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1509 - 1547Reign of Henry VIII of England.
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11 Jun 1509Prince Henry (future Henry VIII of England) marries Catherine of Aragon.
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c. 1513 - 1529Cardinal Thomas Wolsey serves as Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII of England.
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1521The Pope awards Henry VIII of England with the title 'Defender of the Faith'.
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1522Anne Boleyn arrives at the court of Henry VIII of England.
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1529 - 1532Sir Thomas More is Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII of England.
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1529Cardinal Thomas Wolsey is dismissed from the Privy Council and as Lord Chancellor for his failure in Henry VIII of England's 'Great Matter'.
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Jun 1529Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio presides over a special court to decide the annulment of the first marriage of Henry VIII of England. No decision is reached.
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1530Cardinal Thomas Wolsey dies of ill health on his way to trial for treason against Henry VIII of England.
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1532Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor over Henry VIII of England's plans to remarry.
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1532Thomas Cromwell pushes through Parliament the Act in Restraint of Annates which limits funds paid to the Papacy.
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1532 - 1540Thomas Cromwell is chief minister to Henry VIII of England.
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Oct 1532Henry VIII of England travels to France with Anne Boleyn as his official consort.
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1533 - 1555Thomas Cranmer serves as the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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1533Thomas Cromwell pushes through Parliament the Act in Restraint of Appeals which declares that the English monarch is now the highest authority on all legal matters.
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25 Jan 1533Henry VIII of England marries his second wife, Anne Boleyn, in secret.
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30 Mar 1533Henry VIII of England appoints Thomas Cranmer as the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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23 May 1533Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury formally annuls Henry VIII of England’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
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1 Jun 1533Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, is crowned Queen of England.
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1534Thomas Cromwell pushes through Parliament the Treason Act which forbids people to speak out and criticise their king or his policies.
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30 Apr 1534Parliament passes the Act of Succession which declares Henry VIII of England's daughter Mary (with Catherine of Aragon) illegitimate.
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28 Nov 1534The Act of Supremacy declares Henry VIII of England the head of the Church in England and not the Pope.
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1535Thomas Cromwell and a team of inspectors compile the Valor Ecclesiasticus, a record of all the wealth and income of monastic institutions in England and Wales.
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Jan 1535Thomas Cromwell is made vicar-general by Henry VIII of England.
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6 Jul 1535Sir Thomas More is executed for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII of England as the head of the Church in England.
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1536Henry VIII of England and Thomas Cromwell push a bill through Parliament which begins the Dissolution of the Monasteries in England and Wales.
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1536Thomas Cromwell's Ten Articles rejects four of the Seven Sacraments of Catholicism.
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Aug 1536Thomas Cromwell issues The Injunctions, a set of recommendations for the clergy.
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Oct 1536 - Dec 1536The Pilgrimage of Grace, a popular uprising against religious changes made by Henry VIII of England, marches in the north of England.
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Jun 1537Henry VIII of England executes 178 of the protestors involved in the Pilgrimage of Grace.
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Jul 1537Thomas Cromwell publishes The Bishop’s Book.
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1538Thomas Cromwell issues a more radical version of The Injunctions.
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1539Henry VIII of England approves the translation of the Bible into English.
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1539Parliament passes an act to close all monasteries in England and Wales regardless of size.
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Mar 1540Waltham Abbey is the last monastery in England to close.
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Mar 1540Waltham Abbey in Essex is the last monastery to close in England.
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10 Jun 1540Thomas Cromwell is arrested on charges of treason and heresy.
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28 Jul 1540Thomas Cromwell is executed for treason and heresy.
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1547Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, issues his 'Book of Homilies'.
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1549The Kett Rebellion breaks out in Norfolk led by Robert Kett.
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1549A new Book of Common Prayer is issued in England.
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1549The Act of Uniformity makes the new Book of Common Prayer compulsory in England.
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26 Aug 1549The massacre at Dussindale in Norfolk ends the Kett Rebellion.
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1552A new, even more radical Book of Common Prayer is issued in England, removing many of the Catholic elements of religious worship.
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Oct 1553The First Act of Repeal reverses all the religious-aimed legislation of Edward VI of England.
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Jan 1555The Second Act of Repeal abolishes all post-1529 CE legislation concerning religious matters in England.
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Feb 1555Mary I of England begins her persecution of Protestant 'heretics', eventually burning 287 of them at the stake.
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21 Mar 1556Thomas Cranmer is burnt at the stake in Oxford for heresy.
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1559 - 1563The Elizabethan Religious Settlement, a set of acts and decisions which continue the English Reformation.
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1559Elizabeth I of England introduces a new compromise Book of Common Prayer.
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Apr 1559Elizabeth I of England reinstates the Act of Supremacy.
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May 1559The Act of Uniformity which bans the Mass service and sets out what the interiors of English churches should look like.
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Jul 1559The Royal Injunctions - 57 regulations on Church matters which continue the English Reformation.
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1563The 39 Articles define English Protestantism.
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Feb 1570The Pope excommunicates Elizabeth I of England.
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8 Feb 1587Mary, Queen of Scots, guilty of plotting against Elizabeth I of England, is executed.
