1485 1487 1489 1491
August: Battle of Bosworth Breton Crisis: France Jan: Third parliament Henry sends an army to
October: Coronation invades Brittany Feb: Treaty of Redon 1493
Ireland Accession of Maximillian I as 1495
Royal progress of country Simnel rebellion between England and Oct: Fourth parliament HRE after death of Frederick III Feb: Sir William Stanley executued
occurs May: Simnel crowned king Brittany Dec: Anne of Brittany Phillip of Burgundy becomes March: Formation of Holy League
Nov: First parliament of Ireland March: Treaty of Medina del marries Charles VIII the effective ruler of Oct: Fifth parliament
meeting June: Battle of Stokefield Campo with Spain Henry’s second son born Netherlands Attainder of Sir William Stanley
Hanseatic League Nov: Second parliament April: assassination of Earl of
Henry imposes trade embargo Introduction of Council Learned in
Navigation Acts Export of unfinished cloth Northumberland
on Anglo-Flemish trade Law lead by Sir Reginald Bray
Act passed against illegal by foreign merchants
7-year truce between England Creation of Privy Chamber
retaining banned
Star Chamber Act + Brittany
1486 1488 1490
Renewal of Anglo-Danish 1494
Jan: Marriage to Elizabeth of Defeat of Breton army by French 1496
commercial treaty
York Death of Duke of Brittany: 1492 Sep: Charles VIII invades
Feb: Intercursus magnus
Commercial treaty with Italy
March: Lovell rebellion accession of Anne as Duchess Oct: Henry lands in France July: Henry joins Holy
Florence Poyning’s Law in Irish
Sep: birth of Prince Arthur June: Death of James III of Nov: Treaty of Etaples with League
Act of Resumption to reclaim Scotland: accession of James IV France parliament
Sep: invasion of Scots lead
all crown lands given away 3-year truce between England + by James IV and Warbeck
during the Wars of the Roses Scotland Oct: Phillip of Burgundy
July: Anglo-French truce marries Joanna
renewed Kildare restored in Ireland
1497
Anglo-French commercial 1499 1501 1503 1505 1507 1509
treaty Earl of Suffolk Lord April 21st:
Commercial Feb: death of Ferdinand of Spain
Cabot reaches flees to take Burgavenny Death of
treaty with Elizabeth of York married Louis XII’s (King of
Newfoundland and claims it refuge in the convicted of Henry VII,
Riga August: marriage France) niece, Germaine
for England Hapsburg court illegal accession of
Nov: of Princess de Foix
Jan: sixth parliament Nov: marriage retaining and Henry VIII
execution of Margaret to Henry opened discussions
June: crushing of Cornish of Prince Arthur entered a without
Perkin James IV of with Phillip of Burgundy
rebellion to Catherine of bond to avoid challenge
Warbeck Scotland about a Burgundian bride
Sep: Perkin Warbeck lands Aragon the £70,000
and the Earl For Henry
in Cornwall and is captured fine
of Warwick
Treaty of Ayton between
England and Scotland
1498 1500 1502 1504 1506 1508
April: Henry’s Anglo-Scottish Jan: seventh and final Earl of Suffolk surrendered Proxy marriage of future
Securing the dynasty death of youngest son, treaty of peace and parliament by Phillip the Handsome Charles V of Austria to
Securing his own throne Charles Edmund, died alliance Nov: death of Isabella, Queen Intercursus Malus Princess Mary arranged
Threats from abroad VIII of April: death of of Castille Sep: Death of Phillip the League of Cambrai set up
Modernising England France: Prince Arthur Henry created position of Handsome
Economic problems accession King’s Printer Treaty of Windsor
of Louis Act passed against illegal
XII retaining
August: Battle of Bosworth Breton Crisis: France Jan: Third parliament Henry sends an army to
October: Coronation invades Brittany Feb: Treaty of Redon 1493
Ireland Accession of Maximillian I as 1495
Royal progress of country Simnel rebellion between England and Oct: Fourth parliament HRE after death of Frederick III Feb: Sir William Stanley executued
occurs May: Simnel crowned king Brittany Dec: Anne of Brittany Phillip of Burgundy becomes March: Formation of Holy League
Nov: First parliament of Ireland March: Treaty of Medina del marries Charles VIII the effective ruler of Oct: Fifth parliament
meeting June: Battle of Stokefield Campo with Spain Henry’s second son born Netherlands Attainder of Sir William Stanley
Hanseatic League Nov: Second parliament April: assassination of Earl of
Henry imposes trade embargo Introduction of Council Learned in
Navigation Acts Export of unfinished cloth Northumberland
on Anglo-Flemish trade Law lead by Sir Reginald Bray
Act passed against illegal by foreign merchants
7-year truce between England Creation of Privy Chamber
retaining banned
Star Chamber Act + Brittany
1486 1488 1490
Renewal of Anglo-Danish 1494
Jan: Marriage to Elizabeth of Defeat of Breton army by French 1496
commercial treaty
York Death of Duke of Brittany: 1492 Sep: Charles VIII invades
Feb: Intercursus magnus
Commercial treaty with Italy
March: Lovell rebellion accession of Anne as Duchess Oct: Henry lands in France July: Henry joins Holy
Florence Poyning’s Law in Irish
Sep: birth of Prince Arthur June: Death of James III of Nov: Treaty of Etaples with League
Act of Resumption to reclaim Scotland: accession of James IV France parliament
Sep: invasion of Scots lead
all crown lands given away 3-year truce between England + by James IV and Warbeck
during the Wars of the Roses Scotland Oct: Phillip of Burgundy
July: Anglo-French truce marries Joanna
renewed Kildare restored in Ireland
1497
Anglo-French commercial 1499 1501 1503 1505 1507 1509
treaty Earl of Suffolk Lord April 21st:
Commercial Feb: death of Ferdinand of Spain
Cabot reaches flees to take Burgavenny Death of
treaty with Elizabeth of York married Louis XII’s (King of
Newfoundland and claims it refuge in the convicted of Henry VII,
Riga August: marriage France) niece, Germaine
for England Hapsburg court illegal accession of
Nov: of Princess de Foix
Jan: sixth parliament Nov: marriage retaining and Henry VIII
execution of Margaret to Henry opened discussions
June: crushing of Cornish of Prince Arthur entered a without
Perkin James IV of with Phillip of Burgundy
rebellion to Catherine of bond to avoid challenge
Warbeck Scotland about a Burgundian bride
Sep: Perkin Warbeck lands Aragon the £70,000
and the Earl For Henry
in Cornwall and is captured fine
of Warwick
Treaty of Ayton between
England and Scotland
1498 1500 1502 1504 1506 1508
April: Henry’s Anglo-Scottish Jan: seventh and final Earl of Suffolk surrendered Proxy marriage of future
Securing the dynasty death of youngest son, treaty of peace and parliament by Phillip the Handsome Charles V of Austria to
Securing his own throne Charles Edmund, died alliance Nov: death of Isabella, Queen Intercursus Malus Princess Mary arranged
Threats from abroad VIII of April: death of of Castille Sep: Death of Phillip the League of Cambrai set up
Modernising England France: Prince Arthur Henry created position of Handsome
Economic problems accession King’s Printer Treaty of Windsor
of Louis Act passed against illegal
XII retaining
