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| Act of Succession More, Thomas |  |
| 1st July Charged with high treason for denying the validity of the Act of Succession, More believes he cannot be convicted as long as he did not explicitly deny that the king was the head of the church, and he therefore refuses to answer all questions |
| 1st July Thomas Cromwell, the most powerful of the king's advisors, produces the Solicitor General, Richard Rich, to testify that More had, in his presence, denied that the King was the legitimate head of the church. |
| Arrest Cromwell, Thomas | |
| April Orders the imprisonment of the Clergy preaching Papal supremacy |
| Arrest Henry VIII | |
| April Cromwell orders the imprisonment of the Clergy preaching Papal supremacy |
| Birth Frobisher, Martin | |
| Birth of Martin Frobisher |
| Birth Henry VIII | |
| 6th July Birth of a stillborn child |
| Birth Hepburn, James |  |
| Birth of James Hepburn, son of Patrich, 3rd Earl of Bothwell |
| Bishop of Worcester Latimer, Hugh | |
| Worcester Appointed Bishop of Worcester |
| Capture Humayun |  |
| Gujarat Captures Gujarat |
| Capture Suleyman I the Magnificent |  |
| Tabriz Captures Tabriz after failing to force the Shah of Persia to do battle |
| Cardinal Fisher, John | |
| May Paul III creates Fisher Cardinal-Priest of S. Vitalis, in the hope of inducing Henry to ease Fisher's treatment, the effect is precisely the reverse |
| Census Cromwell | |
| Organizes a census to assess the wealth of the Church for dissolution & taxation |
| Chaplain Anne Boleyn Parker Parker, Matthew | |
| London Appointed Chaplain to Anne Boleyn |
| Chief Justice Baldwin, John | |
| Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas |
| Constitution Henry VIII | |
| 22nd June Appointed Supreme Head of the Church |
| Courtship Henry VIII Henry VIII | |
| 10th Sep Savernake Henry VIII visits John Seymour & meets his daughter Jane |
| Courtship Henry VIII Seymour, Jane | |
| 10th Sep Savernake Henry VIII visits John Seymour & meets his daughter Jane |
| Death Fisher, John | |
| 22nd June Tower of London Death of John Fisher, executed |
| Death More, Thomas | |
| 6th July London Death of Thomas More |
| Dissolution Cromwell | |
| Organizes a census to assess the wealth of the Church for dissolution & taxation |
| London The valor ecclesiasticus book is drawn up by Cromwell containing wealth of the Church |
| Dissolution Cromwell, Thomas | |
| Organizes a census to assess the wealth of the Church for dissolution & taxation |
| London The valor ecclesiasticus book is drawn up by Cromwell containing wealth of the Church |
| Divorce Walden | |
| Supports the divorce of Henry from Catherine & presides over thetrial of Thomas Moore |
| Elector Brandenburg Joachim II |  |
| Brandenburg Appointed Elector of Brandenburg |
| Elector Brandenburg John | |
| Brandenburg Appointed Elector of Brandenburg |
| Execution Fisher, John | |
| 22nd June Tyburn Deprived of his position of Bishop of Rochester by the Act of Attainder, treated as a commoner, and tried by jury, found guilty, and condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn |
| 22nd June Tyburn Executed for refusing to acknowledge the King as Head of the Church |
| Execution Henry VIII | |
| London Commutes More's sentence of treason to beheading & permits More's family to attend |
| London Henry VIII commutes Fisher's sentence of treason to beheading |
| 22nd June Tower of London John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, is executed |
| 6th July Tower of London Sir Thomas More is executed |
| Execution More, Thomas | |
| London Henry VIII commutes More's sentence to beheading & permits More's family to attend |
| 1st July London Sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered (the usual punishment for traitors) but the King commutes this to execution by beheading |
| 6th July London Executed for refusing to acknowledge the act of supremacy |
| 6th July London While on the scaffold declares that he died "the King's good servant, but God's first" |
| Governor Pizarro, Gonzalo |  |
| Cuzco Appointed Governor of Cuzco |
| Quito Appointed Governor of Quito |
| Invasion of Poland Sigismund I the Elder |  |
| Defends the eastern front against the Russians |
| Legislation Cromwell | |
| 1st Feb London The Treason Act comes into force |
| Legislation Cromwell, Thomas | |
| 1st Feb London The Treason Act comes into force |
| Lima Pizarro, Francisco | |
| Lima Founds the new capital of Lima |
| Massacre Suleyman I the Magnificent | |
| Tabriz Captures Tabriz after failing to force the Shah of Persia to do battle |
| Montreal Cartier, Jacques |  |
| Montreal First to visit the site where Montreal will be founded |
| Oath of Succession Fisher, John | |
| 17th June Westminster Hall A special commission for Fisher'strial is issued, he is arraigned in Westminster Hall on a charge of treason, in that he denied the king to be supreme head of the Church |
| Publication Calvin, John | |
| Publication of, "The Institutes of the Christian Religion" |
| Rebellion Henry VIII | |
| 23rd Mar Maynooth Castle Kildare is defeated at Maynooth Castle, County Kildare |
| 23rd Mar Maynooth Kildare is defeated at Maynooth Castle, County Kildare |
| Aug Kildare surrenders to Skeffington |
| Reform Cromwell | |
| Writes to JPs, bishops & nobility to imprison clergy who preach papal authority |
| 1st Feb London The Treason Act comes into force |
| Reform Cromwell, Thomas | |
| Writes to JPs, bishops & nobility to imprison clergy who preach papal authority |
| 1st Feb London The Treason Act comes into force |
| Rule of Ecuador Pizarro, Gonzalo | |
| Quito Appointed Governor of Quito |
| Succession Christian III |  |
| Succeeds as King of Denmark |
| Succession Christian III |  |
| Succeeds as King of Norway |
| Supreme Head Henry VIII | |
| 22nd June Appointed Supreme Head of the Church |
| Treason Act More, Thomas | |
| More is tried, and found guilty, under the Treason Act 1534 |
| Trial Fisher, John | |
| 17th June Tower of London Found guilty of treason & sentenced to death |
| 17th June Westminster Hall A special commission for Fisher'strial is issued, he is arraigned in Westminster Hall on a charge of treason, in that he denied the king to be supreme head of the Church |
| 17th June Westminster Hall Deprived of his position of Bishop of Rochester by the Act of Attainder, treated as a commoner, and tried by jury, found guilty, and condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn |
| Trial More, Thomas | |
| London More had not expressly denied the royal supremacy but refuses to assent to it |
| More is tried, and found guilty, under the Treason Act 1534 |
| 1st July London Before his sentencing, More speaks freely of his belief that "no temporal man may be the head of the spirituality" |
| 1st July London Indicted of High Treason at Westminster Hall & condemned to death |
| 1st July London Sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered (the usual punishment for traitors) but the King commutes this to execution by beheading |
| 1st July Charged with high treason for denying the validity of the Act of Succession, More believes he cannot be convicted as long as he did not explicitly deny that the king was the head of the church, and he therefore refuses to answer all questions |
| 1st July More is tried before a panel of judges that includes the new Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas Audley, as well as Anne Boleyn's father, brother, and uncle |
| 1st July Thomas Cromwell, the most powerful of the king's advisors, produces the Solicitor General, Richard Rich, to testify that More had, in his presence, denied that the King was the legitimate head of the church. |
| Trial Rich | |
| Perjures himself during thetrial of Thomas More |
| Trial Walden | |
| London Supports Henry's divorce from Catherine & presides over thetrial Thomas More |
| Viceroy Mendoza, Antonio de | |
Appointed Viceroy of Mexico  , New Spain |
