August 1485
Henry VII wins battle of Bosworth
October 1485
Henry VII crowned King
January 1486
Henry marries Elizabeth of York
April 1486
The Lovell Rebellion
September 1486
Birth of Prince Arthur
1486-1487
Lambert Simnel uprising
1487
Henry bans exports of unfinished cloth from foreign merchants
1487
John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln killed at Battle of Suffolk
1487
Parliament passes the Star Chamber Act
1487-92
The Breton Crisis
February 1489
Treaty of Redon (Brittany)
February 1489
The Treaty of Dordrecht (HRE)
March 1489
Treaty of Medina del campo (Spain)
April 1489
The Yorkshire Rebellion - murder of Earl of Northumberland
1491-99
Perkin Warbeck rebellion
June 1491
Birth of prince Henry
1491
War with France (1st)
1492
Treaty of Étaples (France)
1493-96
Trade embargo against Burgundy
1494-1515
The Italian Wars
1495
Introduction of Council Learned in the Law and Privy Chamber
1496
Intercursus Magnus (Burgundy)
1497
Cornish rebellion
Surrender of Warbeck
1497
Treaty of Ayton (Scotland)
1499-1506
Edmund de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk
1501
-Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon marry
1502
Death of Prince Arthur
1502
Treaty of Perpetual Peace (Scotland)
1503
Marriage of Princess Mary to James IV of Scotland
1503
Queen Elizabeth dies
1504
Isabella of Castille dies
1504-06
The Castillian Succession crisis
1506
Treaty of Windsor (recognised Philip as King of Castille)
April 1506
Intercursus Malus (Burgundy)
1506
Philip of Burgundy dies
21st April 1509
Death of Henry VII
1509
Empson and Dudley arrested and executed
June 1509
Marriage of Henry and Catherine of Aragon
June 1509
Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon have a joint coronation
1510
Abolition of Council Learned
1510
Thomas Wolsey appointed to Privy Council
1510
Anglo-French truce renewed
1511
Anglo-Spanish agreement and the Holy League against France
1512
Henry VIII declares war against France, which leads to a disastrous invasion
1513
Henry VIII leads his army in a second invasion of France; Capture of Tournai and Thérouanne
1513
Battle of the Spur (France, Eng, HRE)
1513
Battle of Flodden (Scotland); James IV killed
1513
James IV of Scotland invades England
1514
Wolsey becomes chief minister and Archbishop of York
1514
Princess Mary married Louis XII of France
1515
Wolsey becomes Lord Chancellor and a cardinal
1515
Louis XII dies; Francis I becomes King; Princess Mary marries Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk
1516
Wolsey becomes Lord Privy Seal and announces any crimes punishable regardless of rank
1516
Birth of Princess Mary
1516
Ferdinand of Aragon dies and Charles I becomes King
1517
Martin Luther nailed to the church door at Wittenberg a list of 95 theses on indulgences
1517
Wolsey launches a national inquiry into enclosure
October 1518
Treaty of London (Burgundy, France, England, the Holy Roman Empire, the Netherlands, the Papal States and Spain)
1519
Maximilian, the Holy Roman Emperor, dies, replaced by Charles V (Charles I of Spain)
June 1520
The Field of the Cloth of Gold
1521
Henry VIII publishes his defence of the Pope and the Church
1521
The start of the Hapsburg-Valois War
1521
Treaty of Bruges (with Charles V)
1522
Henry VIII declares war on France
1523
Wolsey's tax reform
1525
The Battle of Pavia (HRE, Spain, France)
1525
The Treaty of the More (France)
1525
Opposition to the Amicable Grant
1526
The Treaty of Madrid (Spain)
1526
William Tyndale smuggles the English translation of the Bible into England
1526
League of Cognac is formed
1527
The Treaty of Westminster (Netherlands)
1527
The Treaty of Amiens (France)
1527
Henry VIII proposes to Anne Boleyn
1528
Legitine court enquiries into legitimacy of kings marriage
1529
The Treaty of Cambrai
October 1529
Fall of Wolsey; Thomas More becomes lord chancellor
1532-1534
Holy Maid of Kent
1532
Resignation of Thomas more; Thomas Cromwell made chief minister; Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
1533
Henry marries Anne Boleyn; birth of princess Elizabeth; Mary declared illegitimate
1533
Act in Restraint of Appeals
1534
Act of Annates
1534
Act of Succession
1534
Anglo-Scottish peace treaty
1534
Act of Supremacy
1535
King Henry VIII assumes the title "Supreme Head of the Church"
1535
Execution of Thomas More
1535
Execution of Bishop John Fisher
1536
Act of Union (Wales)
May 1536
Execution of Anne Boleyn
May 1536
Marriage to Jane Seymour; Elizabeth declared illegitimate
1536-41
The Dissolution of the Monasteries
1536
First set of Royal Injunctions; 10 Articles issued
1536
Pilgrimage of Grace
1537
Birth of prince Edward; Death of Jane Seymour
1538
Second set of Royal Injunctions
1539
Six Articles Act; first edition of the Great Bible published
Jan 1540
Marriage of Henry and Anne of Cleves - quickly deteriorated
July 1540
Execution of Thomas Cromwell