Henry VIII: All key events

Marriage between Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon

Jun 11, 1509

England becomes a part of the Holy League

1511

This was a huge foreign policy victory, the league was between HRE, Spain and France

The Battle of Spurs

Aug 16, 1513

Another huge foreign policy victory for Henry, English troops surprised the French, causing them to flee and a number of French leaders and knights were captured. French casualties stood at 3,000

Battle of Flodden

Sep 9, 1513

Example of huge foreign policy success for Henry VIII. The king of Scotland, King James IV, was killed and the Scots lost between 5,000 and 14,000 men.
Catherine of Aragon won this for England, and Scotland was now much less of a threat due to Margaret, Henry's sister, being regent.

Henry's sister Mary marries King Louis XII of France

1514

Thomas Wolsey became a cardinal and chancellor of England

1515

Francis I becomes King of France

1515

Birth of Mary Tudor

1516

Ferdinand of Aragon dies

1516

Charles rules Spain

Wolsey made Papal Legate

1518

Treaty of London

1518

Henry was put at the centre of European politics. The countries who signed it were Burgundy, France, England, the HRE, the Netherland, the Papal States, and Spain.
HUGE foreign policy victory

Field of the Cloth of Gold

1520

Lavish meeting between France and England, Henry humiliated by loss in a wrestling match with Francis

Henry allied with Charles V

Aug 25, 1521

Both England and the HRE would declare France the enemy

Henry made defender of the faith by the Pope

Oct 17, 1521

This brought him international prestige for the defence of the catholic church

Wolsey raises £200,000 in parliamentary tax to pay for wars

1522

Subsidy introduced, wanting to raise £800,000

1523

Treaty of France

1525

Agreed to give some territorial holds in France in return for a substantial pension for the French

Amicable Grant introduced

1525

This was a forced loan, attempting to raise £800,000. It was a continuation of the subsidy, but was very unpopular. People were angry as it undermined parliamentary authority. It failed and Henry used Wolsey as a scapegoat

Battle of Pavia

1525

Francis V captured, huge success for England. Brought Henry closer to his aim of taking the French throne

The Eltham Ordinances

1526

Wolsey wanted to decrease the power of parliament and increase his own political power. Unsuccessful though

Treaty of Westminister

1527

An agreement of eternal peace with France, good foreign policy

Sack of Rome

1527

Pope imprisoned by Charles V

Pact against Charles

1527

England and France

Cardinal Campeggio in England to help with the divorce

1528

Fall of Wolsey

1529

Charged with Praemunire

Blackfriars Court

Jun 21, 1529

C of A argues that she's been a good wife

Wolsey's death

1530

The Years of Drift

Period: 1530 to 1531

Collectanea Satis Copiesa

1531

A collection of texts from Cranmer to help Henry's break from Rome

Submission of the Clergy

1532

Accepted Henry as head of CofE, caused Thomas More to resign as Chancellor

Supplication against the Ordinaries

1532

Petition passed by the House of Commons as a result of grievances against CofE and the clergy

Anne crowned

1533

Cranmer becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer

1533

Henry was threatened with excommunication by the Pope

1534

Act in Restraint of Annates

1534

All payments to the pope cease

Break with Rome

1534

Finalises the King's Great Matter

Act of Supremacy

1534

Henry VIII made supreme head of the church of England

The Treason Act

1534

This made it treason, punishable by death, to disavow the Act of Supremacy 1534. Sir Thomas More was executed under this act.

The Act of Succession

1534

Declared Mary I a bastard and Elizabeth as heir to the throne. All subjects had to swear an oath stating that they accepted the treaty

The Valor Ecclesiasticus

1535

A survey of the church's finances in England carried out by Cromwell

The dissolution of the monasteries begins

1536

The Act of Ten Articles

1536

Henry marries Jane Seymour

1536

Cromwell issues the injunctions

1536

The Pilgrimage of Grace

Period: 1536 to 1536

Protest against Henry's separation from the Catholic church, the dissolution of the lesser monasteries, the actions of Cromwell, and other social and economic grieves.

Katherine of Aragon dies

Jan 9, 1536

Anne Boleyn is confined to the tower of London

May 2, 1536

Anne Boleyn is beheaded

May 19, 1536

Henry executes 178 of the protestors involved in the Pilgrimage of Grace

1537

Cromwell publishes the Bishops Book

1537

John Lambert is executed

1538

Henry approves the translation of the Bible into English

1539

The closing of all monasteries

1539

The Act of Six Articles

1539

Certain Catholic practices guaranteed by the King (catholic leaning)

Henry marries Anne of Cleves

1540

Henry marries Catherine Howard

1540

Cromwell is arrested on charges of heresy

Jun 10, 1540

Henry and Anne divorce

Jul 9, 1540

Cromwell is blamed for the mismatch

Cromwell is executed for treason and heresy

Jul 28, 1540

Katherine Howard executed

1542

Henry marries Katherine Parr

1543

The 'Rough Wooing'

Period: 1544 to 1545

A peace treaty with France gives Henry control of Boulogne for 8 years

1546

Henry VIII dies

Jan 28, 1547

Birth of Edward VI

Oct 12, 2006