1514 - ANSWER Richard Hunne is suspected to have been murdered by The
Church after he questioned its authority
1485 - ANSWER Richard III is defeated at the Battle of Bosworth by Henry VII
1486 - ANSWER Yorkist Stafford and Lovell failed rebellion due to poor organisation
- They didn't even have an heir in mind to replace Henry with
1486 - ANSWER First Navigation Act forbidding English Merchants from loading
their goods onto foreign ships (Ships with less than 50% English) if English ships
were available
1486 - ANSWER Henry VII persuades Parliament to pass the Act of Resumption,
granting him all the Crown Lands lost after 1455
1487 - ANSWER Lambert Simnel is crowned King of England in Ireland
1487 - ANSWER Lambert Simnel defeated at the Battle of Stoke Field by Henry VII
1489 - ANSWER Treaty of Redon stops France invading Brittany
1489 - ANSWER Treaty of Medina Del Campo allies Spain and England against
France and establishes the future marriage between Catherine and Arthur
1489 - ANSWER Yorkshire rebellion against tax rises
1491 - ANSWER Perkin Warbeck starts claiming to be the younger of the Princes in
the Tower
1492 - ANSWER Treaty of Etaples allows France to annex Brittany, but they have to
pay England a pension and relinquish their pretender support
1492 - ANSWER England places fixed tariffs on Italian goods so Italy refuses to
send them
1493 - ANSWER Trade embargo with the Netherlands (Burgundy) as Margaret
supports Warbeck
1494 - ANSWER Poyning's Law establishes full control over Ireland but is withdrawn
due to its cost
1496 - ANSWER Holy League of Venice where everyone allies against France after
it invades Italy
1496 - ANSWER Intercursus Magnus is signed ending the Burgundy Trade Embargo
,1496 - ANSWER Perkin Warbeck leads a Scottish invasion of England
1497 - ANSWER Cornish Rebellion against tax rises
1497 - ANSWER Treaty of Ayton means 5 year peace and the surrender of Warbeck
1498 - ANSWER Charles VIII of France dies
1499 - ANSWER Perkin Warbeck and the Earl of Warwick are executed
1501 - ANSWER Prince Arthur marries Catherine of Aragon
1502 - ANSWER Death of Prince Arthur
1502 - ANSWER Treaty of Perpetual Peace extends the Treaty of Ayton for the
lifetime of both monarchs and proposes a future marriage
1503 - ANSWER Margaret of Burgundy dies
1503 - ANSWER Henry VII's daughter Margaret marries James IV
1503 - ANSWER Elizabeth of York dies
1504 - ANSWER Isabella of Castille dies
1506 - ANSWER Ferdinand of Aragon allies himself with France through marriage
1506 - ANSWER Treaty of Windsor recognised Philip of Burgundy as King of Castille
after they shipwrecked and Yorkist pretender the Earl of Suffolk is extradited
1506 - ANSWER Intercursus Malus was a trade partnership with Burgundy that was
advantageous to England
1506 - ANSWER Phillip of Burgundy dies mysteriously leaving Joanna on the throne
again as his wife. However the following year she is deemed mentally unstable and
Ferdinand takes control
1509 - ANSWER Henry VII dies and Henry VIII becomes King
1509 - ANSWER Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon
1509 - ANSWER League of Cambrai and England is not included
1510 - ANSWER Empson and Dudley executed
1510 - ANSWER Council Learned in Law abolished
1510 - ANSWER Renewal of the Treaty of Etaples and the pension
, 1511 - ANSWER Holy League allies England against France which has invaded Italy
(Again)
1512 - ANSWER Parliament finally grants Henry the money he needs for War with
France
1512 - ANSWER Henry sends a force to France but is betrayed by Ferdinand who
captures Navarre
1513 - ANSWER Henry on his second campaign wins the Battle of Spurs but loses
the French pension
1513 - ANSWER Capture of Tournai and Therouanne, although it is a failure as one
is given to the Holy Roman Empire and one is given to France for a pension in 1518
1513 - ANSWER Catherine of Aragon leads the English to victory against Scotland
in The Battle of Flodden and James IV is killed leaving an infant son as heir
1513 - ANSWER Whilst Henry is in France, Catherine defeats and kills James IV
who has an infant son as heir
1513 - ANSWER Thomas Wolsey becomes Chief Minister
1514 - ANSWER Ferdinand and Maximillian pull out of France again and Wolsey
skilfully recovers the pension
1514 - ANSWER Henry's sister Mary is forced to marry the old Louis XII of France
1515 - ANSWER Act of Resumption is an attempt to regain Crown Land Revenue,
but it fails
1515 - ANSWER Francis I becomes King of France
1515 - ANSWER A French noble is appointed heir regent on the Scottish throne
1516 - ANSWER Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain leaves England
isolated again
1516 - ANSWER Charles I becomes King of Spain
1517 - ANSWER Enclosure begins
1517 - ANSWER Martin Luther writes 95 Theses
1518 - ANSWER Treaty of London is called against the Ottoman's where Europe
agrees to no Wars to form a Catholic Crusade
1518 - ANSWER Wolsey appointed Papal Legate