Histoire Britannique

By Julien Chabot
  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Reign of Henry VIII

  • Oct 31, 1517

    The Beginning of The Protestant Reformation

    German monk Martin Luther nails his Ninety-Five Theses, criticizing the Indulgences, on the door of the University of Wittenberg, Germany.
  • 1522

    Luther translates the Bible into German

  • 1526

    William Tyndale translates the Bible into English

  • 1527

    The divorce of Henry VIII

    Henry VIII wants his marriage with Catherine of Aragon to be annulled.
  • 1533

    Act of Succession + excommunication of Henry VIII

    Henry VIII marries Ann Boleyn and declares, by the Act of Succession, she is a legitimate queen. The Pope disagrees and the king is banished from the Roman Catholic Church.
  • 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    The king was made Supreme Head of the Church of England
  • Period: 1536 to 1541

    Disband & destruction of monasteries

  • Period: 1536 to 1537

    Pilgrimage of Grace

    Great rebellions were held for six months in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire by gentlemen and clergymen against the Reformation
  • 1537

    The Bible was translated into English

  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    Council of Trent

    Roman Catholic Church tried to correct the abuses of the Church
  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Reign of Edward VI, The Young King

  • 1549

    Revision of the mass book

    The Book of Common Prayer is instaured, eradicating Roman Catholic practices and allowing the marriage of clergy.
  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Reign of Mary I

  • Period: 1555 to 1558

    The Catholic Restoration

    Mary I, also called "Bloody Mary", restored Catholicism and sent more than 200 Protestants to the stake.
  • Period: 1558 to

    Reign of Elizabeth I

  • 1559

    Act of Uniformity + Second Act of Supremacy

    Second Act of Supremacy: Elizabeth I became the Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    Act of Uniformity: The Book of Common Prayer became mandatory in every parish and people who did not attend Anglican service were fined.
  • Period: 1563 to 1571

    The 39 Articles of Faith

    Stated the doctrine of the Church, new ecclesiology (conception of the Church), new doctrine of Salvation, new definition of sacraments and of the mass
  • 1568

    Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, flees to England

    Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, flees to England to escape from the civil war taking place in Scotland
  • Period: 1568 to

    Elizabeth I imprisoned Mary Stuart

    Elizabeth I kept Mary Stuart under close watch because she feared she would try to replace her in order to bring Catholicism back
  • 1569

    The Northern Rebellion against religious reforms

    • 6000 insurgents
    • Attempt to replace Elizabeth I by Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
    • Led by the Earls of Westmorland & Northumberland
  • 1570

    Elizabeth I excommunicated

  • 1571

    The Treason Act

    In response to her excommunication, Elizabeth I made it treason for anyone who said she was not the true Queen of England and Wales.
  • 1581

    The 1581 Act

    Catholics were sentenced to death, Catholic Mass became forbidden and Anglican service became compulsory under penalty of a £20 fine per month.

  • The Babington Plot

    Young Catholics had sworn to kill Elizabeth and but Mary Stuart on the throne, but the Queen's master spy intercepted a letter between Mary Stuart and this group. Mary was convicted for complicity and sentenced to death.

  • Mary Stuart is executed

  • Spain attacks England

    Catholic King Philip II of Spain decides to invade Protestant England but the Spanish Armada is defeated for the first time of its history.

  • Elizabeth I controls her image

    Elizabeth I destroyed portraits of her he judged offending.
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    Reign of James I

    By taking the throne of England, James becomes the first sovereign to reign on both Scotland and England.

  • The Gunpowder Plot

    Small groups of Catholics tried to blow up the Parliament

  • The King's "Great Contract"

    King James I tried to introduce a financial reform that would have made him financially independent by receiving a fixed sum of money from the Parliament. The House of Commons refused, so James I dismissed the Parliament.

  • King James' Bible

    Jame I instaures a new English translation of the Bible
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    The Thirty Years' War

    This was a war for the throne of Bosnia. German Prince Elector Palatine, supported by German princes, Scandinavia, France and the Dutch Republic, was invited to take it after the death of Ferdinand Habsburg so the Emperor sent his army, supported by Spain.

  • England enters the Thirty Years' War

    In order to help his daughter and son-in-law (Palatine) and to demonstrate the power of Protestant England, James I sends his country to the war.
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    Reign of Charles I

  • Petition of Rights

    The Members of Parliament complain about Charles I's dissolution of Parliament, forced loans and illegal custom duties collection. They globally want the king to recognise there were limits to his powers.
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    The Personal Rule

    Time span during which Charles I governed without ever calling a Parliament after they declared that Arminians (Protestants that want to get closer to Catholicism, supported by Charles I) and anyone advising the King to collect custom duties without Parliament's consent (meaning the King himself) were enemies.

  • Charles I imposes The Book of Common Prayer in Scotland

    Charles I imposes The Book of Common Prayer in Calvinist Scotland, leading to a riot in St Giles' Cathedral and to The Bishops' War)