From the European Reformation to the last Stuarts

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  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Henry VIII's reign

  • 1517

    Martin Luther wrote the Ninety-Five Theses

    Martin Luther wrote the Ninety-Five Theses
  • 1526

    The Tyndale Bible: translation of the New Testament in English

  • 1533

    The Act in restraint of Appeals

    It gave the King legal power to annul marriages.
  • 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    The King is made "Supreme Head of the Church of England".
  • 1536

    The Pilgrimage of Grace (ended in 1537)

    Rebellions in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, the main motivations being that the insurgents were against the Reformation.
  • 1537

    Permission is granted for an English Bible

  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    The Council of Trent

  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Edward VI's reign

  • 1549

    Publication of the Book of Common Prayer

  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Mary I's reign

    She became the first queen of England.
  • Period: 1558 to

    Elizabeth I's reign

  • Period: 1559 to 1563

    New legislation under Queen Elizabeth

    During that period she passed new legislation:
    - Act of Supremacy in 1559 regarding the Church's organization
    - Act of Uniformity in 1559 regarding religious belief
    - The 39 articles of faith between 1563 and 1571 which stated the doctrine of the Church
  • 1570

    The papal bull issued by Pius V

  • 1581

    The 1581 Act

  • The Babington Plot

  • The execution of Mary Queen of Scots

    The execution of Mary Queen of Scots

  • The defeat of the Spanish Armada

    The defeat of the Spanish Armada
  • Period: to

    King James I's reign

  • The Gunpowder plot

  • Period: to

    Charles I's reign

  • Petition of Rights

  • The Three resolutions

  • Period: to

    The Personal Rule

    also known as the Eleven Years' Tyranny

  • The Grand Remonstrance

  • Attempted arrestation of 5 MPs by Charles I

  • Charles I declared war on Parliament

  • Creation of the New Model Army

  • The Battle of Naseby

  • The King and Royalists surrended

  • Mutiny of the New Model Army

  • Charles I escaped and allied himself with the Scots

  • Pride's Purge

  • England is declared a Commonwealth

  • Execution of Charles I

  • Period: to

    The Interregnum

  • The Blasphemy Act

  • Dissolution of the Rump by Cromwell

  • End of the Commonwealth and start of the Protectorate

  • The Instrument of Government

    England's first and only written Constitution

  • Death of Cromwell

    end of the Protectorate

  • Charles II issued the Declaration of Breda

  • Period: to

    Charles II's reign

  • The Restoration

  • Outbreak of Plague

  • Great Fire of London

  • The Popish Plot

  • Period: to

    The Exclusion Crisis

  • The Glorious Revolution

  • The Bill of Rights

  • The Toleration act

  • The Act of Settlement

  • Act of Union between England and Scotland