Henry VIII Key Dates

Question 1

When did Henry become King

Answer 1

1509

Question 2

When did Wolsey become a member of the Royal Council and as what position

Answer 2

1509 as Royal Almoner

Question 3

When did Henry marry Catherine of Aragon

Answer 3

1509

Question 4

When was Wolsey appointed to the Privy Council

Answer 4

1510

Question 5

When did England go to war with France as a result of Wolsey organising it for Henry

Answer 5

1513

Question 6

When did Wolsey become Archbishop of York

Answer 6

1514

Question 7

When was Wolsey appointed as Henry’s chief minister

Answer 7

1515

Question 8

When did Wolsey become Papal Legate

Answer 8

1518

Question 9

When was Wolsey’s foreign policy of ‘The Treaty of London’

Answer 9

1518

Question 10

When was ‘The field of the cloth of Gold’

Answer 10

1520

Question 11

When did the Pope give Henry the title ‘Defender of the Faith’

Answer 11

1521

Question 12

When was the Amicable Grant

Answer 12

1525

Question 13

When were the Eltham Ordinances

Answer 13

1526

Question 14

For 3 years Henry wanted to end his marriage with Catherine what was this period of years

Answer 14

1526-1529

Question 15

When was Wolsey stripped of most of his powers and possessions and exiled to York

Answer 15

1529

Question 16

When did Wolsey fall from power

Answer 16

1529

Question 17

When did Cromwell become an MP

Answer 17

1529

Question 18

When did Cromwell become a member of the Privy Council

Answer 18

1531

Question 19

When did Henry marry Anne and Elizabeth was also born

Answer 19

1533

Question 20

When were Catherine and Henry annulled

Answer 20

1533

Question 21

When did Cromwell become Henry’s chief minister

Answer 21

1534

Question 22

When was the Act of Succession

Answer 22

1534

Question 23

When was the Act of Supremacy

Answer 23

1534

Question 24

When was Elizabeth Barton executed without trial

Answer 24

1534

Question 25

When was the Bishop John Fisher executed for refusing to accept Henry as the head of the Church

Answer 25

1535

Question 26

When was Sir Thomas More Henry’s formal chancellor executed for refusing to accept Henry as the head of the Church

Answer 26

1535

Question 27

When did Parliament pass the Act for ‘The Dissolution of the monasteries’

Answer 27

1536

Question 28

When was Anne charged with treason and adultery after an investigation by Cromwell

Answer 28

1536

Question 29

When was Anne’s marriage with Henry annulled

Answer 29

1536

Question 30

When was Anne Boleyn executed for treason

Answer 30

1536

Question 31

When did Henry marry Jane Seymour

Answer 31

1536

Question 32

When was the Pilgrimage of Grace

Answer 32

1536

Question 33

When did Jane give birth to Edward and then also die less than 2 weeks later

Answer 33

1537

Question 34

When did Henry marry Anne of Cleves

Answer 34

1540

Question 35

When was Cromwell arrested and accused of Treason and who was suspected to have been behind it

Answer 35

1540 The Duke of Norfolk

Question 36

When was Cromwell executed for Treason

Answer 36

1540

Question 37

There was a 6 year period of conflict in the Church between those wanting to remain Catholic and those wanting to make the Church more Protestant, what were these years

Answer 37

1534-1540