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| Adultery Boleyn Boleyn, Anne |  |
| London Cromwell convinces Henry Anne had committed incest with her brother |
| Adultery Boleyn Henry VIII | |
| Cromwell convinces Henry Anne had committed incest with her brother |
| Arrest Boleyn, Anne | |
| 30th April London Mark Smeaton is arested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn |
| 2nd May Greenwich Arrested at the May day jousts in Greenwich & taken to the Tower of London |
| 2nd May Tower of London Arrested at the May day jousts in Greenwich & taken to the Tower of London |
| 5th May Tower of London Richard Page is arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn |
| 5th May Tower of London Thomas Wyatt is arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn |
| Arrest Boleyn, George | |
| 4th May Tower of London George Boleyn is arrested for high treason |
| Arrest Brereton, William | |
| 4th May Tower of London William Brereton is arrested for high treason |
| Arrest Henry VIII | |
| Tower of London Lord George Rochford is arrested for adultery with Anne Boleyn, Anne's brother |
| 30th April Tower of London Mark Smeaton is arested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn |
| 1st May Tower of London Henry Norris is arrested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn |
| 2nd May Tower of London Anne Boleyn is imprisoned in the Tower of London |
| 2nd May Tower of London George Boleyn is arrested for high treason |
| 4th May Tower of London Francis Weston is arrested for high treason |
| 4th May Tower of London William Brereton is arrested for high treason |
| 5th May Tower of London Richard Page is arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn |
| 5th May Tower of London Thomas Wyatt is arrested for high treason |
| Dec Orders the arrest of the rebel leaders |
| Arrest Norris, Henry | |
| 1st May Tower of London Henry Norris s is arrested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn |
| Arrest Page, Richard | |
| 5th May Tower of London Arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn |
| Arrest Smeaton, Mark | |
| 30th April Tower of London Mark Smeaton is arested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn |
| Arrest Weston, Francis | |
| 4th May Tower of London Francis Weston is arrested for high treason |
| Arrest Wyatt, Thomas | |
| 5th May Tower of London Arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn |
| Assassination Suleyman I the Magnificent |  |
| 30th Mar Has Ibrahim Pasha assassinated at the instigation of his wife |
| Birth Henry VIII | |
| 27th Jan London Birth of a stillborn son, Henry believes his marriage to Anne is damned |
| Birth Seymour, Jane | |
| London Birth of Edward VI, gives birth to Edward VI but dies 12 days later |
| Birth Clement VIII |  |
| 24th Feb Fano Birth of Clement VII |
| Buenos Aires Mendoza, Pedro de |  |
| Buenos Aires Founds the 1st colony at Buenos Aires |
| Burial Boleyn, Anne | |
| 19th May Tower of London Buried in the Chapel of St Peter-ad-Vincula in the Tower, where she remains |
| Burial Catherine of Aragon | |
| 27th Jan Peterborough Buried at Peterborough Cathedral, the same day Anne Boleyn miscarries |
| Burial Henry VIII | |
| 27th Jan Peterborough Burial of Catherine of Aragon, the same day Anne Boleyn miscarries |
| Capture of Minorca Suleyman I the Magnificent | |
| Minorca The Turks capture Minorca |
| Cardinal Pole, Reginald | |
| 5th Dec London Appointed Cardinal by Pope Paul III |
| Constitution Henry VIII | |
| London The Privy Council replaces the King's Council |
| Coronation Henry VIII | |
| York Jane Seymour is crowned in York Minster as the nth's Catholic Queen |
| Coronation Seymour, Jane | |
| York Jane Seymour is crowned in York Minster as the nth's Catholic Queen |
| Death Aske, Robert | |
| July York Death of Robert Aske |
| Death Boleyn, Anne | |
| 27th Jan London Anne Boleyn & Henry have a stillborn son |
| 27th Jan London Henry believes his marriage to Anne is damned |
| 15th May London Found guilty of treason & condemned to death |
| 19th May Tower Green Beheaded on Tower Green by a headsman from Calais who uses a sword |
| Death Boleyn, George | |
| 17th May London Death of George Boleyn, executed |
| Death Boleyn, Thomas | |
| Death of Thomas Boleyn, executed |
| Death Brereton, William | |
| 17th May London Death of William Brereton, executed |
| Death Catherine of Aragon | |
| 7th Jan Kimbolton Death of Catherine of Aragon, at Kimbolton Palace, Cambridgeshire |
| Death Fitzroy | |
| 22nd July London Death of Henry Fitzroy, of tuberculosis |
| Death Henry VIII | |
| 7th Jan Kimbolton Death of Catherine of Aragon, Henry & Anne's offspring can inherit the throne |
| 19th May London Has Anne Boleyn executed for high treason & adultery |
| 19th May Tower Green Anne Boleyn is executed |
| 22nd July London Death of Henry Fitzroy |
| 6th Oct Death of William Tyndale, executed in the Low Countries |
| Death Norris, Henry | |
| 17th May London Death of Henry Norris , executed |
| Death Smeaton, Mark | |
| 17th May London Death of Mark Smeaton, executed |
| Death Tyndale, William | |
| 6th Oct Death of William Tyndale, executed in the Low Countries |
| Death Weston, Francis | |
| 17th May London Death of Francis Weston, executed |
| Death Hamilton, James |  |
| On the death of John Stewart, Duke of Albany, Arran becomes the next heir of the Kingdom of Scotland after the king's immediate family |
| Death Emmanuel Philibert | |
| Death of Louis , becomes heir apparent on the death of his elder brother |
| Death Suleyman I the Magnificent | |
| 30th Mar Has Ibrahim Pasha assassinated at the instigation of his wife |
| Diplomacy Henry VIII | |
| London Parliament completes the break with Rome |
| Diplomacy James V | |
| Paris Asks to marry Francis I's daughter Madeleine, the French King agrees |
| Paris Attends a marriage service of the daughter of Vendome but finds her too unattractive |
| Paris Visits France where Francis I offers Marie de Vendome as a bride |
| Discovery of Lower California Cortez, Hernan del | |
| California Discovers Lower California |
| Dissolution Monasteries Cromwell | |
| Cromwell directs the dissolution of the monasteries |
| The wealth of the Church goes to the crown & Church lands are sold to the new nobility |
| Dissolution Monasteries Cromwell, Thomas | |
| Cromwell directs the dissolution of the monasteries |
| The wealth of the Church goes to the crown & Church lands are sold to the new nobility |
| Dissolution Monasteries Henry VIII | |
| Decides to dissolve or nationalize the smaller monasteries |
| Divorce Pole, Reginald | |
| Criticizes Henry's divorce & warns of punishment if he defies the Pope |
| Episcopacy Christian III |  |
| The Episcopacy is abolished in Denmark |
| Execution of Aske Aske, Robert | |
| July York The leader of the Pilrimage of Grace is executed |
| Execution of Aske Henry VIII | |
| July York The leader of the Pilrimage of Grace is executed |
| Execution of Boleyn Boleyn, Anne | |
| 19th May Tower Green Beheaded on Tower Green by a headsman from Calais who uses a sword |
| 19th May Tower Green Found guilty of treason |
| Execution of Boleyn Boleyn, George | |
| 17th May London George Boleyn is executed |
| Execution of Boleyn Boleyn, Thomas | |
| Death of Thomas Boleyn, executed |
| Execution of Boleyn Henry VIII | |
| 17th May London George Boleyn is executed |
| 19th May London Has Anne Boleyn executed for high treason & adultery |
| Execution of Boleyn Howard, Thomas | |
| Witnesses the execution of his niece, Anne Boleyn |
| Execution of Brereton Brereton, William | |
| 17th May London William Brereton os executed |
| Execution of Brereton Henry VIII | |
| 17th May London William Brereton is executed |
| Execution of Norris Henry VIII | |
| 17th May London Henry Norris s is executed |
| Execution of Norris Norris, Henry | |
| 17th May London Henry Norris s is executed |
| Execution of Smeaton Henry VIII | |
| 17th May London Mark Smeaton is executed |
| Execution of Smeaton Smeaton, Mark | |
| 17th May London Mark Smeaton is executed |
| Execution of Tyndale Henry VIII | |
| 6th Oct William Tyndale is executed in the Low Countries |
| Execution of Tyndale Tyndale, William | |
| 6th Oct William Tyndale is executed in the Low Countries |
| Execution of Weston Henry VIII | |
| 17th May London Francis Weston is executed |
| Execution of Weston Weston, Francis | |
| 17th May London Francis Weston is executed |
| Legislation Henry VIII | |
| 18th Mar London The Act of Suppression is passed |
| July London The Act of Succession, section IX allows Henry to bestow the crown on his daughters |
| 11th July The Ten Articles of Protestant faith are passed |
| 11th July London The Ten Articles are passed |
| 8th Dec London The Poor Law is enacted |
| Legitimacy Elizabeth I Elizabeth I | |
| July Mary & Elizabeth are bastardized, succession going to Jane Seymour's son Edward VI |
| Legitimacy Mary I Mary I | |
| Coerced into signing an agreement that her parent's marriage was invalid |
| Marriage Boleyn, Anne | |
| 1st May London Cranmer declares Anne's marriage void due to Henry's affair with her sister Mary |
| 17th May London Divorced from Henry VIII |
| Marriage Henry VIII | |
| Offers to marry Madeleine the daughter of Francis I but is refused |
| London Parliament approves the marriage to Anne Boleyn & the break with Rome |
| 17th May London Henry's Marriage to Anne Boleyn is invalidated |
| 17th May London Henry's marriage to Catherine is declared invalid |
| 20th May London Henry VIII is betrothed to Jane Seymour |
| 30th May York Place Marries Jane Seymour, at York Place |
| Marriage Seymour, Jane | |
| 20th May London Henry VIII is betrothed to Jane Seymour |
| 30th May London Marries Henry VIII, his 3rd wife, the same month Anne Boleyn is executed |
| Miscarriage Boleyn, Anne | |
| 29th Jan London News of Henry falling from his horse in a coma causes Anne to miscarry a male child |
| Parliament Henry VIII | |
| 4th April London Henry VIII's 5th Parliament closes |
| 8th June London Opening of Henry VIII's 6th Parliament |
| 18th July London Henry VIII's 6th Parliament closes |
| Peerage Boleyn, George | |
| Rochford Created Viscount Rochford |
| Peerage Cromwell | |
| Created Lord Cromwell of Wimbledon |
| Peerage Cromwell, Thomas | |
| Created Lord Cromwell of Wimbledon |
| Peerage Seymour, Edward | |
| 5th June Created Viscount Beauchamp, after Jane Seymour marries Henry VIII |
| Pregnancy Boleyn Henry VIII | |
| 29th Jan London Anne miscarries of a boy as a result of finding Henry in the arms of Jane Seymour |
| 29th Jan London Anne's miscarriage is taken as a sign of divine wrath |
| Pregnancy Seymour Henry VIII | |
| Dec London Jane Seymour announces that she is pregnant |
| Pregnancy Seymour Seymour, Jane | |
| Dec London Jane Seymour announces that she is pregnant |
| President Howard, Thomas | |
| Appointed President of the Council of the North |
| Publication Pole, Reginald | |
| Publication of, "Pro Ecclesiasticae Unitatis Defensione" |
| Rebellion Aske, Robert | |
| Yorkshire Aske believes Henry's promise to open Parliament but the rebels suppressed |
| Yorkshire Demands Mary be legitimized, the Pope's authority restored & Church powers returned |
| Yorkshire Demands that Parliament not be subservient to the Royal will |
| Yorkshire Henry sends Norfolk to promise a Parliament & pardon the rebels |
| 8th Oct Yorkshire The rebels demand the restoration of the Pope's authority |
| 8th Oct Yorkshire Yorkshire rebels who call themselves the "pilgrimage of grace" |
| Rebellion Henry VIII | |
| York To pacify the rebels Jane joins Henry VIII on a tour of the nth & is crowned in York |
| Oct Lincolnshire Beginning of the rebellion led by Robert Aske, engulfs the nth of England |
| Rebellion Howard | |
| Yorkshire Helps put down the rebellion of the Pilgrimage of Grace |
| Rebellion Howard, Thomas | |
| Yorkshire Puts down the rebellion of the Pilgrimage of Grace |
| Rebellion Seymour, Jane | |
| York To pacify the rebels Jane joins Henry VIII on a tour of the nth & is crowned in York |
| Yorkshire Sympathizes with the rebels because she is a Catholic |
| Rebellion Pizarro, Francisco | |
| The Inca rebellion is crushed |
| Reform Cromwell | |
| An act dissolves all religious Houses worth under œ200 pa, 372 institutions |
| Reform Cromwell, Thomas | |
| An act dissolves all religious Houses worth under œ200 pa, 372 institutions |
| Reform Henry VIII | |
| Allowed to appoint his successor if he does not sire a male heir |
| Section IX allows Henry to bestow the crown on one of his daughters |
| 18th Mar The Act of Suppression is passed |
| 1st May Beginning of the reformation of the Church in Ireland |
| July The Act of Succession is passed |
| 11th July The Ten Articles of Protestant faith are passed |
| 31st July Prohibited to exercise or defend papal authority, under penalty of praemunire |
| 8th Dec London The Poor Law is enacted |
| Reform Christian III | |
| The Episcopacy is abolished in Denmark |
| Speaker House of Commons Rich | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons |
| Succession Edward VI | |
| July Mary & Elizabeth are bastardized, succession going to Jane Seymour's son Edward VI |
| Succession Elizabeth I | |
| Forced to sign an agreement that her parent's marriage was invalid & is illegitimate |
| July Mary & Elizabeth are bastardized, succession going to Jane Seymour's son Edward VI |
| Succession Henry VIII | |
| July London Mary & Elizabeth are bastardized, succession going to Jane Seymour's son Edward VI |
| Succession Mary I | |
