tudor key dates

1510

renewal of the treaty of etaples

1512

first invasion of france

1513

second invasion of france, battle of the spurs

september 1513

battle of flodden field

1514

marriage of louis xii of france to princess mary, henry’s sister

1515

death of louis xii, succeeded by francis i

1516

death of ferdinand of aragon

1516

treaty of noyon - peace between france and spain

1517

treaty of cambrai - peace between HRE and france

1517

duke of albany, heir presumptive to scotland, sent by francis to stir up trouble between scotland and england

1518

treaty of london - general european peace

1519

king charles of spain elected holy roman emperor

1520

field of the cloth of gold

1521

treaty of bruges between england and charles v, holy roman emperor

1522

england at war with france

1525

battle of pavia - charles v victorious over the french

1525

england make peace with france

1526

england linked with ani-imperial league of cognac

1526

anglo-french treaty of the more

1527

sack of rome, leaving pope clement vii a virtual prisoner of charles v

1527

treaty of amiens - england offer support to france against spain/HRE

1529

french defeated at landriano

1529

peace of cambrai between france and HRE

1529

fall of wolsey

1532

defensive alliance between england and france

1533

henry begins break with rome

1536

renewal of fighting between france and HRE/spain

1538

peace between france and HRE

1539

fear of invasion in england as pope attempts to unite catholic powers in an anti-english crusade

1540

henry marries anne of cleve; the marriage is quickly dissolved

1542

invasion of scotland

1543

treaty of greenwich between england and scotland

1543

anglo-imperial alliance

1544

invasion of scotland and france

1545

french counter-invasion of the isle of wight

1546

peace with france

1559

religious settlement - act of uniformity and act of supremacy

1568

publication of bishop’s bible

1568

mary queen of scots arrives in england

1569

northern rebellion

1570

excommunication

1571

ridolfi plot

1579

stubbes and page publish their puritan pamphlet

1580

papal bull

1581

edmund campion executed

1583

throckmorton plot

1584

bond of association

1585

treaty of nonsuch

1586

babington plot

1587

mary queen of scots executed

1588

spanish armada

1591

failed spanish invasion

1596

failed spanish invasion of england after sack of cadiz

1487

french invasion of brittany

1488

anglo-french truce

1489

treaty of redon between england and brittany

1489

treaty of medinda del campo between england and spain

1492

england invades france

1492

treaty of etaples between england and france

1496

intercursus magnus

1496

scotland invades england

1497

truce of ayton between england and scotland

1501

marriage of prince arthur and catherine of aragon

1502

death of prince arthur

1503

marriage of princess margaret and james iv of scotland

1504

death of queen isabella of castile

january 1506

philip of burgundy and juana of castile in england

1506

malus intercursus

september 1506

death of philip of burgundy

august 1485

henry seizes power at battle of bosworth

october 1485

henry vii crowned king

1486

lovell rebellion fails

1487

lambert simnel conspiracy, defeated at battle of stoke field

1489

prince arthur born

1495

warbeck lands in kent but is quickly defeated; arrives at the court of james iv of scotland

1496

a small scottish force crosses the border in support of warbeck but soon returns

1497

warbeck fails to exploit a cornish rebellion and is eventually captured

1499

warbeck executed

21st april 1509

death of henry vii

23rd april 1509

henry viii proclaimed king

24th june 1509

coronation of henry and catherine

11th june 1509

henry viii marries catherine of aragon

1514

emergence of wolsey as first minister

1516

birth of princess mary, heir presumptive

1532

pregnancy of anne boleyn

1533

annulment of marriage of henry and catherine of aragon

1533

birth of princess elizabeth

1534

succession act confirms elizabeth as heir presumptive and declares mary illegitimate

1536

death of catherine of aragon and execution of anne boleyn

1536

marriage of henry and jane seymour

1536

succession act repeals the 1534 act, declares elizabeth illegitimate and lays down that henry can determine the succession by will in the absence of an heir apparent

1537

birth of prince edward as heir apparent

1544

succession act receives the royal assent, repeals the 1536 act, reinstates mary and elizabeth in the succession and reaffirms that henry could determine the succession by will

1546

henry viii’s will confirms the terms of the 1544 succession act and lays down that in default of heirs to edward, mary and elizabeth the succession should pass to the heirs of his sister mary

2nd october 1536

lincolnshire rising begins at louth

4th october 1536

lincolnshire rising spreads to horncastle

murder of dr rayne, chancellor of the diocese of lincoln

7th october 1536

lincolnshire rebels converge on lincoln cathedral

8th october 1536

pilgrimage of grace begins in the east riding of yorkshire under the leadership of robert aske

10th october 1536

pilgrimage of grace spreads to the west riding of yorkshire

18th october 1536

lincolnshire riding ends