Tudor Period

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  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance

    This period in Europe it was a transition between the Middle Ages and the beginnings of the Modern Age. Its main exponents are in the field of arts, although there was also a renewal in science, both natural and human. The Renaissance was the result of the dissemination of the ideas of humanism, which determined a new conception of man and the world and study and learning of the people of all social classes. There was a growing intersted in the ideas of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
  • 1485

    King Henry VII of England

    King Henry VII of England
    Henry Tudor (of the house of Lancaster) was crowned. The first Tudor Monarch.
  • Period: 1485 to 1509

    Henry VII

    Between the battle of Bosworth (1485) and his death (1509), Henry VII did as much as he could to make sure that the Tudors would keep the throne. He re-establish law and order in England after the problems of the Wars of the Roses, and was very successful at improving the royal finances.
  • Jan 18, 1486

    Henry married with Elizabeth (of the house of York)

    Henry married with Elizabeth (of the house of York)
    Two important houses come together.
  • 1487

    The Act of Livery and Maintenance

    He forbade the private armies and subdued the lords who opposed him.
  • 1509

    King Henry VIII

    King Henry VIII
    Became King when he was seventeen.
  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Henry VIII

    He changed the religion of his country, fought successful wars and emptied the royal treasury. Henry has been one of the most talked about monarchs ever since.
  • Period: 1517 to 1536

    English Reformation

    The reformation had started in Europe in 1517 when Martin Luther questioned the teachings of the Catholic Church. Between 1529 and 1536 Henry VII quarrelled with the Pope. England became a Protestant country.
  • Period: 1536 to 1540

    Dissolution of monasteries

    Henry VIII, closed almost 800 monasteries, and sold or gave away his lands. He did this to break the power of Rome in England and to acquire money.
  • 1543

    Nicholas Copernicus

    Nicholas Copernicus
    He said that the Earth revolved around the sun.
  • 1547

    Edward VI

    Edward VI
    Edward VI (1537 – 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. Edward was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, and England's first monarch to be raised as a Protestant. During his reign, the realm was governed by a regency council because he never reached his majority. The council was first led by his uncle Edward Seymour.
  • 1553

    Queen Mary I

    Queen Mary I
    Mary I (1516 – 1558) was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. She is best known for her aggressive attempt to reverse the English Reformation, which had begun during the reign of her father, Henry VIII. The executions that marked her pursuit of the restoration of Roman Catholicism in England and Ireland led to her denunciation as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents.
  • 1558

    Queen Elizabeth I

    Queen Elizabeth I
    Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death on 1603. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his second wife, who was executed after Elizabeth's birth. Anne's marriage to Henry VIII was annulled, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Her half-brother, Edward VI, ruled until his death in 1553, bequeathing the crown to Lady Jane Grey and ignoring the claims of his two half-sisters.