Death of Henry VIII
Has Anne Boleyn executed for high treason & adultery
Role range: 1509-1547
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Henry VIII Biography and Timeline — Page 17
Follow Henry VIII through 1,046 dated historical records for England.
Henry VIII, historical timeline
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1536
Death of Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn is executed
Role range: 1509-1547
Execution
Has Anne Boleyn executed for high treason & adultery
Role range: 1509-1547
Execution
Anne Boleyn is executed by sword within the Tower of London.
Role range: 1509-1547
Treason
Has Anne Boleyn executed for high treason & adultery
Role range: 1509-1547
Marriage
Henry VIII is betrothed to Jane Seymour
Role range: 1509-1547
Marriage
Marries Jane Seymour, at York Place
Role range: 1509-1547
Parliament
Opening of Henry VIIIs 6th Parliament
Role range: 1509-1547
Legislation
The Ten Articles of Protestant faith are passed
Role range: 1509-1547
Legislation
The Ten Articles are passed
Role range: 1509-1547
Reform of Church Governance
The Ten Articles of Protestant faith are passed
Role range: 1509-1547
Dissolution of Parliament
Henry VIIIs 6th Parliament closes
Role range: 1509-1547
Bishop of Rome Act
Parliament extinguishes remaining claims of papal authority within England.
Role range: 1509-1547
Ecclesiastical Licences Act
The Ecclesiastical Licences Act replaces papal dispensations with licences granted under royal authority.
Role range: 1509-1547
Second Succession Act
Henry VIII is authorised to determine the succession further by letters patent or by will.
Role range: 1509-1547
Second Succession Act
The Act confirms Mary remains excluded from the succession alongside Elizabeth.
Role range: 1509-1547
Second Succession Act
The Act declares Elizabeth illegitimate and removes her from the line of succession.
Role range: 1509-1547
Second Succession Act
The Second Succession Act receives royal assent after the fall and execution of Anne Boleyn.
Role range: 1509-1547
Second Succession Act
The Second Succession Act removes both Mary and Elizabeth from the succession after Anne Boleyn's fall.
Role range: 1509-1547
Second Succession Act
The succession is vested in any legitimate children Henry VIII may have by Jane Seymour or a later wife.
Role range: 1509-1547
Death of Henry VIII
Death of Henry Fitzroy
Role range: 1509-1547
Reform of Church-State Relations
Prohibited to exercise or defend papal authority, under penalty of praemunire
Role range: 1509-1547
Legislation
The Act of Succession is passed
Role range: 1509-1547
Legislation
The Act of Succession, section IX allows Henry to bestow the crown on his daughters
Role range: 1509-1547
Reform of Royal Succession
The Act of Succession is passed
Role range: 1509-1547
Convocation Defines Seven Sacraments Debate
Convocation debates doctrine under royal direction as the Crown seeks an English statement of belief during the break with Rome.
Role range: 1509-1547
Succession
Mary & Elizabeth are bastardized, succession going to Jane Seymours son Edward VI
Role range: 1509-1547
Ten Articles
The Ten Articles define official doctrine for the Church of England under Henry VIII's supremacy.
Role range: 1509-1547
Execution
The leader of the Pilrimage of Grace is executed
Role range: 1509-1547
Royal Injunctions
Cromwell issues royal injunctions to enforce obedience to the king's supremacy in parish life.
Role range: 1509-1547
Lincolnshire Rising
The Lincolnshire Rising begins at Louth in protest against religious change and royal commissioners.
Role range: 1509-1547
Death of Henry VIII
Death of William Tyndale, executed in the Low Countries
Role range: 1509-1547
Execution
William Tyndale is executed in the Low Countries
Role range: 1509-1547
Lincolnshire Rebels Assemble
Thousands of rebels gather around Lincoln and present grievances concerning religious change, taxation, government officials and the dissolution programme.
Role range: 1536 – 1509-1547
Lincolnshire Demands Rejected
Henry VIII rejects the rebels' demands and orders them to disperse, refusing to concede that armed subjects may dictate royal policy.
Role range: 1536 – 1509-1547
Pilgrimage of Grace
The Pilgrimage of Grace begins in Yorkshire under Robert Aske after the failure of the Lincolnshire Rising.
Role range: 1509-1547
Pilgrimage of Grace
The Pilgrimage of Grace begins in Yorkshire under Robert Aske against religious change and royal policy.
Role range: 1509-1547
Execution
Many people in northern England had disliked the way in which Henry VIII had cast off Catherine of Aragon, although her successor, Anne Boleyn, had been unpopular as Catherines replacement her execution is undermines the monarchy
Role range: 1509-1547
Pilgrimage of Grace
Many people in northern England had disliked the way in which Henry VIII had cast off Catherine of Aragon, although her successor, Anne Boleyn, had been unpopular as Catherine's replacement her execution undermines the monarchy
Role range: 1509-1547
Pilgrimage of Grace
The Pilgrimage of Grace is a popular rising in York, Yorkshire during 1536, in protest against England's break with Rome and the Dissolution of the Monasteries, as well as other specific political, social and economic grievances.
Role range: 1509-1547
Records, sources and methodology
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