Henry VIII Foreign Policy Key Dates

Henry 8 timeline

1509

1509

Marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

1512

• War against France

1513

• Battle of Flodden (Scotland); James IV killed

• Capture of Tournai and Therouanne

1514

Princess Mary (sister) married Louis XII of France

1518

• Treaty of London; England

1520

• Field of Cloth of Gold; A spectacle reaffirming England's position as a central power in Europe. BUT Cost one year of Henry's normal income and didn't really achieve anything.

1521

• Treaty of Bruges between England and the emperor

1523

• War against France

1525

• Amicable Grant rejected. Charles refuses to engage in renewed war versus French with Henry

1526

• League of Cognac is formed.

1529

• French defeated at Landriano.

• Treaty of Cambrai (alliance between Francis

1532

• Defensive alliance between England and France

1533

• Henry begins break with Rome

1536

• Renewal of fighting between France and the Holy Roman Empire/Spain

1538

Peace between France and the Holy Roman Empire

1539

• Fear of invasion in England as Pope attempts to unite Catholic powers in an anti-English crusade

1542

Battle of Solway Moss. (Death of James V yet Henry fails to mount a full invasion.)

1543

Treaty of Greenwich (Scotland)

1544

• Invasion of France; capture of Boulogne; currency debasement begins.

1545

Battles of Ancrum Moor (Scotland)

1547

• Invasion of Scotland

• Henry VIII death