1556
Accession of Akbar
Akbar succeeds Humayun as Mughal emperor while still a teenager.
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Akbar succeeds Humayun as Mughal emperor while still a teenager.
Consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury
Arrested for plotting against Mary I
Arrested for plotting against Mary I, convicted of treason but pardoned
Arrested for plotting against Mary I
Pole’s synod promotes clerical reform and Catholic teaching.
Consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury
Thomas Cranmer is burned after rejecting his earlier recantations.
Spain & France go to war
The Worlds worst ever disaster, 830,000 perish. About 830,000 perish after earthquakes cause the Yellow & Wei rivers to flood
Plotters seek to replace Mary with Elizabeth during the Dudley conspiracy
Plots an invasion of England to depose Mary and place Elizabeth on the throne
A failed conspiracy seeks to replace Mary with Elizabeth
Government uncovers a conspiracy linked to Henry Dudley and other opponents of Mary's regime
Mary's government suppresses the Dudley conspiracy against the regime
Henry Dudley's conspiracy aims to place Elizabeth on the throne
A plot against Mary is betrayed to Cardinal Pole and conspirators are arrested
About 830,000 perish after earthquakes cause the Yellow & Wei rivers to flood
Mary sends Elizabeth back to Hatfield after she refuses a Savoy marriage proposal
Holds his hand in the fire which signed the annulment of Henry VIII from Catherine. Burnt at the stake by Mary I
Cranmer is burned after repudiating his recantations
Daniel is executed after the Dudley conspiracy is uncovered
Thomas Cranmer is burned after renouncing his earlier recantations
Peckham is executed for involvement in the Dudley conspiracy
Thomas Cranmer is burned for heresy during Mary's reign
Dudley seeks foreign support for a plot against Mary and Philip
The plot is betrayed to Cardinal Pole & the plotters are arrested & put in the Tower
A failed plot to replace Mary with Elizabeth
Henry Dudley plans foreign-backed action against Mary's government
Appointed Lord Chancellor
Elizabeth is summoned to court by Mary to marry Emmanuel Philibert
Mary sends Elizabeth back to Hatfield after she refuses to marry Emmanuel Philibert
Elizabeth is summoned to court by Mary to marry Emmanuel Philibert
Mary sends Elizabeth back to Hatfield after she refuses to marry Emmanuel Philibert
Cranmer is later burned, completing the Oxford martyrdoms.
Mary becomes queen consort of Spain when Philip succeeds Charles V
The plot is betrayed to Cardinal Pole & the plotters are arrested & put in the Tower
A failed plot to replace Mary with Elizabeth
Arrested for plotting against Mary I
Arrested for plotting against Mary I
The plot is betrayed to Cardinal Pole & the plotters are arrested & put in the Tower
Arrested for plotting against Mary I, convicted of treason but pardoned
Conspirators linked to Henry Dudley are imprisoned in the Tower
Reginald Pole is consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury after Cranmer is deprived.
Pole is consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury.
Reginald Pole is ordained priest before becoming archbishop.
Emperor Akbar defeats the Hindus in a 2nd Battle at Panipat and secures control of the Mogul Empire
Mary summons Elizabeth to court over a proposed marriage to Emmanuel Philibert
Elizabeth's servants and supporters are investigated after the Dudley conspiracy
Philip becomes King of Spain while remaining Mary I's husband
Arrested for plotting against Mary I, convicted of treason but pardoned
Death of Thomas Cranmer
Emperor Akbar defeats the Hindus in a 2nd Battle at Panipat and secures control of the Mogul Empire
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