Mary I: All key events

  • Feb 18, 1516

    Birth of Mary I

    The daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
  • Apr 30, 1534

    The Act of Succession passed

    This declared Mary I illegitimate
  • 1553

    The First Act of Repeal

    This reverses all the religious armed legislation of Edward VI of England
  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Reign of Mary I of England

  • Jul 6, 1553

    Death of Edward VI of England from pulmonary tuberculosis

  • Jul 10, 1553

    Northumberland declares Lady Jane Grey the Queen of England

  • Jul 19, 1553

    Mary declares herself Queen of England

    She denounces her rival for that position (LJG)
  • Jul 21, 1553

    Northumberland is arrested for Mary I of England

  • Aug 22, 1553

    Northumberland is executed for treason against Mary I

  • Oct 1, 1553

    Coronation of Mary I of England in Westminster Abbey

  • Oct 29, 1553

    Mary I announces her betrothal to Prince Philip (Philip II of Spain)

    This was VERY unpopular
  • Period: 1554 to 1554

    The Wyatts Rebellion

    A rebellion led by Thomas Wyatt against Mary I, caused by the marriage
  • Feb 12, 1554

    Lady Jane Grey is executed in the Tower of London

  • Mar 17, 1554

    Elizabeth I is detained in the Tower of London on suspicious of treason

  • Apr 11, 1554

    Thomas Wyatt is executed in the Tower of London

  • Jul 25, 1554

    Mary I of England marries Philip

  • 1555

    Mary begins her burning of protestants

    287 of them are burnt at the stake
  • 1555

    The Second Act of Repeal is passed

    This abolishes all post-1529 legislation concerning religious matters in England
  • Period: 1556 to

    Reign of Philip II of Spain

  • Mar 21, 1556

    Thomas Cranmer is burnt at the stake in Oxford for heresy

  • 1557

    England and Spain join forces to attack France

  • 1558

    England loses control of Calais to France

  • Nov 17, 1558

    Death of Mary I from cancer