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| Adviser Tylney | |
| 13th Aug AppointedAdviser to the newly formed war council, advises on finance |
| Alliance Henry VIII | |
April Burgundy The Burgundians also agree to become mercenaries in Henry'sinvasion of France |
| Alliance Francis I | |
July James IV accepts finance & equipment for a "2nd front" against England |
July Sends 2 shiploads of weepons to Scotland |
| Alliance Louis XII | |
8th May Promises to pay James IV of Scots for equipping his navy |
| Alliance Maximilian I | |
Joins the Holy League against France as an ally of Henry VIII of England |
| Archbishop Albert | |
| Appointed Archbishop of Magdeburg |
| Battle of Alnwick Howard, Thomas | |
3rd Sep Alnwick Joins forces with his father & commands the rear of the English Army |
| 3rd Sep Alnwick Surrey joins up with his son Thomas Howard, the Lord Admiral |
| Battle of Brest Henry VIII | |
| Woolwich Decides after the battle of Brest to construct Woolwich Docks to build more ships |
Aug Brest An English fleet lays siege to Brest |
| Battle of Flodden Assheton, Richard | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Commands the Cheshire Levies |
| Battle of Flodden Boothe, John | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Commands the Lancashire Levies |
| Battle of Flodden Bullmer, William | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Commands men from the Bishopric of Durham |
| Battle of Flodden Butler, Thomas | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Commands the Lancashire Levies |
| Battle of Flodden Glyn, John | |
9th Sep Flodden Despatch by Earl Surrey to inform Henry VIII of the English victory over the Scots |
| Battle of Flodden Henry VIII | |
| 9th Sep Flodden After Flodden Henry receives the boostained surcoat of the dead James IV |
9th Sep Flodden James V succeeeds to the Scots throne & peace is restored |
| 9th Sep Flodden Peace descends on the northern border for most of Henry VIII's reign |
9th Sep Flodden The Scottish king is killed & 1/3 of Scotland 's Army destroyed |
| Battle of Flodden Howard, Edmund | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Commands a division of Cheshire men |
9th Sep Flodden Commands the right of the English Army at the victory over the Scots |
9th Sep Flodden Helps his father, the 1st Earl of Surrey, defeat the Scots |
| Battle of Flodden Howard, Thomas | |
30th June Flodden Henry VIII commands an Army in France & appoints Surrey to watch the English border |
9th Sep Flodden Defeats the Scots who lose 10,000 dead |
9th Sep Flodden Helps defeat the Scots |
| 9th Sep Flodden Helps win victory at the battle of Flodden |
9th Sep Flodden Leads the vanguard of the English during their victory against the Scots |
9th Sep Flodden Provides naval support to his father in defeating the Scots at Flodden |
| 9th Sep Flodden Rewarded by the restoration of the Norfolk dukedom |
| Battle of Flodden Normayle, John | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Commands about 500 citizens from York |
| Battle of Flodden Percy, Lionel | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Commands the Abbot of Whitby's servants |
| Battle of Flodden Percy, William | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Commands about 3,000 archers & billmen |
| Battle of Flodden Savage, Christopher | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Commands a party of bowmen & billmen |
| Battle of Flodden Stanley, John | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Commands the Bishop of Ely's men |
| Battle of Flodden Taylor, Henry | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Chaplain at the battle of Flodden |
| Battle of Flodden Campbell, Archibald | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Commands the Campbell followers & Highlanders |
| Battle of Flodden Campbell, John | |
| Flodden Death of Archibald Campbell, killed at the battle of Flodden |
| Battle of Flodden Foreman, Andrew | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Carries the standard of St Andrew |
| Battle of Flodden Forman, Andrew | |
9th Sep Flodden Scots standard bearer at the Battle of Flodden |
| 9th Sep Flodden The only person who can identify the body of James IV |
| Battle of Flodden James IV | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Accepts the Earl of Surrey's offer to do battle |
9th Sep Flodden Leads the Scots 3rd Division, men from Stirling, Linlithgow & the Lothians |
9th Sep Flodden The Earl of Surrey defeats the Scots , James IV, 11 Earls & 10,000 Scots are slain |
| Battle of La Motta Colonna, Prospero | |
| 7th Oct La Motta Fights for the Spanish against the Venetians |
| Battle of Novara Louis XII | |
| 6th June Novara Defeat at the battle of Novara contributes to the French withdrawal from the Duchy of Milan |
| Battle of River Tweed Bullmer, William | |
Aug River Tweed Ambushes a Scottish raiding party of 8,000 under the Earl of Home |
| Battle of River Tweed Howard, Thomas | |
| 27th Aug River Tweed The war council agrees to take the field at Bolton in Glendale |
| Battle of Spurs, The Henry VIII | |
| 16th Aug Guineagate Atter victory at the battle of the Spurs Henry VIII is able tocapture Tournai |
| 16th Aug Guineagate Called "battle of the Spurs" because of the haste of the French to leave the battlefield |
16th Aug Guineagate English troops under Henry VIII defeat a French army under Marshal La Palice |
16th Aug Guineagate Henry VIII & his Austria n mercenaries route the French, at Guinegate, now Enguinegatte, France |
| Battle of Spurs, The Louis XII | |
| 16th Aug Guineagate Emperor Maximilian & Henry defeat the French at Guinea gate |
16th Aug Guineagate Henry VIII & Ferdinand of Aragon fight France , French knights lose their spurs |
| Battle of Spurs, The Palice, Jacques de la | |
16th Aug Guineagate English troops under Henry VIII defeat a French army under Marshal La Palice |
| Battle of Spurs, The Maximilian I | |
Guineagate Helps win the battle of the Spurs against France |
| Birth Catherine of Aragon | |
| London Givesbirth to a son who dies at birth |
| Birth Henry VIII | |
| Nov Richmond Birth of 2nd son at Richmond Palace, the Duke of Cornwall, who dies in the same month |
| Burial James IV | |
| Sheen Dies under Papal interdict & cannot be buried in consecrated ground |
| Sheen Queen Catherine keeps James IV at the monastery in Sheen |
| Canon Wolsey, Thomas | |
| York Appointed Canon of York |
| Captain Catherine of Aragon | |
15th June London Appointed Captain-General of the home forces while Henry VIII is fighting in France |
| Capture Henry VIII | |
24th Sep Tournai Captures Tournai, the richest city in nth east France |
| Capture Wolsey, Thomas | |
| Dijon Wolsey's Swiss army captures Dijon |
| Therouanne Helps Henry VIIIcapture of Therouanne & Tournai |
| Tournai Helps Henry VIIIcapture of Therouanne & Tournai |
| Coronation James V | |
9th Sep Stirling Crowned King of Scotland in Stirling, age 1 |
| Council Pontefract Howard, Thomas | |
| 13th Aug Pontefract Swears in a war council at Pontefract |
| Death Henry VIII | |
| Nov Richmond Death of 2nd son who dies in the month of his birth |
| Deptford Docks Henry VIII | |
| Deptford Henry VIII decides after the battle of Brest to construct Deptford Docks to build more ships |
| Deptford Docks Hopton, John | |
| Deptford Hopton constructs Deptford docks which becomes the most important dock under Henry VIII |
| Diplomacy Louis XII | |
Paris Sends an envoy to James IV for anAlliance against England |
| 13th Aug Paris Sends an ultimatum to Henry VIII at Therouanne in Flanders but is ignored |
| Diplomacy James IV | |
Louis XII asks Scotland to join France &invade England |
| Diplomacy Ferdinand II | |
| Has secret negotiations with Louis XII to cede Navarre & Brittany after Louis' death |
| Discovery of Florida Bermudez, Juan de | |
| Florida Discovers Florida, meaning floral |
| Discovery of Pacific Nunez de Balboa, Vasco | |
Discovers a "South Sea" & claims it for Spain |
| Execution Henry VII | |
| London Nephew of Edward IV & Yorkist heir, Edmind de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, is executed |
| Execution Henry VIII | |
4th May Tower of London Edmund de le Pole, supported by France as the "White Rose" pretender |
| 4th May Tower of London Has Edmund de le Pole executed for acting as a mercenary in the French Army |
| Governor Catherine of Aragon | |
15th June London Appointed Governor of the Realm, while Henry VIII is fighting in France |
| Governor Nunez de Balboa, Vasco | |
| Appointed Governor of Hispaniola |
| Health Henry VIII | |
| Dec London Suffers from smallpox |
| Invasion of England Bullmer, William | |
London Ordered by Surrey to patrol the English border with Scotland with 200 mounted archers |
| Invasion of England Henry VIII | |
Appoints Surrey to defend England from the Scots while Henry leads an Army in France |
River Tweed The Scots help their French allies by invading England & crossing the River Tweed |
| Invasion of England Howard, Thomas | |
River Tweed Entrusted with the command of repelling the Scottish invasion force |
River Tweed Marches around the Scottish army & places himself between the Scots & Edinburgh |
25th Aug River Tweed Hears news of the Scottish invasion of England |
| Invasion of England Francis I | |
July James IV accepts finance & equipment for a "2nd front" against England |
| Invasion of England James IV | |
| 22nd Aug River Tweed Joins theinvasion Army at the border |
| Invasion of France Henry VIII | |
| Burgundy Wolsey hires a Swiss mercenary army & invades Burgundy |
April Burgundy The Burgundians also agree to become mercenaries in Henry'sinvasion of France |
April England is unable toinvade because Ferdinand fails to keep his promise of support |
April Leaves the Earl of Surrey in the nth of England to defend the border from the Scots |
April Maximillian agrees to be a mercenary in Henry'sinvasion of France |
| 15th June Greenwich Sets out from Greenwich to Dover amid much pomp & ceremony |
| July Calais Lands in Calais |
Oct Lille Signs atreaty with Spain & the Hapsburgs toinvade France in the summer of 1514 |
22nd Oct Calais Returns to England from Calais as the conqueror of both the French & the Scots |
| 25th Oct Richmond Reunited with Queen Catherine at Richmond |
| Invasion of France Wolsey, Thomas | |
| Burgundy Wolsey hires a Swiss mercenary army & invades Burgundy |
Co-ordinates Henry VIII's campaign of Northern France |
| Invasion of France Ferdinand II | |
England is unable toinvade because Ferdinand fails to keep his promise of support |
| Invasion of Scotland James IV | |
| River Tweed Gathers an Army of 30,00 at Borough Moor near Edinburgh |
| Lieutenant Howard, Thomas | |
| Appointed Lieutenant General |
| Lord High Admiral Howard, Thomas | |
| Appointed Lord High Admiral |
| Marriage Henry VIII | |
| Oct Lille Agrees that his sister should marry Emperor Max's grandson, Charles of Castile |
| Marriage Douglas, Archibald | |
| Marries James IV widow Queen Margaret |
| Marriage Maragaret | |
| Marries the 6th Earl of Angus |
| Marriage Margaret | |
| Marries the 6th Earl of Angus |
| Miscarriage Catherine of Aragon | |
| London Catherine's 3rd pregnancy ends in miscarriage |
| Miscarriage Henry VIII | |
| London Catherine's 3rd pregnancy ends in miscarriage |
| Mobilization Hainslie, John | |
Aug Norham Castle Ordered to hold Norham Castle at all costs if attacked by the Scots |
| Mobilization Borthwick, Robert | |
July Makes some of the canon used by the Scots Army being gathered toinvade England |
| Peace |