Henry VII wins battle of Bosworth

Henry VII crowned King

Henry marries Elizabeth of York

The Lovell Rebellion

Birth of Prince Arthur

Lambert Simnel uprising

Henry bans exports of unfinished cloth from foreign merchants

John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln killed at Battle of Suffolk

Parliament passes the Star Chamber Act

The Breton Crisis

Treaty of Redon (Brittany)

The Treaty of Dordrecht (HRE)

Treaty of Medina del campo (Spain)

The Yorkshire Rebellion - murder of Earl of Northumberland

Perkin Warbeck rebellion

Birth of prince Henry

War with France (1st)

Treaty of Étaples (France)

Trade embargo against Burgundy

The Italian Wars

Introduction of Council Learned in the Law and Privy Chamber

Intercursus Magnus (Burgundy)

- Cornish rebellion

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Treaty of Ayton (Scotland)

Edmund de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk

-Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon marry

Death of Prince Arthur

Treaty of Perpetual Peace (Scotland)

Marriage of Princess Mary to James IV of Scotland

Queen Elizabeth dies

Isabella of Castille dies

The Castillian Succession crisis

Treaty of Windsor (recognised Philip as King of Castille)

Intercursus Malus (Burgundy)

Philip of Burgundy dies

Death of Henry VII

Empson and Dudley arrested and executed

Marriage of Henry and Catherine of Aragon

Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon have a joint coronation

Abolition of Council Learned

Thomas Wolsey appointed to Privy Council

Anglo-French truce renewed

Anglo-Spanish agreement and the Holy League against France

Henry VIII declares war against France, which leads to a disastrous invasion

Henry VIII leads his army in a second invasion of France; Capture of Tournai and Thérouanne

Battle of the Spur (France, Eng, HRE)

Battle of Flodden (Scotland); James IV killed

James IV of Scotland invades England

Wolsey becomes chief minister and Archbishop of York

Princess Mary married Louis XII of France

Wolsey becomes Lord Chancellor and a cardinal

Louis XII dies; Francis I becomes King; Princess Mary marries Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk

Wolsey becomes Lord Privy Seal and announces any crimes punishable regardless of rank

Birth of Princess Mary

Ferdinand of Aragon dies and Charles I becomes King

Martin Luther nailed to the church door at Wittenberg a list of 95 theses on indulgences

Wolsey launches a national inquiry into enclosure

Treaty of London (Burgundy, France, England, the Holy Roman Empire, the Netherlands, the Papal States and Spain)

Maximilian, the Holy Roman Emperor, dies, replaced by Charles V (Charles I of Spain)

The Field of the Cloth of Gold

Henry VIII publishes his defence of the Pope and the Church

The start of the Hapsburg-Valois War

Treaty of Bruges (with Charles V)

Henry VIII declares war on France

Wolsey's tax reform

The Battle of Pavia (HRE, Spain, France)

The Treaty of the More (France)

Opposition to the Amicable Grant

The Treaty of Madrid (Spain)

William Tyndale smuggles the English translation of the Bible into England

League of Cognac is formed

The Treaty of Westminster (Netherlands)

The Treaty of Amiens (France)

Henry VIII proposes to Anne Boleyn

Legitine court enquiries into legitimacy of kings marriage

The Treaty of Cambrai

Fall of Wolsey; Thomas More becomes lord chancellor

Holy Maid of Kent

Resignation of Thomas more; Thomas Cromwell made chief minister; Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury

Henry marries Anne Boleyn; birth of princess Elizabeth; Mary declared illegitimate

Act in Restraint of Appeals

Act of Annates

Act of Succession

Anglo-Scottish peace treaty

Act of Supremacy

King Henry VIII assumes the title "Supreme Head of the Church"

Execution of Thomas More

Execution of Bishop John Fisher

Act of Union (Wales)

Execution of Anne Boleyn

Marriage to Jane Seymour; Elizabeth declared illegitimate

The Dissolution of the Monasteries

First set of Royal Injunctions; 10 Articles issued

Pilgrimage of Grace

Birth of prince Edward; Death of Jane Seymour

Second set of Royal Injunctions

Six Articles Act; first edition of the Great Bible published

Marriage of Henry and Anne of Cleves - quickly deteriorated

Execution of Thomas Cromwell

Marriage of Henry and Catherine Howard

Execution of Catherine Howard

Treaty of Greenwich (Scotland)

Marriage of Henry and Katherine Parr

Mary and Elizabeth reinstated to succession

Invasion of France; capture of Boulogne; currency debasement begins

Battles of Ancrum Moor (Scotland)

Death of Henry VIII