1509 - 1547 Flashcards
- Henry VII dies and Henry VIII ascends
- Empson and Dudley are arrested
- Henry and Catherine of Aragon marry
1509
Henry joins the Holy League against France
1511
- battle of Flodden
- James IV dies
- English victory at Tournai
- Thomas Wolsey rises in Henry’s service
1513
- Peace with France
- Louis XII marries Mary – Henry’s sister
1514
- Wolsey becomes a cardinal
- Bessie Blount becomes Henry’s mistress
- Princess Mary is born
1516
Wolsey sets up the Treaty of London
1518
- Charles V becomes holy Roman emperor
- Illegitimate Henry Fitzroy is born
1519
- Field of Cloth of Gold
- Henry meets Francis I of France + Emperor Charles V
- Mary Boleyn becomes the king’s mistress
1520
- execution of the duke of Buckingham
- Henry writes a book on his Catholic beliefs.
1521
War with France; Henry ends his relationship with Mary Boleyn
1522
Henry starts divorce proceedings against Catherine.
1527
Wolsey fails to find a solution to Henry’s divorce and Henry fires him
1529
Henry sleeps with Anne Boleyn, who becomes pregnant
1532
- Henry marries Anne Boleyn
- Archbishop Cranmer declares Henry’s first marriage null
- Act in Restraint of Appeal severs ties to Rome
- Elizabeth is born
1533
Parliament passes the First Succession Act and the Treasons Act
1534
- dissolution of the monasteries
- act of supremacy
- pilgrimage of grace
- silken Thomas revolts in ireland
- the English bible is approved
- Henry marries Jane Seymour
1536
Prince Edward is born; Jane dies
1537
act of six articles
1539
- Henry marries and divorces Anne of Cleves
- Thomas Cromwell falls
- Henry marries Catherine Howard
1540
- Treaty with the emperor
- war with Scotland
1542
- Henry marries Catherine Parr
- Treaty of Greenwich betroths Prince Edward to Mary Queen of Scots
1543
- War with France
- attack on Scotland
- fall of Boulogne
1544
- England defeats a potential French invasion
- Mary rose sinks
- 1545
- The Howards fall
- Henry makes his will
1546
