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1491
Henry VIII born
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1502
Prince Arthur (H8 brother and first husband of CoA) dies
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1502
Henry VII arranges for his son (H8) to marry CoA
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1509
Henry VIII gets coronated
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1509
Henry VIII marries CoA
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1509
Henry VII died
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1510
H8 executed Empson and Dudley (unpopular ministers)
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1511
Henry VIII joined the Holy League (against France)
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1511
Treaty of Westminster (H8/Ferdinand against France)
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Period: 1512 to 1514
First French War (ended because of finances)
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1513
Henry wins the Battle of the Spurs in France
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1513
Henry wins the battle of Flodden in Scotland and James IV dies
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1513
H8 executed Edumund De La Pole (Yorkist threat)
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1513
Henry VIII took Tournai and Therouanne
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1514
Wolsey made Archbishop of York
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1514
H8 made peace with France
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1514
Mary Tudor marries Louis XII
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1515
Louis XII dies
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1515
Francis I declared King of France
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1515
Thomas Wolsey becomes Cardinal
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1516
Mary I is born to H8 and CoA
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1516
Ferdinand dies- Charles V takes control of Spain
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1517
Luther's Ninety Five theses
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1518
Treaty of London, Anglo-French treaty
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1518
Cardinal Wolsey appointed as Papal legate
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1519
H8s illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, was born
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1519
Charles V rules all of Burgundy
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1519
Maximillian HRE dies
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1520
Field of the Cloth of Gold- Francis and Henry
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1521
Treaty of Bruges- England and the HRE
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1521
War breaks out between Francis and Charles
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1521
Henry is declared Defender of the Faith by the Pope
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1522
Henry declares war on France
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1522
Treaty of Windsor- Charles V and Henry (anti-France)
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1525
Francis I captured at the Battle of Pavia
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1525
Amicable grant rebellion in the north
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1525
Amicable grant for the invasion of France
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1525
Treaty of More- France and England
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1526
Eltham Ordinances
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1526
Tyndale's English Bible published
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1527
The Sack of Rome
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1527
Treaty of Amiens- France, England and Spain
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1528
The Obedience of a Christian Man published
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1528
England and France declare war on Charles V
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1529
Thomas Cranmer appointed as Chancellor
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1529
Fall of Wolsey- praemunire
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1529
First session of the Reformation Parliament
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1529
Collectanea Satis Copiosa presented to Henry
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1531
Henry declares himself supreme head of the English Church
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1532
Act in Conditional Restraint of Annates (stops payments)
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1532
Supplication against the Ordinaries
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1532
The Submission of the Clergy
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1532
Thomas More resigns
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1532
Cranmer appointed as Archbishop
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1533
Henry and Anne are married
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1533
Act in Restraint of Appeals (appeal to foreign courts)
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1534
Act and an Oath of Succession (for Anne and Henry)
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1534
Elizabeth Barton executed
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1534
Act of Supremacy
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1534
Treason Act
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1535
John Fisher executed
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1535
Valor Ecclesiasticus- financial survey
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1536
Dissolution of the smaller monasteries
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1536
Catherine of Aragon dies
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1536
The Act of Ten Articles- protestant reforms
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1536
Anne Bolyen executed
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1536
Henry married Jane Seymour
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1536
Pilgrimage of Grace and Lincolnshire rebellion
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1537
Jane Seymour dies in childbirth
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1539
Act of Six Articles- Catholic doctrine
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1539
The Great Bible was published
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1539
Act for the Dissolution for the Greater Monasteries
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1540
Henry married Anne of Cleeves but was unable to consumate his marriage
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1540
Anne of Cleeves marriage annulled
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1540
Henry married Catherine Howard
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1540
Cromwell arrested and executed- treason and heresy
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1542
Catherine Howard was executed after Cranmer told Henry she slept with other men
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1542
Henry won at the Battle of Solway Moss
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1542
James V died
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1543
Henry and Charles V pledged to invade France
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1543
Cranmer accused of heresy
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1543
Treaty of Greenwich- England and Scotland
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1543
Henry marries Catherine Parr
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1543
Scotland rejects the treaty of Greenwich
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1544
Seige and surrender of Boulogne
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1546
Peace of Ardes- England and France
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1546
Norfolk and Surrey arrested
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1547
Henry VIII dies