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 10 year overview for 1500 to 1509
 1500   Pinzon sails coast of Brazil
Apr 17   Louis XII enters Milan
Aug   Francisco de Bobadilla
Oct   Columbus returns in chains
 
 1501 Tournament at the Tower of London
 
Episode: Henry VIII and his Six Wives
 Timeline of episode: Henry VIII and his Six Wives
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Oct 2 Catherine of Aragon arrives
Nov 14 Prince Arthur marries Catherine of Aragon
 
 1502Jan Prince Arthur moves to Ludlow
Apr Prince Arthur dies
May 9   Columbus starts his fourth voyage
May 25   Columbus leaves the Canary Islands
Jun 15   Columbus lands at Mantinino
Jun 29   Columbus predicts a hurricane
Jul 30   Columbus heads west
Aug   Columbus explores the mainland coast
Sep   Columbus at Costa Rico
Oct Henry becomes Duke of Cornwall
Oct   Veragua
Nov   Columbus shelters from the storms
Nov 2   Columbus arrives at Portobelo
 
 1503 William Wareham becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Construction of Henry VII Lady chapel
Jan   Columbus founds a colony
Feb Elizabeth of York dies
Jun Henry VII escorts Margaret to Scotland
Jun   Columbus is stranded for a year
Jun 23 Henry and Catherine's marriage arranged
Aug 8 Marriage of James IV and Margaret
 
 1504Jan   Mutiny in Jamaica
Feb 29   A Lunar Eclipse saves Columbus
Mar   No rescue for Columbus
Jun 29   Columbus is rescued
Nov Death of Isabella of Castile
Nov 7   Columbus returns to Spain
 
 1505 Papal dispensation
 
 1506May 20   Death of Columbus
 
 1507 Thomas Wolsey becomes royal chaplain
Carew Castle hosts a celebration
 
 1508Sep 19 Earthquake
 
 1509 Thomas Wolsey becomes royal almoner
Norwich Cathedral fire
Apr 21 Death of Henry VII
 
The reign of HENRY (VIII, King of England 1509-1547)
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Jun 11 Henry marries Catherine of Aragon
Jun 24 The coronation of Henry VIII
 
 10 year overview for 1510 to 1519
 1511Jan 1 Birth of Henry's first son
May 1 Joust at Greenwich
 
 1512 Holy League against France
Fire at the Tower of London
Fire damages Westminster Palace
 
 1513 Thomas Wolsey organises expedition to France
  Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
Jun Henry sails to France
Aug 16 Battle of the Spurs and fall of Therouanne
Sep Fall of Tournai
Sep 9 Battle of Flodden
 
 1514 Thomas Wolsey obtains the lease of Hampton
Feb 6 Wolsey become Bishop of Lincoln
Aug Louis XII marries Princess Mary
Aug English - French peace treaty
Sep Thomas Wolsey becomes archbishop of York
 
 1515Jan 1 Death of Louis XII
Feb Princess Mary secretly marries
May 13 Mary and Suffolk marry
Sep 22 Birth of Anne of Cleves
 
 1516 Publication of 'Utopia'
Feb 18 Birth of Mary
 
 1517 Plague
A new crusade is proposed
 
 1518Oct Treaty of London (Universal Peace)
 
 1519Aug 10   Magellan leaves Seville
Sep 20   After taking on supplies Magellan's voyage begins
 
 10 year overview for 1520 to 1529
 1520Jun 7 Field of the Cloth of Gold
 
 1521Nov Treaty of Bruges
 
 1522Sep   Survivors of Magellan's voyage return
 
 1525 Wolsey founds Cardinal College Oxford
 
 1527 Henry VIII meets Anne Boleyn
May Wolsey sets up secret court
Jun 22 Henry VIII declares his marriage invalid
 
 10 year overview for 1530 to 1539
 1530Nov 29 Death of Wolsey
 
 1533Jan 25 Marriage to Anne Boleyn
Spring Act of Succession
May 23 Marriage to Catherine of Aragon declared illegal
May 28 Marriage to Anne Boleyn declared legal
Jun 1 Coronation of Anne Boleyn
Sep 7 Birth of Elizabeth to Anne Boleyn
Dec Princess Elizabeth moved to Hatfield
 
 1534Jan Mary moved to Hatfield
 
 1536Jan Death of Catherine of Aragon
Jan 29 Anne Boleyn loses a son
May 2 Anne Boleyn arrested
May 19 Execution of Anne Boleyn
May 30 Henry marries Jane Seymour
Summer Netley Abbey surrenders to the King
Jul Elizabeth declare illegitimate
Oct 2 Lincolnshire Rebellion
Oct 21 Pilgrimage of Grace
Oct 27 Meeting with rebels
Dec Rebels list demands
 
 1537Qtr 1 More uprisings
Summer Rebel leaders executed
Oct 12 Edward VI born at Hampton Court
Oct 24 Jane Seymour dies
 
 1538 Destruction of Thomas Becket's Relics
 
 10 year overview for 1540 to 1549
 1540 Construction of Pendennis and St. Mawes Castles
Waltham Abbey Dissolved
Jan Abbey at Gloucester surrenders
Jan 6 Marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves
Jul 9 Marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled
Jul 28 Marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine Howard
 
 1541 Gloucester given Cathedral status
 
 1542Feb 13 Catherine Howard executed
Aug Battle of Haddon Rig
Nov 24 Battle of Solway Moss
Dec 8 Birth of Mary, Queen of Scots
Dec 14 Death of James V of Scotland
 
 1543 Succession to the Crown Act
Jul Treaties at Greenwich
Jul 12 Marriage of Henry and Catherine Parr
Sep 9 Queen Mary's Coronation
 
 1544 Construction of Southsea Castle
 
 1545Jul 19 Sinking of the Mary Rose
 
 
The reign of Edward (VI, King of England 1547-1553)
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 1547Jan 28 Death of Henry VIII
Feb 20 Edward VI crowned
Mar 31   Death of Francis I
Jul Capture of the castle at St. Andrews
Sep 10 Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
 
 1548Qtr 1 Queen Mary moved to Dumbarton Castle
Jul The French arrive in Scotland
Aug 13 Queen Mary arrives in France
 
 10 year overview for 1550 to 1559
 1550Mar Treaty of Boulogne
 
 1553 Expedition to find a north-east passage
 
Episode: Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Day Queen
 Timeline of episode: Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Day Queen
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Jun Change to Edward VI's will
Jul Mary gathers support
Jul 6 Death of Edward VI
Jul 10 Lady Jane Grey proclaimed Queen
Jul 17 Northumberland's final move
 
The reign of Mary (I, Queen of England 1553-1558, Bloody Mary)
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Aug 3 Mary arrives in London
Sep 8 Elizabeth attends mass
Oct 1 Mary Tudor crowned
Dec Elizabeth returns leaves court
 
 1554 Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyatt
Jan 26 Elizabeth summonsed to court
Feb 7 Wyatt arrested
Apr 11 Wyatt executed
Jul 25 Marriage of Queen Mary and Philip of Spain
 
 1557Jul 16 Death of Anne of Cleves
Dec The Lords of the Congregation
 
 1558Apr Betrothal of Mary and Dauphin Francis
Apr 24 Marriage and a secret agreement
Nov Elizabeth at London
 
The reign of Elizabeth (I, Queen of England 1558-1603)
 Information about this person
Nov 17 Queen Mary dies
 
 1559 Marriage proposal
Jan 14 Coronation pageants
Jan 15 Coronation of Elizabeth
Jun   Henry II killed during a tournament
Sep   Coronation of Francis II, King of France
 
 10 year overview for 1560 to 1569
 1560 Dudley accused of murder
Jun Death of Mary of Guise
Dec Death of Francis II, King of France
 
 1561 Mary tours her kingdom
Spring Bad weather defeats Eric
Spring Marriage proposal from Spain
Aug 14 Mary Stuart leaves France
 
 1562Sep Treaty of Richmond
Oct Elizabeth ill with smallpox
Oct Fall of Huntley
Winter Le Havre occupied by the English
 
 1563Summer Le Havre abandoned
 
 1565Jul 29 Mary Stuart marries Lord Darnley
 
 1566 The Royal Exchange founded
Jun 19 Birth of the James the future King of England
 
 1567Feb 10 Murder of Lord Darnley
 
 10 year overview for 1580 to 1589
 1580Aug Katla Volcano Eruption
 
 1583Nov Throckmorton Plot
 
 1584Jun Bond of Association
Nov Bond amended by the Queen
 
 1585Jan Parry Plot
 
 1599Apr 25 Birth of Oliver Cromwell


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