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Period: 1509 to 1547
Henry VIII reign
He became king at 17 years old and he had 6 wifes and 3 children -
1517
Start of the European Reformation
Martin Luther wrote the Ninety-Five Theses and he nailed it to the door of the University of Wittenberg. This text was a critic of th indulgences -
1522
German translation of the Bible
Translated by Martin Luther -
1526
Tyndale Bible
English translation pf the Bible made by William Tyndale -
Period: 1532 to 1537
Pope's powers go to the King Henry VIII
Henry VIII gived himself different powers in England as he was the king but those powers were the same as the pope's powers. He became the Head of the Church of England like the pope was with the roman catholic church. -
1534
Schism : Act of Supremacy
Beggining of the Early Modern Period. With this Act Henry VIII became "supreme head of church" and he made Anne Boleyn a legitimate queen. -
Period: 1536 to 1541
Monasteries were disbanned
At first the small one and then the bigger one. The nuns and monks were forced to became homeless. Henry wanted the lands back because the churches were taking 25% of the land of England. -
Period: 1536 to 1537
Pilgrimage of Grace
This pilgrimage lasted 6 month and was part of the rebellion of the Catholics against the dissolution of the monasteries -
Period: 1547 to 1553
Edward VI reign
He became king at 9 years old but he didn't had any heirs. -
1549
Publication of the Book of Common Prayers
New Testament still in use today -
Period: 1553 to 1558
Mary I reign
Mary Tudor became the first Queen of England at 37 years old. She was maried to the king of Spain Philip II but she didn't had any heirs. -
Period: 1555 to 1558
Bloody Mary
Mary Tudor burned over 200 protestants because she had successed to bring Catholicism Back in England. -
Period: 1558 to
Elizabeth I reign
She was 25 years old when she became Queen and she died 45 years later. She didn't want a husband so she didn't had any heirs. Her reign is associated as Golden age of England. -
1559
2nd Act of Supremacy and Act of Uniformity
Like her father, She take the power of the Pope for her as the Queen of England. but she didn't choose the same title, she was "supreme Governor of the Church of England". She also started to fine people who didn't attend the anglican church and she replace the Bible with the Book of Common Prayers. -
Period: 1563 to 1571
The 39 articles of Faith
This doctrine is still the one used in England. With those articles Elizabeth I changed the organisation of the church, a new salvation, and new definition of the sacraments. -
1570
Excommunication of Elizabeth
The pope excommunicated Elizabeth because he lost his hope to convert Elizabeth to Catholicism. -
Period: 1577 to
Repression
they were 163 people killed in 26 years. -
The Babington plot
during her reign Elizabeth had to survive to a lot of plot but this one was one of the major one. A group of young Catholic tried to kill elizabeth but got caugh by a letter they sent to Mary Stuart who was imprisoned and it led to the execution of Mary. -
Execution of Mary Stuart
Because of a Civil War in Scotland Mary Stuart leave her country and go in England but her cousin Elizabeth I kept her imprisoned for 19 years before executing her. For her execution she prayed in Latin and wore a red dress which was the color of Catholic marthyr. -
Invisible Armada defeat
The english Armada won over the spanish armada known as "the invisible" that wanted to invate England. -
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James I reign
James I is Mary Stuart son and when Elizabeth died he bacame King of england while he was already James VI of Scotland. -
The gunpowder plot
A group of catholic wanted to bloow up the Parliament and the King but it failed -
Period: to
Charles I reign
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The Petition of Rights
The parliament wanted the King to realise his power has a limit. -
Period: to
Personal Rule
Eleven years when England had no parliament, the king had all the power. This period is also called the Eleven years Tyranny. -
Irish Revolution
After Protestant invade ireland during James' reign irish catholic decided to rebel against Protestant and they killed 3 to 4 thousand people. -
The grand Remonstrance
the parliament listed all the things Charles I did during the Personal rule and they asked for revolutionary measure so it created 2 groups in the Parliament. -
Start of civil War
Charles I declared war at the Parliament -
Period: to
Interregnum
The interregnum is a period between two King's reign.
During that period there were the common wealth between 1649 and 1653. Then on december 16th 1653 there were the Cromwellian Protectorate until 1658. finally there were anarchy with 7 different government in less than a year. -
Blasphemy Act
This act repressed people (members of the Quakers) who belive the Bible isn't God's word. -
Restoration
after the declaration of Breda published by Charles II the monarchy was back in England. -
Period: to
Charles II reign
King Charles died in 1685 so the next King was his brother James II who was catholic. -
Uniformity Act
With this at all ministeers agreed to conform to the Book of Common Paryer -
Period: to
James II reign
He became King after his brother passed and he was catholic but he didn't have a catholic male heir until 1688, only a protestant daughter. When he had a catholic son there were a revolution to change the King. -
Period: to
William III and Mary II reign
They were joint monarch who were put on the throne after James II fled to France. -
Bill of Rights
This act limited the monarch's power for the 1st time -
Act of settlement
This act said that the next king after William and Mary would have to be protestant. -
Act of union
This act united England/Wales with Scotland in one kingdom. -
Union Act
Creation of United Kingdom (union between Great
Britain and Ireland) and the end of the Early Modern Period