Henry VIII and Refomation

  • 1509

    Henry VIII succeeds to throne

  • 1509

    Marriage Catherine of Aragon

  • 1516

    Mary born

  • 1517

    Luther's 95 Theses

  • 1521

    Defence of the Seven Scraments against Martin Luther

  • Period: 1521 to 1526

    Luther's books being burnt publically

  • 1527

    Henry decides marriage to Catherine is unlawful

  • 1529

    More made chancellor

  • 1529

    Hearings about validity of marriage in London

  • 1529

    Reformation Parliament

  • 1530

    Collectanea satis copiosa

  • 1530

    Clergy charged with Praemunire

  • 1531

    Pardon offered to Clergy

  • 1532

    Submission of the Clergy

  • 1532

    Resignation of More

  • 1532

    First Act of Annates

  • 1533

    Pope excommunicates Henry VIII

  • 1533

    Act in Restraint of Appeals

  • 1533

    Elizabeth born

  • 1533

    First marriage declared void

  • 1533

    MArriage to Anne Boleyn

  • 1534

    Second Act of Annates

  • 1534

    Act of Succession

  • 1534

    Treason Act

  • 1534

    Act of Supremacy

  • 1535

    More exceuted

  • 1536

    Anne Boleyn executed

  • 1536

    Marriage to Jane Seymour

  • 1536

    Pilgrimage of Grace

  • Period: 1536 to 1534

    Dissolution of monatries

  • 1537

    Edward born

  • 1537

    Jane Saymour died

  • 1537

    Bishops' Book

  • 1539

    Great Bible published

  • 1540

    Execution of Cromwell

  • 1540

    Marriage Anne of Cleves + anullment

  • 1540

    Marriage Catherine Howard

  • 1541

    Henry contemplates return to Roman Catholic Church

  • 1542

    Catherine Howard executed

  • 1543

    Marriage Catherine Parr

  • 1543

    Act for the Advancement of True Religion

  • 1547

    Henry VIII dies