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Timeline Political Events Flashcards

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1485

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  • Henry VII takes throne following victory at the Battle of Bosworth
  • Henry’s first parliament
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1486

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  • Henry marries Elizabeth of York
  • Lovell rebellion
  • Birth of Prince Arthur
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1487

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  • Imposture of Lambert Simnel
  • Defeat of the Earl of Lincoln at the Battle of Stoke
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1489

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Murder of Earl of Northumberland and Yorkshire rising

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1491

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  • Beginning of Imposture of Perkin Warbeck
  • Birth of Prince Henry
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1495

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  • Execution of Sir William Stanley
  • Introduction of the Council Learned in the Law under the leadership of Sir Reginald Bray
  • Creation of Privy Chamber
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1497

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Cornish Rebellion

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1497

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Surrender of Warbeck

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1499

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Execution of the Earl of Warwick and of Warbeck

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1502

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Death of Prince Arthur

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1503

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Death of Sir Reginald Bray

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1509

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Death of Henry VII and accession of Henry VIII

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1509

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Empson and Dudley arrested

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1509

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Henry VIII’s coronation

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1510

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  • Abolition of Council Learned in the Law
  • Empson and Dudley executed
  • Thomas Wolsey appointed to Council
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1514

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Wolsey emerges as chief minister

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1515

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Wolsey appointed Lord Chancellor

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1515

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Princess Mary marries the Duke of Suffolk

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1516

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Birth of Princess Mary

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1521

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Execution of Duke of Buckingham

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1526

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Eltham Ordinances issued

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1529

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  • Fall of Wolsey
  • Sir Thomas More appointed Lord Chancellor
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1532

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  • Resignation of More
  • Thomas Cromwell emerges as chief minister
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1533

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  • Henry marries Anne Boleyn
  • Birth of Princess Elizabeth
  • Princess Mary declared illegitimate
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1535

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Execution of Thomas More

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1536

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  • Execution of Anne Boleyn
  • Marriage of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
  • Princess Elizabeth declared illegitimate
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1537

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Birth of Prince Edward

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1540

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  • Marriage of Henry and Anne of Cleves was quickly dissolved
  • Execution of Cromwell
    -Marriage of Henry and Catherine Howard
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1542

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Execution of Catherine Howard

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1544

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Mary and Elizabeth reinstated to the line of succession

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1547

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  • Death of Henry VIII
  • Marquis of Hertford (later Duke of Somerset) appointed Protector
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1549

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  • Execution of Thomas Seymour
  • Fall of Somerset
  • Earl of Warwick takes over leadership of government
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1550

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Warwick becomes Lord President of the Council and Duke of Northumberland

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1552

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Execution of Somerset

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1553

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  • Death of Edward VI succeeded by Lady Jane Grey temporarily
  • Mary I proclaimed Queen
  • Execution of Northumberland
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1554

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  • Wyatt’s Rebellion
  • Execution of Lady Jane grey
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1558

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  • Death of Mary I and accession of Elizabeth I
  • Sir William Cecil appointed secretary
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1559

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Coronation of Elizabeth I

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1562

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Elizabeth seriously ill with smallpox

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1563

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Elizabeth urged to marry

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1566

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Elizabeth again pressed to marry

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1569

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Northern Rebellion

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1571

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  • Ridolfi Plot
  • Cecil raised to the peerage as Lord Burghley
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1572

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Duke of Norfolk executed

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1573

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Sir Francis Walsingham appointed secretary of state

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1583

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Throckmorton Plot

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1584

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Bond of Association

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1585

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Parry Plot

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1586

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  • Babington Plot
  • Mary Queen of Scots convicted of treason
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1587

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Mary Queen of Scots executed

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1588

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Death of Earl of Leicester

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1590

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Death of Walsingham

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1591

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  • Death of Sir Christopher Hatton
  • Robert Cecil promoted to Privy Council
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1596

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Cecil appointed secretary of state

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1598

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Death of Lord Burghley

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1599

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  • Cecil appointed Master of Wards
  • Essex returns from Ireland
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1601

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Rebellion and execution of Earl of Essex

58
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1603

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Death of Elizabeth I and accession of James I

The Tudors 1485-1603 (5 decks)

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