The Tudor period

By D.Sam
  • Aug 22, 1485

    Battle of Bosworth

    Battle of Bosworth
    Start of the the Tudor dynasty after Henry VII kills Robert III, ruling king
  • Period: Aug 22, 1485 to 1509

    Reign of Henry VII

  • 1498

    Building of Richmond Palace

    Building of Richmond Palace
    It was built in replacement of the Sheen palace which burnt down in 1497. Richmond will become the favorite palace of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
  • Period: 1509 to 1529

    Thomas Wolsey

    Named almoner and Lord Chancellor by Henry VIII but falls out of favors after not being able to secure the king's divorce
  • Period: Apr 22, 1509 to Jan 28, 1547

    Reign of Henry VIII

  • Oct 11, 1521

    Fidei Defensor

    Fidei Defensor
    Henry VIII is given this title by the pope Leo X in gratitude for his writing "Defense of the Seven Sacraments"
  • 1529

    Refusal by the church of Rome

    Refusal by the church of Rome
    Regardless of Wolsey's attempts to convince the Catholic Church to let the king divorce, Pope Clement VII maintains the marriage.
  • Period: 1532 to Jul 28, 1540

    Thomas Cromwell

    Named chief minister after Wolsey's death, he engineered the Act of Supremacy, allowing the king to break with the pope and become sole head of the Church of England.
  • 1536

    Act of Union and Acts of Supremacy

    Act of Union and Acts of Supremacy
    Decided by Henry VIII, the Acts of Union unified Wales to England and established the king as ruler for both countries, while the Acts of Supremacy named Henry VIII as unique head of the Church of England.
  • 1547

    Cancelation of the Catholic Acts of the six articles

    Cancelation of the Catholic Acts of the six articles
    Edward VI, supervised by his uncle Edward Seymour, cancels those Catholic acts written in 1539 in order to reinforce Protestantism in England
  • Period: Jan 28, 1547 to Jul 6, 1553

    Reign of Edward VI

  • 1549

    Book of Common Prayer (1st)

    Book of Common Prayer (1st)
  • 1552

    Book of Common Prayer (2nd)

    Book of Common Prayer (2nd)
    Those two books were the first writings to set the ways of a Protestant CoE
  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Reign of Mary I

  • 1554

    Persecutions of protestants

    Persecutions of protestants
    In order to reinforce the Catholic power of the Church over England, mary Ist decided to burn Protestants as heretics under the heresy laws.
  • Period: 1558 to

    Elizabeth Ist

  • 1559

    Act of Supremacy

    Act of Supremacy
    Similar to the Act of Supremacy of 1534 by Henry VIII, those acts set Elizabeth as the head of the CoE and reinforce the rupture with Rome.
  • 1563

    The 39 Articles

    The 39 Articles
    These writings sum up the relations of the new reformed CoE with other religions.
  • Feb 25, 1570

    "Regnans in Excelsis"

    "Regnans in Excelsis"
    After seeing that Elizabeth I was reinforcing the protestant beliefs within the CoE, Pope Pius V decided to excommunicate the latter.
  • 1571

    Treason Acts

    Treason Acts
    These acts would describe which offenses made to the Queen would be punished and how.

  • Plantations

    Plantations
    These consisted of English nobles being sent to Ireland and being granted territories in order to bring the new protestant beliefs in a more catholic environment.

  • Victory agaisnt the Armada

    Victory agaisnt the Armada
    At the apogee of tensions between Spain and England, the victory of Elizabeth Ist over the so called "Invincible Armada" sealed her reputation at an international scale.