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| Act of Succession More, Thomas |  |
| 13th April Asks to appear before a commission and swear allegiance to the Act of Succession, More accepts Parliament's right to declare Anne the legitimate Queen of England, but refuses to take the oath because of an anti-papal preface to the Act
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| 13th April Asserts Parliament's authority to legislate in matters of religion by denying the authority of the Pope, which More would not accept
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| 17th April Imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he writes his devotional Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation
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| Arrest Fisher, John | |
| 21st April Tower of London Sent to the Tower for refusing to take the oath of succession
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| 2nd May Tower of London Falls into a trap laid for him by Richard Rich, who perjures himself to obtain Thomas More's conviction, Rich tells Fisher that for his own conscience's sake the King wished to know, in strict secrecy, Fisher's real opinion
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| 2nd May Tower of London Fisher was taken in by Richard Rich and says that he is convinced "that the King was not, nor could be, by the Law of God, Supreme Head in earth of the Church of England"
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| 2nd June Tower of London The See of Rochester is declared vacant
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| Arrest Henry VIII | |
| 17th April Tower of London Sir Thomas More is arrested for refusing to take the oath of succession
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| 21st April Tower of London John Fisher is arrested for refusing to take the oath of succession
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| Arrest More, Thomas | |
| Tower of London Refuses to swear to Henry VIII's oath of succession
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| 17th April Tower of London Imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he writes his devotional Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation
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| Arrest Wilson, Nicholas | |
| Tower of London Refuses to swear to Henry VIII's oath of succession
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| Birth Henry VIII | |
| July Birth of a stillborn child to Anne Boleyn
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| Bishop Goodrich, Thomas | |
| Ely Appointed Bishop of Ely, advised Henry VIII on the divorce from Catherine of Aragon
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| Bishop Lee, Rowland | |
| 10th Jan Coventry Consecrated as the Bishoop of Coventry & Lichfield
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| Calvinism Francis I |  |
| Paris Delegates from 66 Calvinist congregations in France meet secretly at Paris in a national synod which draws up a confession of faith and a book of discipline, thus was organized the first national Protestant church of France
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| Capture Barbarossa, Khey Ad-Din |  |
| Tunis Captures Tunis
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| Capture Suleyman I the Magnificent |  |
| Dec Baghdad Suleyman I the Magnificent captures Baghdad
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| Church of England Henry VIII | |
| Appointed Head of the Church of England
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| Council of Marches & Lee, Rowland | |
| April Appointed President of the Council of Marches & Wales
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| Death Barton, Elizabeth | |
| 20th April Tower of London Death of Elizabeth Barton, executed
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| Death Bocking, Edward | |
| 20th April Tyburn Death of Edward Brocking, executed
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| Execution Barton, Elizabeth | |
| 20th April Tower of London Elizabeth Barton is hanged at Tyburn for heresy
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| Execution Bocking, Edward | |
| 20th April Tower of London Edward Bocking is hanged at Tyburn for heresy
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| Execution Henry VIII | |
| 20th April Tower of London Elizabeth Barton is hanged at Tyburn for heresy, the "Nun of Kent"
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| Invasion of Mesopotamia Suleyman I the Magnificent | |
| Mesopotamia Invades Mesopotamia & recaptures Baghdad
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| Legislation Henry VIII | |
| The Treason Act is passed
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| Legislation More, Thomas | |
| 13th April Asks to appear before a commission and swear allegiance to the Act of Succession, More accepts Parliament's right to declare Anne the legitimate Queen of England, but refuses to take the oath because of an anti-papal preface to the Act
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| Marriage Catherine of Aragon | |
| London An Act of Parliament is passed making the marriage to Henry VIII "utterly dissolved"
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| Marriage Henry VIII | |
| 23rd Mar Pope Clement VII declares Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn null & void
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| 23rd Mar London The Pope declares that Henry's marriage to Catherine is valid
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| Marriage Seymour, Edward | |
| 9th Mar Marries Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Stanhope of Rampton
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| Marriage Clement VII |  |
| 23rd Mar Pope Clement VII declares Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn null & void
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| Marriage Mary of Guise |  |
| Marries Louis d'Orleans
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| Master Jewels Cromwell | |
| April London Appointed Master of the Jewels to Henry VIII
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| Master Jewels Cromwell, Thomas | |
| April London Appointed Master of the Jewels to Henry VIII
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| Oath of Succession Fisher, John | |
| 21st April Tower of London Like Thomas More, Fisher takes the line that since the statute condemns only those speaking maliciously against the King's new title, there is safety in silence
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| 21st April Tower of London Sent to the Tower for refusing to take the oath of succession
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| 2nd May Tower of London Falls into a trap laid for him by Richard Rich, who perjures himself to obtain Thomas More's conviction, Rich tells Fisher that for his own conscience's sake the King wished to know, in strict secrecy, Fisher's real opinion
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| 2nd May Tower of London Fisher was taken in by Richard Rich and says that he is convinced "that the King was not, nor could be, by the Law of God, Supreme Head in earth of the Church of England"
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| 17th June Tower of London Put on trial in Westminster Hall before a court of seventeen, including Thomas Cromwell, Anne Boleyn's father, and ten justices, the only testimony is that of Richard Rich, Fisher is condemned to death
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| Peace Henry VIII | |
| 11th May Henry VIII makes peace with James V
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| Placards Francis I | |
| Lutheranism was introduced in France after about 1520, Francis I was tolerant of religious reformers, but after the Affair of the Placards in 1534, he began to view Protestants as a threat and openly moved against them
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| Plot More, Thomas | |
| Accused of conspiring with Elizabeth Barton, a nun who had prophesied against the king's divorce, but More is able to produce a letter in which he had instructed Barton not to interfere with state matters
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| Pope Paul III | |
| Vatican Appointed Pope, Alessandro Farnese, the protege of Pope Alexander VI
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| Principal Secretary Cromwell | |
| April London Appointed Principle Secretary to Henry VIII
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| Principal Secretary Cromwell, Thomas | |
| April London Appointed Principle Secretary to Henry VIII
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| Publication More, Thomas | |
| Publication of, "A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation"
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| 17th April Tower of London Imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he writes his devotional Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation
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| Reform Cranmer, Thomas | |
| Canterbury Passes the Succession Act commanding allegiance to Anne & her issue
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| Reform Henry VIII | |
| Separates the Church from the Roman Catholic Church
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| Abolition of Peter's Pence & other Papal Taxes
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| Act for the Submission of the Clergy to the King's Majesty is passed
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| An Act is passed for the Submission of the Clergy
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| It becomes treason to deny royal titles or call the King a heretic or usurper
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| It becomes treason to rebel against royalty by words
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| The Act in Restraint of Annates is passed
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| The Convocation of the Clergy has its legislative powers curtailed
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| The King is to appoint Bishops & Abbots
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| London Act for Payment of First Fruits, increases clerical taxation
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| London The 2nd Act of Annates, financial links with Rome are severed
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| London The Treason Act is passed
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| 26th Mar Only children from Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn are lawful heirs
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| 26th Mar The Act of Succession is passed
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| Roman Catholic Church Clement VII | |
| 25th Sep Death of Clement VII
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| Succession Elizabeth I | |
| London An act of Parliament reinstates the succession of the daughters of Henry VIII
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| Succession Henry VIII | |
| London An act of Parliament reinstates the succession of the daughters of Henry VIII
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| Treaty of Peace James V | |
| 11th May An Anglo-Scots Peace treaty is signed
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| Trial Fisher, John | |
| 17th June Tower of London Put on trial in Westminster Hall before a court of seventeen, including Thomas Cromwell, Anne Boleyn's father, and ten justices, the only testimony is that of Richard Rich, Fisher is condemned to death
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| Trial More, Thomas | |
| London Indicted under the Acts of Supremacy & Treason
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