Tudor Timeline

Battle of Bosworth

Henry VII becomes king

Henry VII dies

Accession of Henry VIII

Reformation of the Church begins

Henry divorces Catherine Of Aragon

Henry marries Anne Boleyn

Elizabeth I born

Dissolution of the Monasteries begins

Catherine Of Aragon dies

Execution of Anne Boleyn

Henry marries Jane Seymour

First Act of Union (England & Wales)

Edward VI born

Jane Seymour dies

Henry marries Anne Of Cleves

Henry divorces Anne Of Cleves

Henry marries Catherine Howard

Catherine Howard executed

Second Act of Union (England & Wales)

Henry marries Katherine Parr

Henry dies

Accession of Edward VI

Edward VI dies

Lady Jane Grey proclaimed queen

Mary I proclaimed Queen

Mary I marries Prince Philip of Spain

Burning of Protestants begins

Mary I dies

Accession of Elizabeth I

Elizabethan Religious Settlement

William Shakespeare born

Northern Rebellion

Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe

Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

Essex Rebellion

Queen Elizabeth I dies