Early Modern Britain

By Kazimir
  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Henry VIII

  • Feb 18, 1516

    Mary Tudor is born

    Mary Tudor is born
    First and only child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
  • 1529

    The Pope declines Henry VIII's divorce demand

  • 1533

    Act in Restrain of Appeals passed

    Act in Restrain of Appeals passed
    The King can now annull marriages. Divorce with Catherine of Aragon (pictured)
  • 1533

    Marriage with Anne Boleyn

    Marriage with Anne Boleyn
  • Sep 7, 1533

    Elisabeth I is born

    Elisabeth I is born
    Daughter of Henry and Anne Boleyn
  • 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    Henry VIII proclaimed "Supreme Head of the English Church" and is excommunicated by the pope.
    Same year: Anne Boleyn is legally recognised as Queen with the Act of Succession
  • 1536

    The dissolution of monasteries and The Piligrimage of Grace

    The dissolution of monasteries and The Piligrimage of Grace
    The rebellion is crushed in 1537 and the dissolution of the "bastions of popery" continues until 1541
  • 1536

    Anne Boleyn is executed. Marriage with Jane Seymour

    Anne Boleyn is executed. Marriage with Jane Seymour
    Jane Seymour, pictured.
  • Oct 12, 1537

    Edward VI is born

    Edward VI is born
    Jane Seymour dies shortly after.
  • Jan 6, 1540

    Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves

    Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves
    Marriage is anulled in six months
  • Jul 28, 1540

    Marriage of Henry to Catherine Howard

    Marriage of Henry to Catherine Howard
    She is executed two years later
  • 1543

    Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr

    Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr
    They are together until his death in 1547
  • Period: Jan 28, 1547 to Jul 6, 1553

    Edward VI

  • 1549

    The Book of Common Prayer

    Later made official with the Act of Uniformity in an effort to eradicate Catholic practices.
  • Period: Jul 1, 1553 to Nov 17, 1558

    Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary)

    Takes the throne after ousting Lady Jane Grey.
    Sets to restore Catholicism.
    Burns protestants at the stake.
    Rolls back the Act of Uniformity.
    Loses Calais.
  • Period: 1558 to

    Elisabeth I

  • 1559

    The Northern rebellion

    Attempt toreplace Elisabeth with Mary Queen of Scots
  • 1559

    Act of Supremacy and Act of Uniformity

  • 1570

    Elisabeth I excommunicated by Pius V

    Elisabeth I excommunicated by Pius V
  • 1581

    Act to Retain Her Majesty's subjects in their due obedience

  • The Babington plot

    The Babington plot
    Mary is executed one year later

  • Battle of the Gravelines

    Battle of the Gravelines

  • East India Company founded

  • Poor laws passed for the third time

    After 1553, 1597

  • James I presented with the Millenary Petition

  • Period: to

    James I

  • The Gunpowder Plot

    The Gunpowder Plot

  • Establishment of Jamestown in Virginia

  • The Great Contract

    ...that did not pass...

  • The King James' Bible

    The King James' Bible

  • American tobacco arrives in England

  • Beginning of the Thirty Years War

    Beginning of the Thirty Years War

  • The Mayflower arrives in Plymouth

  • Parliament opposes James I's demands

    ...and is later dismissed
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    Charles I

  • Beginning of the Personal Rule of Charles I

    Beginning of the Personal Rule of Charles I
    The Three Resolutions are passed.
    Holding down the Speaker of the House, Parliament is later suspended.

  • The Case of Burton, Prynne & Bastwich

  • Scottish National Covenant

    Bishop Wars

  • End of Personal Rule; Short Parliament; Start of Long Parliament

  • The Irish Rebellion

  • Charles I enters Parliament

    Charles I enters Parliament

  • Charles I declares war to Parliament

  • Battle of Naseby

    Battle of Naseby
    Huge victory for Parliament

  • The Royalists surrender

  • Agreement of the People

    Putney Debates unsucessful; Conflict continues.

  • Colonel Pride enters Parliament and arrests 45 MPs. Beginning of the Rump

    Colonel Pride enters Parliament and arrests 45 MPs. Beginning of the Rump
    Charles I to be tried for high treason.

  • Charles I is executed, England proclaimed a Commonwealth

    Charles I is executed, England proclaimed a Commonwealth
  • Period: to

    Commonwealth

  • Charles II tries invading England

    Defeated by Cromwell

  • Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament

    Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament
  • Period: to

    Oliver Cromwell

    Serves as Lord Protector

  • The English take over Jamaica

  • Period: to

    Richard Cromwell

  • Period: to

    The Anarchy

  • Period: to

    Charles II

    Monarchy is restored after the Declaration of Breda

  • Act of Uniformity

    All priests are obliged to follow the Book of Common Prayer

  • The Plague hits London

  • The Great Fire of London

    The Great Fire of London

  • The Popish plot

  • The Exclusion crisis begins

  • Period: to

    James II

  • The Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution
    William of Orange takes the crown

  • Bill of Rights

  • Period: to

    William III and Mary II

    Mary dies in 1694

  • Act of Settlement

  • Period: to

    Anne

  • The Acts of Union

    The Acts of Union
  • Period: to

    George I

  • Period: to

    George II

  • Final defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden

    Final defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden
  • Period: to

    George III

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    Britain loses the 13 colonies

  • Irish rebellion

    Irish rebellion

  • Second Acts of Union

    Second Acts of Union

  • Battle of Waterloo

  • Period: to

    George IV