History Timeline 1509 - 1745 Flashcards
1509?
1509: King Henry VIII becomes King.
He is King Henry VII’s son.
He has six wives.
1534?
1534: King Henry VIII makes himself head of Church of England breaking away from the Catholic Church
1536?
1536: King Henry VIII starts to close monastries, confiscating their land and valuables
1547?
1547: Edward VI becomes King (King Henry VIII’s son). He is sympathetic to Protestants.
1549?
1549: A new Book of Common Prayer is introduced. It is written in English not Latin.
1553?
1553: Mary I becmes Queen (King Henry VIII eldest daughter).
She is strongly Catholic and reverses the religious reforms of Henry VIII and Edward VI
1558?
1558: Elizabeth I becomes Queen (King Henry VIII’s youngest daughter).
She has a long reign (44 years), but never marries.
1559?
1559: Elizabth I tries to change the Church of England so both Catholics and Protestants will like it.
Elizabeth introduces the Middle way for Protestants and Catholics.
1587?
1587: Mary Queen of Scots is executed
Mary was Margaret Tudor’s grand child.
Margaret was King Henry VIII’s sister and was married to King James IV of Scotland
1588?
1588:The Spanish send an Armada of ships to invade England. It is defeated.
1603?
1603: Elizabeth I dies, childless.
James Stuart already King of Scotland becomes James I King of England (Mary Queen of Scots’s son).
Tudor reign ends and Stuarts reign begins in England.
1625?
1625: Charles 1 (King James I’s son) becomes King.
He annoys a lot of people with expensive wars and high taxes.
1642?
1642: Civil War begins in England.
It is a fight between Royalists loyal to Charles I and Parliamentarians who want more say in the running of the country.
1648?
1648: The Parliamentarians win the Civil War.
They set up a republic called “The Common Wealth”. Oliver Cromwell is their leader.
1649?
1649: Charles 1 is executed.
1653?
1653: Cromwell makes himself “Lord Protector”
1658?
1658: Cromwell dies and is replaced by his son
1660?
1660: The monarchy is brought back - this is called the restoration.
Charles II becomes King, after promising to rule with the Parilament.
1685?
1685: James II becomes king.
He is Catholic and is unpopular with the Protestants.
1688?
1688: James II’s Protestant daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange, take over the throne.
James II runs away to France.
1690?
1690: James II tries to get his throne back by raising an army of Catholic supporters in Ireland.
But his army is badly beaten at the Battle of the Boyne.
1702?
1702: Mary’s sister Anne becomes Queen.
1707?
1707: The Act of Union unites England and Scotland.
1714?
1714: Anne dies childless.
A distant German relation becomes King George I.
1715?
1715: A Scottish rebellion against the Act of Union fails.
1727?
1727: George I dies.
His son becomes King George II.
1745?
1745: Another Scottish rebellion, led by Bonnie Prince Charlie also fails.
