Key Dates

Question 1

1536

Answer 1

Dissolution of Lesser Monasteries
10 articles
Pilgrimage of Grace

Question 2

1537

Answer 2

Bishop’s Book

Prince Edward born

Question 3

1538

Answer 3

Henry Courtenay executed

Question 4

1539

Answer 4

Dissolution of Greater Monasteries

6 Articles

Question 5

1540

Answer 5

Court of Wards 
Fall of Cromwell
Privy Council restructured
Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves and annulled
Marriage to Catherine Howard

Question 6

1541-42

Answer 6

Solway Moss

1542- Execution of Catherine Howard

Question 7

1543

Answer 7

King’s Book
War with France/Scotland until 1546
Marriage to Catherine Parr
Plot against Cranmer defeated

Question 8

1544

Answer 8

Debasement starts

Question 9

1545

Answer 9

Abolition of the Chantries

Question 10

1546-47

Answer 10

Arrest of Surrey and Norfolk, execution of Surrey, Norfolk saved by Henry’s death
1546- Plot against Catherine Parr defeated

Question 11

1547

Answer 11

Henry VIII Death
Edward VI King
Edward Seymour- Lord Protector
Second Chantries Act
War with Scotland/France

Question 12

1549

Answer 12

Western and Kett Rebellion
Fall of Somerset
Act of Uniformity- First Prayer Book

Question 13

1550

Answer 13

John Dudley became Lord President of the Council

Question 14

1552

Answer 14

Act of Uniformity- Second Prayer Book

Question 15

1553

Answer 15

Death of Edward VI
9 Day Queen
Accession of Mary Tudor I
Northumberland executed
First Statute of Repeal

Question 16

1555

Answer 16

Second Statute of Repeal

Execution of Bishop Hooper, Latimer and Ridley

Question 17

1556

Answer 17

Execution of Archbishop Cranmer

Question 18

1557

Answer 18

War against France

Question 19

1558

Answer 19

Loss of Calais
Negotiations with France
Death of Mary I
Accession of Elizabeth I

Question 20

1559

Answer 20

Introduction of religious bills into Parliament
Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity
Passing of Royal Injunctions
Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis
Rebellion of Protestant Lords in Scotland

Question 21

1563

Answer 21

39 Articles

Question 22

1566

Answer 22

Vestiarian Controversy

Revolt in the Netherlands

Question 23

1554

Answer 23

Marriage between Mary and Philip of Spain

Wyatt’s Rebellion

Question 24

1560

Answer 24

Treaty of Berwick

Treaty of Edinburgh

Question 25

1561

Answer 25

Mary QS returns to Scotland

Question 26

1562

Answer 26

Outbreak of religious wars in France | Treaty of Hampton Court

Question 27

1564

Answer 27

Peace of Troyes

Question 28

1567

Answer 28

Deposition of Mary QS

Question 29

1568

Answer 29

Mary QS flees to England Defeat of William of Orange Seizure of Spanish gold florins

Question 30

1569

Answer 30

Northern Rebellion

Question 31

1570

Answer 31

Papal Bull of excommunication

Question 32

1571

Answer 32

Ridolfi Plot

Question 33

1572

Answer 33

Treaty of Blois | St Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Question 34

1573

Answer 34

Convention of Nymegen

Question 35

1576

Answer 35

Revolt of the Netherlands- the 'Spanish Fury' | Pacification of Ghent

Question 36

1577

Answer 36

Spain signs Perpetual Edict | Philip points Don Juan to reassert control over Netherlands

Question 37

1578

Answer 37

Duke of Parma appointed Governor-General of the Netherlands

Question 38

1579

Answer 38

Walloon provinces return to Spanish control

Question 39

1580

Answer 39

Philips acquisition of Portugal

Question 40

1581

Answer 40

Marriage negotiations between Elizabeth and Duke of Alencon

Question 41

1583

Answer 41

Defeat of Alencon in the Netherlands

Question 42

1584

Answer 42

Death of Alencon Assassination of William of Orange Bond of Association Treaty of Joinville

Question 43

1585

Answer 43

Treaty of Nonsuch Act for the Preservation of the Queen's Safety Leicester's expedition to the Netherlands

Question 44

1586

Answer 44

Treaty of Berwick Discovery of Babington Plot Trial of Mary QS

Question 45

1587

Answer 45

Execution of Mary QS | Cadiz Raid

Question 46

1588

Answer 46

Defeat of Spanish Armada