1509 - 1547 Flashcards
1
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- Henry VII dies and Henry VIII ascends
- Empson and Dudley are arrested
- Henry and Catherine of Aragon marry
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1509
2
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Henry joins the Holy League against France
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1511
3
Q
- battle of Flodden
- James IV dies
- English victory at Tournai
- Thomas Wolsey rises in Henry’s service
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1513
4
Q
- Peace with France
- Louis XII marries Mary – Henry’s sister
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1514
5
Q
- Wolsey becomes a cardinal
- Bessie Blount becomes Henry’s mistress
- Princess Mary is born
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1516
6
Q
Wolsey sets up the Treaty of London
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1518
7
Q
- Charles V becomes holy Roman emperor
- Illegitimate Henry Fitzroy is born
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1519
8
Q
- Field of Cloth of Gold
- Henry meets Francis I of France + Emperor Charles V
- Mary Boleyn becomes the king’s mistress
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1520
9
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- execution of the duke of Buckingham
- Henry writes a book on his Catholic beliefs.
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1521
10
Q
War with France; Henry ends his relationship with Mary Boleyn
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1522
11
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Henry starts divorce proceedings against Catherine.
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1527
12
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Wolsey fails to find a solution to Henry’s divorce and Henry fires him
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1529
13
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Henry sleeps with Anne Boleyn, who becomes pregnant
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1532
14
Q
- Henry marries Anne Boleyn
- Archbishop Cranmer declares Henry’s first marriage null
- Act in Restraint of Appeal severs ties to Rome
- Elizabeth is born
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1533
15
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Parliament passes the First Succession Act and the Treasons Act
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1534
