Key events:
1485: Henry VII takes the throne, Henry summons first Tudor parliament
1486: Henry marries Elizabeth of York, Lovell rebellion, birth of Prince Arthur
1487: Imposture of Lambert Simnel, Defeat of Earl of Lincoln at b attle of Stoke, export of unfinished cloth
by foreign merchants tanned
1489: Murder of Earl of Northumberland and Yorkshire rising, Treaty of Redon, Treaty of Medina del
Campo
1491: Beginning of imposture of Perkin Warbeck, birth of Prince Henry, war against France
1492: Treaty of Etaples (End of Breton Crisis)
1494: Poynings appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland
1495: Execution of Sir William Stanley, introduction of the council learned in law under the leadership of
Reginald Bray, creation of the Privy Chamber
1496: Intercursus Magnus signed
1497: Cornish rebellion, surrender of Warbeck
1499: Execution of the Earl of Warwick and Warbeck
1501: Marriage of Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon
1502: Death of Prince Arthur
1503: Death of Sir Reginald Bray, marriage of Princess Margaret to James IV of Scotland
1506: Treaty of Windsor, Intercursus Malus signed
1509: Death of Henry VII and ascension of Henry VIII, Empson and Dudley arrested, Henry VIII’s
coronation, marriage of Henry and Catherine of Aragon
1510: Abolition of the Council Learned in Law, Empson and Dudley executed, Thomas Wolsey
appointed to council
1512: War against France (First French War begins), re-foundation of St Paul's school
1513: Battle of Flodden field, capture of Tournai and Thérouanne
1514: Wolsey emerges as chief minister, Wolsey appointed Archbishop of York, Princess Mary marries
Louis XI of France
1515: Wolsey appointed Lord Chancellor, Princess Mary marries the Duke of Suffolk, Wolsey appointed
cardinal, Wolsey begins building Hampton Court
1516: Birth of Princess Mary, Publication of Thomas More's Utopia
1517: Completion of Torrigiano’s funeral effigies of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
1518: Treaty of London
1520: Field of Cloth and Gold
1521: Execution of Duke of Buckingham, Treaty of Bruges
1523: War against France (Second French War begins)
1525: Opposition to imposition of Amicable Grant
1526: Eltham Ordinances issued, League of Cognac
1528: Legatine court enquiring into the validity of king’s marriage
1529: Fall of Wolsey, Sir Thomas More appointed Lord Chancellor, Treaty of Cambrai
1532: Resignation of More, Thomas Cromwell emerges as chief minister, Thomas Cranmer appointed
Archbishop of Canterbury
1533: Henry marries Anne Boleyn, birth of Princess Elizabeth, Princess Mary declared illegitimate
(Succession Act), Act in Restraint of Appeals
1534: Act of Supremacy
1535: Execution of Thomas More
1536: Execution of Anne Boleyn, marriage of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Princess Elizabeth declared
illegitimate (Succession Act), dissolution of the lesser monasteries, first set of royal injunctions
issued, Ten Articles, Pilgrimage of Grace
1537: Birth of Prince Edward
1538: Second set of royal injunctions, Excommunication
1539: Six articles
1485: Henry VII takes the throne, Henry summons first Tudor parliament
1486: Henry marries Elizabeth of York, Lovell rebellion, birth of Prince Arthur
1487: Imposture of Lambert Simnel, Defeat of Earl of Lincoln at b attle of Stoke, export of unfinished cloth
by foreign merchants tanned
1489: Murder of Earl of Northumberland and Yorkshire rising, Treaty of Redon, Treaty of Medina del
Campo
1491: Beginning of imposture of Perkin Warbeck, birth of Prince Henry, war against France
1492: Treaty of Etaples (End of Breton Crisis)
1494: Poynings appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland
1495: Execution of Sir William Stanley, introduction of the council learned in law under the leadership of
Reginald Bray, creation of the Privy Chamber
1496: Intercursus Magnus signed
1497: Cornish rebellion, surrender of Warbeck
1499: Execution of the Earl of Warwick and Warbeck
1501: Marriage of Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon
1502: Death of Prince Arthur
1503: Death of Sir Reginald Bray, marriage of Princess Margaret to James IV of Scotland
1506: Treaty of Windsor, Intercursus Malus signed
1509: Death of Henry VII and ascension of Henry VIII, Empson and Dudley arrested, Henry VIII’s
coronation, marriage of Henry and Catherine of Aragon
1510: Abolition of the Council Learned in Law, Empson and Dudley executed, Thomas Wolsey
appointed to council
1512: War against France (First French War begins), re-foundation of St Paul's school
1513: Battle of Flodden field, capture of Tournai and Thérouanne
1514: Wolsey emerges as chief minister, Wolsey appointed Archbishop of York, Princess Mary marries
Louis XI of France
1515: Wolsey appointed Lord Chancellor, Princess Mary marries the Duke of Suffolk, Wolsey appointed
cardinal, Wolsey begins building Hampton Court
1516: Birth of Princess Mary, Publication of Thomas More's Utopia
1517: Completion of Torrigiano’s funeral effigies of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
1518: Treaty of London
1520: Field of Cloth and Gold
1521: Execution of Duke of Buckingham, Treaty of Bruges
1523: War against France (Second French War begins)
1525: Opposition to imposition of Amicable Grant
1526: Eltham Ordinances issued, League of Cognac
1528: Legatine court enquiring into the validity of king’s marriage
1529: Fall of Wolsey, Sir Thomas More appointed Lord Chancellor, Treaty of Cambrai
1532: Resignation of More, Thomas Cromwell emerges as chief minister, Thomas Cranmer appointed
Archbishop of Canterbury
1533: Henry marries Anne Boleyn, birth of Princess Elizabeth, Princess Mary declared illegitimate
(Succession Act), Act in Restraint of Appeals
1534: Act of Supremacy
1535: Execution of Thomas More
1536: Execution of Anne Boleyn, marriage of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Princess Elizabeth declared
illegitimate (Succession Act), dissolution of the lesser monasteries, first set of royal injunctions
issued, Ten Articles, Pilgrimage of Grace
1537: Birth of Prince Edward
1538: Second set of royal injunctions, Excommunication
1539: Six articles
