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Introduction to British History

By Emma Seys
  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Reign of Henry VIII

  • Martin Luther wrote the Ninety-Five Theses
    1517

    Martin Luther wrote the Ninety-Five Theses

  • The Tyndale Bible
    1526

    The Tyndale Bible

    The New Testament translated into English by William Tyndale.
  • The Act of Supremacy
    1534

    The Act of Supremacy

    Henry VIII became the 'Supreme Head of the Church of England'.
    It leads England to break from the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    The Council of Trent

  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Reign of Edward VI

  • The Book of Common Prayer
    1549

    The Book of Common Prayer

  • Mary I became the first Queen of England
    1553

    Mary I became the first Queen of England

  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Reign of Mary I

  • Period: 1553 to

    Poor Laws

  • Period: 1558 to

    Reign of Elizabeth I

  • The Act of Supremacy
    1559

    The Act of Supremacy

  • The act of Uniformity
    1559

    The act of Uniformity

  • Period: 1559 to 1579

    Royal Progesses

  • Period: 1563 to 1571

    The 39 Articles of Faith

  • The Northern Rebellion
    1569

    The Northern Rebellion

  • The Papal Bull "Regnans in Excelcis"
    1570

    The Papal Bull "Regnans in Excelcis"

    It excommunicates Elizabeth I.
  • The Treason Act
    1571

    The Treason Act

  • The 1581 Act
    1581

    The 1581 Act

  • The Babington Plot

    The Babington Plot

    Young Catholics had sworn to kill Elizabeth and put Mary Stuart on the throne but their strategies were discovered by Francis Walsingham, when he managed to decipher a coded letter between Marie Stuart and this group.
  • The Execution of Mary Stuart

    The Execution of Mary Stuart

  • Speech to the troops at Tilbury

    Speech to the troops at Tilbury

    “I know I have the body of a weak woman but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and a King of England too”.
  • The Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    The Defeat of the Spanish Armada

  • Period: to

    Reign of James I

  • the Gunpowder Plot

    the Gunpowder Plot

  • The Great Contract

    The Great Contract

  • The King James' Bible

    The King James' Bible

  • Period: to

    The Thirty Years' War

  • Period: to

    Reign of Charles I

  • The Petition of Rights

    The Petition of Rights

  • The Three Resolutions

    The Three Resolutions

  • Period: to

    The Personal Rule

  • Introduction of the New Prayer Book

    Introduction of the New Prayer Book

  • Period: to

    The Scottish Crisis

  • The Scottish National Covenant

    The Scottish National Covenant

  • The Grand Remonstrance

    The Grand Remonstrance

  • The Militia Act

    The Militia Act

  • The Irish Rebellion

    The Irish Rebellion

  • Charles I marched on Parliament with armed troops

  • Charles I officially declared war on Parliament

  • Period: to

    The First Civil War

  • The Battle of Naseby

    The Battle of Naseby

  • The King and Royalists surrendered

  • The King escaped custody and allied himself to the Scottish

  • The New Model Army seized the King

  • The Agreement of the People

    The Agreement of the People

  • The Pride's Purge

    The Pride's Purge

  • Period: to

    The Second Civil War

  • Monarchy and House of Lords abolished, England was declared a Commonwealth

  • Period: to

    The Interregnum

  • Period: to

    The Commonwealth

  • King Charles I was executed

    King Charles I was executed

  • The Blasphemy Act

  • The Instrument of Government

    The Instrument of Government

  • Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament

  • End of the Commonwealth

  • Period: to

    The Cromwellian Protectorate

  • Cromwell died

  • The Declaration of Breda

    The Declaration of Breda

  • Period: to

    Reign of Charles II (Early Restoration)

  • Period: to

    The Clarendon Code

  • Restoration of the King

  • The Act of Uniformity

    The Act of Uniformity

  • The outbreak of the Plague

    The outbreak of the Plague

  • The Great Fire of London

    The Great Fire of London

  • The Popish Plot

    The Popish Plot

  • Period: to

    The Exclusion Crisis

  • Period: to

    Reign of James II

  • The King's wife gave birth to a son

  • William of Orange became the King of England

    William of Orange became the King of England

  • The Toleration Act

    The Toleration Act

  • The Bill of Rights

    The Bill of Rights

  • The Act of Settlement

    The Act of Settlement

  • The Act of Union Between England and Scotland

    The Act of Union Between England and Scotland