| Date |
Event |
| 22nd August 1485 |
Battle of Bosworth Field takes place between the armies of the House of York and the House of Lancaster. King Richard III is killed. |
| 22nd August 1485 |
Henry Tudor becomes King Henry VII of England. |
| 9th June 1497
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John Cabot discovers Newfoundland in Canada.
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| 21st April 1509
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Henry VIII becomes King of England.
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| 11th June 1509
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Catherine of Aragon becomes King Henry VIII's first wife.
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| 24th June 1514
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Cardinal Thomas Wolsey takes over Hampton Court Palace in London and spends lavishly to make it into a fine palace.
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| 25th January 1533
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Anne Boleyn becomes King Henry VIII's second wife.
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| 3rd November 1534
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Act of Supremecy is declared, declaring Henry VIII to be the Supreme Head of the Church of England.
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| August 1535
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Thomas Cromwell leads royal commisioners to investigate the country's monasteries.
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| 18th March 1536
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Dissolution (closing down) of the monasteries begins.
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| 30th May 1536
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Jane Seymour becomes King Henry VIII's third wife.
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| 1536
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England and Wales are united by the Act of Union 1536. Many Welsh people are upset however because members of Parliament have to speak in English.
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| 6th January 1540
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Anne of Cleves becomes King Henry VIII's fourth wife.
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| 28th July 1540
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Catherine Howard becomes King Henry VIII's fifth wife.
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| 19th July 1545
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The Mary Rose warship is sunk in Portsmouth harbour.
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| 28th January 1537
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Edward VI becomes King of England.
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| 1552
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The Act of Uniformity makes it law for English people to be Protestants.
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| 10th July 1553
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Lady Jane Grey becomes Queen of England.
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| 19th July 1553
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Mary I becomes Queen of England.
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| 12th February 1554
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Lady Jane Grey is executed.
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| 17th November 1558
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Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England.
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| 1562
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Sir John Hawkins trades slaves for the first time.
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| 26th April 1564
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William Shakespeare is baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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| 26th September 1580
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Sir Francis Drake completes his circumnavigation of the World in his ship The Golden Hind.
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| 4th June 1584
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Sir Walter Raleigh establishes the first English colony in America, naming it Virginia.
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| 8th February 1587
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Mary Stuart (Queen of Scotland) is executed under the order of Queen Elizabeth I.
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| 29th July 1588
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Attacking Spanish Armada are first sighted off Cornwall.
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| 6th August 1588
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The Spanish Armada anchor near Dover.
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| 7th August 1588
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The English set alight fireships and send them towards the Spanish Armada who panic and flee.
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| 12th August 1588
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English ships pursuing the Armada give up the chase and return to ports.
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| 13th August 1588
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The commander of the Spanish Armada orders his ships to sail around Scotland and head home.
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| 1-21st September 1588
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Bad weather wrecks many Spanish ships off the coast of Ireland and Scotland.
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| 22nd September 1588
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Surviving ships of the Armada start reaching Spain.
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| 1599
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The Globe Theatre in London is built.
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| 24th March 1603
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Queen Elizabeth I dies without any heirs, thus ending the Tudor period of rule.
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