Key Events: Timeline

Question 1

When did Henry VIII die?

Answer 1

28th January, 1547.

Question 2

When did Edward VI become King?

Answer 2

28th January, 1547.

Question 3

At what age did Edward VI become King?

Answer 3

9.

Question 4

What happened on the 21st March, 1547

Answer 4

Somerset was made Lord Protector.

Question 5

What else happened in 1547?

Answer 5

1. The Royal Injunctions were passed to enforce the new religious practices.
2. Somerset dissolved Chantries.

Question 6

What happened in 1548?

Answer 6

The enclosure commission was established.

Question 7

When was the Act of Uniformity passed?

Answer 7

1549.

Question 8

What did the Act of Uniformity do?

Answer 8

Enforced the First Book of Common Prayer.

Question 9

When was the First Book of Common Prayer issued?

Answer 9

1549.

Question 10

What else happened in 1549?

Answer 10

1. Western Rebellion
2. Kett’s Rebellion
3. Somerset’s fall from power

Question 11

What happened in 1550?

Answer 11

Northumberland was appointed the President of Council.

Question 12

When was Northumberland appointed Lord Protector?

Answer 12

1551.

Question 13

When was Somerset executed?

Answer 13

21st January, 1552

Question 14

What else happened in 1552?

Answer 14

1. Second Act of Uniformity was passed

2. Second Book of Common Prayer was issued

Question 15

When were the 42 Articles issued in Parliament?

Answer 15

1553.

Question 16

Why were the 42 Articles never passed as law?

Answer 16

Edward VI died.

Question 17

When did Lady Jane Grey marry Northumberland’s son?

Answer 17

21st May, 1553

Question 18

When was the ‘Succession Devise’ issued?

Answer 18

12th June, 1553

Question 19

When did Edward VI die?

Answer 19

6th July 1553

Question 20

When does Mary I become Queen of England?

Answer 20

6th July 1553