Henry VIII Key Dates

Only got dates until 1547 for now. Will expand later. 

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Act to remove the benefit of the clergy
1529
1 of 84
Reformations parliament called
1529
2 of 84
Fall of Wolsey
1529
3 of 84
Change of praemunire against the clergy
1530
4 of 84
Thomas Cromwell joins the kings council
1530
5 of 84
Blackfriars court
1530
6 of 84
Convocation orders payment of £100,000
1531
7 of 84
Pope clement IV orders Henry not to remarry
1531
8 of 84
Act to remove annates
1532
9 of 84
Supplication of the ordinaries
1532
10 of 84
Submissions of the clergy
1532
11 of 84
Henry gains French support to marry Anne
1532
12 of 84
Act in restraint of appeals
1533
13 of 84
Thomas Cranmer made archbishop of Canterbury
1533
14 of 84
Henry marries Anne Boleyn
1533
15 of 84
Anne crowned queen
1533
16 of 84
Birth of princess Elizabeth
1533
17 of 84
Paul III becomes pope
1534
18 of 84
Abolition of Peters Pence
1534
19 of 84
Act of supremacy
1534
20 of 84
Elizabeth Barton executed
1534
21 of 84
Act of succession
1534
22 of 84
Treason act
1534
23 of 84
More and fisher executed
1535
24 of 84
Carthusian monks executed
1535
25 of 84
Cromwell appointed vice-gerent
1535
26 of 84
Visitation of smaller monasteries
1535
27 of 84
Act for the dissolution of the lesser monasteries
1536
28 of 84
Act of ten articles
1536
29 of 84
Catherine of Aragon dies
1536
30 of 84
Anne miscarries male child
1536
31 of 84
Anne Boleyn executed
1536
32 of 84
Henry marries jane Seymour
1536
33 of 84
Lincolnshire rising
1536
34 of 84
Pilgrimage of Grace
1536
35 of 84
Bishops book published
1537
36 of 84
Bigod rebellion
1537
37 of 84
Executions following the pilgrimage of grace
1537
38 of 84
Birth of prince Edward
1537
39 of 84
Death of queen jane
1537
40 of 84
Dissolution of larger monasteries begins
1538
41 of 84
Henry excommunicated by the pope
1538
42 of 84
Royal injunctions issued
1538
43 of 84
France and holy roman empire sign the treaty of Nice
1538
44 of 84
Act for the dissolution of the greater monasteries
1539
45 of 84
Act of six articles
1539
46 of 84
Publication of the great bible in English
1539
47 of 84
English bibles placed in parish churches
1540
48 of 84
Fall and execution of Cromwell
1540
49 of 84
Henry marries Anne of cleaves
1540
50 of 84
Marriage to Anne of cleaves annulled
1540
51 of 84
Henry marries Catherine Howard
1540
52 of 84
Abolition of shrines
1541
53 of 84
Abolition of holy days
1541
54 of 84
Progress to York
1541
55 of 84
James V fails to meet henry
1541
56 of 84
Execution of Catherine Howard
1542
57 of 84
War against Scotland
1542
58 of 84
Kings book published
1543
59 of 84
Reading of the bible restricted
1543
60 of 84
Plot against Cranmer foiled
1543
61 of 84
Henry marries Catherine Parr
1543
62 of 84
Treaty of Greenwich signed with Scotland
1543
63 of 84
Alliance with holy roman empire
1543
64 of 84
English litany introduced
1544
65 of 84
Invasion of France
1544
66 of 84
Seizure of Boulogne
1544
67 of 84
Charles V makes peace with France
1544
68 of 84
King calls religious unity in parliame4nt
1545
69 of 84
Chantries Act passed
1545
70 of 84
Threat of French invasion
1545
71 of 84
Sinking of Mary rose
1545
72 of 84
Execution of Anne Askew
1546
73 of 84
Henrys will drawn up
1546
74 of 84
Anglo-French truce
1546
75 of 84
Act of the six articles repealed
1547
76 of 84
Treason act repealed
1547
77 of 84
Issue of injunctions to clergy
1547
78 of 84
Earl of surrey executed
1547
79 of 84
Death of Henry VIII
1547
80 of 84
Edward proclaimed king
1547
81 of 84
Somerset appointed protector
1547
82 of 84
Invasion of Scotland
1547
83 of 84
English army defeats scots at Battle of Pinkie
1547
84 of 84

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1530

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1530

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