English Reformation

English Reformation

Period: Apr 21, 1509 to Jan 17, 1603

Marriage of Catherine of Aragon

Jun 11, 1509

5 Facts
- Before Catherine married Henry VIII she was married to Prince Arthur
- Her first born child was a girl
- She had a boy but after 52 days it died
- She had many miscarriages and short lived baby lives and only had one more child, Mary
- At age 42 she was unable to concieve a child so Henry VIII took intrest in other women

King Henry VIII Took the throne

Jun 24, 1509

The second son of King Henry VII and Elizibeth of York. He took the throne at age 17.
5 Facts
1. He was named after his father Henry VII
2. He was the second son.
3. His brother died when he was 10 years old.
4.He was almost forced to marry his brothers wife.
5.His marriage was prohibited from Leviticus

Death of Kathryn Howard

Feb 13, 1532

Kathryn Howard was accused of being promiscous before her marriage to King Henry VIII so she was exicuted on the Tower Green in 1532.

Divorce of Catherine of Aragon

Jan 7, 1533

She was divorced because she was unable to have a boy child and thats all King Henry VIII cared about. He got pregnate with anlother women and dicided to disobey the pope and divorce Catherine. She was cast out and lived in other castles and was split from her daughter.

Marriage of Anne Boleyn

Jan 25, 1533

5 Facts
- Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII got secretly married when she became pregnate.
- Everyone thought her baby would be a boy then when it was a gril they had no names planned so they named her Elizebeth
- She had two more miscarriages and blamed it on her state of mind
- Anne's musician was tortured because people thought she had commited treason
- Then the queen was arrested for commiting adultry and ploting to kill the king

Birth of Elizibeth I

Sep 7, 1533

Elizibeth the 1st was born

Acts of Supremacy

Nov 1, 1534

The acts of Supremacy was an Enligh act of Parliament that recognized Henry VII as the head of the Church of England. In 1559 Parliament added another act of Supremacy from Elizabeth I.

Death of Catherine of Aragon

Jan 7, 1536

Catherine of Aragon died in Kimbolton Castle. Experts say that she had either been poisoned or had a heart tumor which lead to a painful death in 1536.

Death of Anne Boleyn

May 19, 1536

Anne Boleyn was plotted against by some of the people of her town and she was searched for things that could be illegal to do in her time. After being found guilty, she was granted a private exicution and her head was chopped off with a sword and an arrow was shot through her chest. Finally, she was burried in an unmarked grave.

Death of Anne Boleyn

May 19, 1536

After commiting adultry she gave a short speech then was beheaded by a skilled sordsman

Marriage of Jane Saymour

May 30, 1536

5 Facts
- within 24 hours after Anne's execution King Henry VIII he had his eye on Jane
- Henry VIII considered her his first "true wife"
- Concieved their first born son and he was a boy
- Named his first boy Edward
- She then died two weeks after her sons birth

Edward VI Birth

Oct 12, 1537

Edward VI was born

Death of Jane Seymour

Oct 12, 1537

Jane was the only one with no emotion on the day of the birth of her newborn child. This is because she died while giving birth. Although not as common now, people were frequently dying from giving birth and people still do now. The technology wasnt as great as it is now. People had mixed emotions of her death because a new baby was born but she died and nobody knew how to feel.

Death of Jane Seymour

Oct 24, 1537

She died after giving birth to her one and only son

Marriage of Anne of Cleves

Jan 6, 1540

5 Facts
- Henry VIII needed an alliance with other countries so he married Anne of Cleves
- Almost immediately after he wanted the marriage to end
- Henry VIII didn't find Anne attractive at all
- Anne said that her last marriage had not been broken to do a favor for the king
- She moved into the castle that Anne Boleyn and lived for many years.

Divorce of Anne of Cleves

Jul 6, 1540

The reason the divorced happened is because Henry VIII never even liked her and she didn't want to be beheaded so she came up with a plan. She said that her last marriage hadn't been abolished so she could get a divorce with him.

Marriage of Kathryn Howard

Jul 28, 1540

5 Facts
- She was Anne Boleyn's first cousin
- She was 19 and he was 49
- Henry VIII called her a "rose without a thorn"
- She started to grow interested in people her own age
- The king found out about her admirers and executed her

Death of Kathryn Howard

Feb 13, 1542

Executed because she had an interest in younger men and the king didn't like that

Marriage of Katherine Parr

Jul 12, 1543

5 Facts
- She was very close with all of her stepchildren
- She spoke latin, french, and Italian with some spanish
- She felt like it was her duty to take the kings hand in marriage
- A few months after Henrys death she married another Seymore
- She then had a child but soon after died with a horrible fever

Edward VI Takes The Throne

Jan 20, 1547

Edward VI took the throne in 1547. 1). When he took the throne, he was only ten years old. 2). In 1549, Edward became a Protestant. 3). He was the only male child of King Henry VIII. 4). Edward was born in London England. 5). His death caused a power struggle.

Divorce of Katherine Parr

Jan 22, 1547

She never got divorced but she was instead widowed by King Henry VIII and got married soon after

Death of King Henry VIII

Jan 28, 1547

Henry VIII died in 1547 due to infection. He had previously had a bad injury to his leg in a jousting accident. This wound was thought to have healed but instead, it was too good to be true. The wound opened and started to become a highly infected blistering leg ulcer that was life threatening and eventually took the king's life.

Death of Katherine Parr

Sep 5, 1548

Katherines life was taken just a few months after having her child when she came down with peurperal fever and died in 1548.

Mary Tudor Takes The Throne

Jan 21, 1553

Mary Tudor was crowned queen in 1553. 1). She was the first child of Henry VIII. 2). She changed the relgion of England back to Roman Catholic and Protestants were persecuted. 3). This gave her her nickname, "Bloody Mary". 4). She married King Phillip II of spain. 5). She got pregnant but ended up having a false pregnancy.

Death of Anne of Cleves

Jul 16, 1557

Anne died in 1557 from a declining illness and she was burried in Westminster Abbey.

Elizabeth I Takes the Throne

Nov 17, 1558

Elizabeth I was crowned as queen in 1558. 1).She was the second child of King Henry VIII. 2). Her reign is often refered to as the Elizabethen Age. 3).Queen Elizabeth never married or had any children. 4). She wore lots of white makeup to cover up small pox scars. 5). She was born in Greenwich, England.

Death of Mary Tudor

Nov 17, 1558

From what historical records we have, people believe that Mary was killed by cancer. More specifically, uterus cancer or ovarian cancer. It was probably a painful death. After a lot of pain, she passed away on November 17th 1558.

Death of Elizabeth I

Mar 24, 1603

Queen Elizabeth died in 1603. She was about 70 years old when she died of blood poisoning.