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Sixteenth Century
Year:
1501
Events:
Marriage of Arthur and Katherine of Aragon
Year:
1508
Places:
King's College, Cambridge
Year:
1509
Rulers:
Henry VIII
Year:
1501
Places:
Westminster Abbey, Henry VII's Chapel
Year:
1513
People:
Thomas Wolsey
Events:
Battle of the Spurs and fall of Therouanne
Year:
1514
Events:
Wolsey becomes archbishop of York
Places:
Hampton Court Palace 1514-40
Year:
1515
Rulers:
Francis I of France
Year:
1516
Events:
Publication or More's Utopia
Places:
Henry VII's tomb
Year:
1520
Events:
Field of Cloth of Gold
Places:
Compton Wynyates
Year:
1521
Events:
"Diet" of Worms
Year:
1522
Events:
Publication of Luther Bible
Year:
1530
Events:
Death of Wolsey
Year:
1533
Events:
Divorce of Catherine
Year:
1535
Events:
Execution of Anne Boleyn
Year:
1536
People:
Robert Aske
Events:
Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries
Year:
1540
Events:
Fall of Cromwell
Places:
Lacock Abbey
Year:
1542
People:
John Knox
Events:
War with Scotland - Battle of Solway Moss
Year:
1543
People:
Thomas Cranmer
Events:
War with France
Year:
1547
Rulers:
Edward VI
Henry II of France
 
To Be Completed...
Sixteenth Century
Year Kings and Queens Famous People Events Buildings
1501     Marriage of Arthur and Katherine of Aragon  
1508       King's College, Cambridge
1509 Henry VIII      
1511       Westminster Abbey, Henry VII's Chapel
1513   Thomas Wolsey Battle of the Spurs and fall of Therouanne  
1514     Wolsey becomes archbishop of York Hampton Court Palace 1514-40
1515 Francis I of France      
1516     Publication or More's Utopia Henry VII's tomb
1520     Field of Cloth of Gold Compton Wynyates
1521     "Diet" of Worms  
1522     Publication of Luther Bible  
1530     Death of Wolsey  
1533     Divorce of Catherine
 
1535     Execution of Anne Boleyn
 
1536     Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries  
1536   Robert Aske Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries  
1540     Fall of Cromwell Lacock Abbey
1542   John Knox War with Scotland - Battle of Solway Moss  
1543   Thomas Cranmer War with France  
1547 Edward VI
Henry II of France
     
To Be Completed...
Sixteenth Century
Centuries

People

1501 .. 1550

  • Louis (XII, King of France) ( - d.1515)
  • Henry (VIII, King of England 1509-1547) (b.1491 - d.1547)
  • Mary (Tudor, Queen of France) (b.1495 - d.1533)
  • Catherine (of Aragon) (b.1485 - d.1536)
  • Anne (of Cleves) (b.1515 - d.1557)
  • Catherine Parr
  • Mary (I, Queen of England 1553-1558, Bloody Mary, Mary Tudor) (b.1516 - d.1558)
  • Anne Boleyn ( - ex.1536)
  • Jane Seymour ( - d.1537)
  • Edward (VI, King of England 1547-1553) (b.1537 - d.1553)
  • Catherine Howard ( - ex.1542)
  • Thomas Cranmer (Archbishop of Canterbury) (b.1489 - d.1556)
  • Charles Brandon (Duke of Suffolk) (b.1485 - d.1545)
  • Thomas Wolsey (Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of York) (b.1472 - d.1530)
  • Charles (V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-58) and I, King of Spain (1516-56)) (b.1500 - d.1558)
  • Francis (I, King of France 1515-1547) ( - d.1547)
  • William Wareham (Archbishop of Canterbury)
  • Robert Aske ( - d.1537)
  • Julius (II, Pope 1503-1513)
  • Edward Seymour (Duke of Somerset, Protector) ( - d.1552)
  • James (V, King of Scotland 1513-1542) (b.1512 - d.1542)
  • James Hamilton (2nd earl of Arran) ( - d.1575)
  • Ferdinand Magellan
  • Seymour, Thomas (Lord High Admiral, Lord Sudeley) ( - ex.1549)

1551 .. 1600

  • Elizabeth (I, Queen of England 1558-1603) (b.1533 - d.1603)
  • Mary (Stuart, Queen of Scotland) (b.1542 - d.1587)
  • Mary (of Guise) ( - d.1560)
  • John Dudley (Earl of Warwick, Duke of Northumberland)
  • Philip (II, King of Spain 1556-1598) (b.1527 - d.1598)
  • Lady Jane Grey (b.1537 - ex.1554)
  • Dudley, Robert (Earl of Leicester)
  • Henry (Lord Darnley) (b.1546 - d.1567)
  • Henry (II, King of France 1547-1559) ( - d.1559)
  • Francis (II, King of France 1559-1560) (b.1544 - d.1560)
  • John Knox ( - d.1572)
  • James Stewart (1st Earl of Moray) (b.1531 - m.1570)

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