Henry VIII issues English Bible

English and Welsh parish registers start

English and Welsh parish registers start

Jane Seymour dies from complications in giving birth to a son, the future Edward VI

The authority of the Pope is declared void in England

Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour, wife #3 (she was crowned as Queen on 29th October)

Anne Boleyn executed

Wales and England legally united by the Laws in Wales Act of 1535

Dissolution of monasteries starts in England (to 1540)

Dissolution of monastries starts in England

Sir Thomas More executed

Reformation of the Catholic Church in England church (Henry VIII)

Reformation of the Catholic Church in England Church (Henry VIII)

Jacques Cartier explores Gulf of St. Lawrence

Anne Boleyn gives birth to a daughter Elizabeth, to become Queen Elizabeth I

Henry VIII excommunicated by Pope Clement VII

Henry VIII's marriage with Catherine of Aragon officially declared annulled

Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury

Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn secretly, wife #2 (she was crowned as Queen on 1st June)

Foundation of the Court of Session in Scotland

Foundation of the Court of Session in Scotland

Henry VIII recognised as Supreme Head of the Church of England

Diet of Speyer: origin of the word Protestant

St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle completed

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School founded in Sutton Coldfield

New Testament translated into English by William Tyndale

Sweden leaves the union

The Victoria, one of the surviving ships of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, becomes the first ship known to circumnavigate the world

Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, executed for treason

Martin Luther speaks to the assembly at the Diet of Worms, refusing to recant his teachings

Three ships under the command of Ferdinand Magellan negotiate the Strait of Magellan, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific

Martin Luther fixes his 95 theses on church door at Wittenburg PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end

Treaty of London, a non-aggression pact between the major European nations: France, England, Holy Roman Empire, the Papacy, Spain, Burgundy and the Netherlands - sponsored by Cardinal Wolsey

Martin Luther fixes his 95 theses on church door at Wittenburg - regarded as start of the Reformation

Thomas More writes Utopia'

Thomas Wolsley invested as Cardinal

Recording of Testaments (wills) begins in Scotland

Recording of Testaments (wills) begins in Scotland

The recording of testaments (wills) begins.

Battle of Flodden, defeat of Scottish Army - death of King James IV of Scots

Battle of the Spurs - English troops under Henry VIII defeat a French force at Guinegate

Battle of Flodden, defeat of the Scotish Army

Urs Graf invents etching

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, exhibited to the public for the first time

The Auld Alliance' treaty with France - all Scottish citizens became French and vice versa

Admiralty founded in London

Admiralty founded in London

Henry VIII

Leonardo da Vinci designs a horizontal water wheel

Pocket watch invented by Peter Henlein

Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon

Henry VIII becomes king of England (to 1547) at 17 years old

Naturalisation papers start in England

Naturalisation papers start in England

King Henry VIII

Thomas Aubert visits Newfoundland

Suggestion put forward that the New World be named America in honour of Amerigo Vespucci (on Martin Waldseem?ller's world map)

First printing press in Scotland set up in Edinburgh by Andrew Myllar

First printing press in Scotland set up in Edinburgh by Andrew Myllar

First contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican

Royal College of Surgeons founded in Edinburgh

Royal College of Surgeons founded in Edinburgh

Marriage of King James IV of Scots and Margaret Tudor

Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa (-1505)

Marriage of King James IV of Scots and Margaret Tudor

Gaspar de Corte-Real explorations

The first flush toilets appeared

Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne, executed

Parish registers instituted in Spain by Cardinal Ximenes

John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) explorations

Foundation of the University of Aberdeen (as King's College)

Whiskey invented in Scotland

Leonardo da Vinci first to seriously theorize about flying machines

Martin Behaim invented the first map globe

Bell chimes invented

Henry VII Gaunt

In Venice, the first known copyright granted

King Henry VII

Battle of Bosworth Field

Leonardo DaVinci designed the first parachute

Introduction of bail

Edward V PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end

King Edward V

King Richard III

Caxton sets up press in Westminster

Muzzle-loaded rifles invented in Italy and Germany

St. Andrews made a bishopric

Orkney and Shetland Islands acquired from Norway by Scotland

Irish living near English settlements made to take English surnames

In Germany, drypoint engravings invented

Edward IV

King Edward IV

King Jmes II of Scots killed by an exploding cannon at Kelso

First recorded mention of golf in Scotland

Fall of the Black Douglases in Scotland

Johannes Gutenberg invents printing press with metal movable type

End of the Hundred Years War PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end

University of Glasgow founded

Assassination of King James I of Scots at Perth PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end

Death of Joan of Arc

Henry VI

King Henry VI

Infant Hnery VI on thromne of England

In Florence, hoisting gear invented

Oil painting invented

Battle of Agincourt PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end

Henry V

King Henry V

Foundation of the University of St Andrews

Trigger invented

Henry IV

The first piano called the Spinet invented

First golf balls invented

King Henry IV

Deposition of King Richard II

Richard (Dick) Whittington becomes Mayor of London

The three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are united in the Union of Kalmar

Battle of Otterburn, Northumberland (Chevy Chase)

Chaucer begind writing the Canterbury Tales (d.1400)

Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury

Richard II

King Richard II