as chief minister

Cromwell appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

Marriage to Anne Boleyn

Birth of Princess Elizabeth

Princess Mary illegitimate

Act in Restraint of Appeals

Act of Supremacy

Execution of Thomas More

Execution of Anne Boleyn

Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour

Elizabeth illegitimate

Beginning of dissolution of monasteries

First set of royal injunctions issued

Ten Articles issued

Pilgrimage of Grace

Birth of Prince Edward

Second set of royal injunctions issued

Six Articles Act

First edition of Great Bible published

Henry marries Anne of Cleves- quickly dissolved

Cromwell executed

Marriage of Henry and Catherine Howard

Execution of Catherine Howard

Battle of Solway Moss

Treaty of Greenwich

Mary and Elizabeth reinstated to succession

Invasion of France

Capture of Boulogne

Currency debasement begins

Battle of Ancrum Moor

Death of Henry VIII

Duke of Somerset appointed Protector of Edward VI

Third set of royal injunctions issued

Invasion of Scotland

Enclosure commission

Execution of Thomas Seymour

Fall of Somerset

Earl of Warwick takes over leadership of government

Act of Uniformity and issue of first Book of Common Prayer

Western Rebellion

Kett's Rebellion

Earl of Warwick becomes Lord President of Council- later Duke of Northumberland

Execution of Somerset

Act of Uniformity and issue of second Book of Common Prayer

Death of Edward VI

Temporary succession of Lady Jane Grey (nine days)

Mary I Queen

Execution of Northumberland

42 articles of religion

Pole appointed Papel Legate to England

Wyatt's rebellion

Lady Jane Grey executed

Marriage of Mary and Philip of Spain

Restorstion of Heresy Law

Burnings of hersey resume

Harvest failure

Execution of Cranmer

Harvest failure

Paul IV revokes Pole's papal legateship

War against France

Influenxa epidemic

Death of Mary and succession of Elizabeth I

Sir William Cecil appointed secretary

Loss of Calais

Influenza epidemic continues