| 1485 |
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Tudor Henry VII made King of England after Battle of Bosworth Field |
| 1497 |
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John Cabot lands in Canada - later claimed for England |
| 1499 |
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Perkin Warbeck hanged by Henry VII for claiming throne |
| 1509 |
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Henry VIII succedes to English throne |
| 1513 |
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James IV of Scotland killed by English forces at Flodden |
| 1516 |
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Sir Thomas More writes "Utopia" |
| 1529 |
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Cardinal Wolsey dismissed by Henry VIII |
| 1533 |
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Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn without papal approval |
| 1535 |
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Dissolution of English monasteries ordered by Henry VIII |
| 1547 |
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Henry VIII dies and his son Edward VI comes to English throne |
| 1548 |
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Mary Queen of Scots flees to France |
| 1549 |
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"Book of Common Prayer" issued |
| 1553 |
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Lady Jane Grey briefly made Queen by Earl of Northumberland |
| 1553 |
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Mary succedes to English throne and restores Catholicism |
| 1553 |
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Systematic perscution of Protestants by "Bloody Mary" |
| 1558 |
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Elizabeth I accedes after Mary's death |
| 1561 |
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Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland |
| 1562 |
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Sir John Hawkins starts British slave trade in West Indies |
| 1568 |
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Beginning of English-Spanish maritime feud - Hawkins & Drake |
| 1572 |
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Death of John Knox (Scottish religious reformer) |
| 1577 |
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Sir Francis Drake begins voyage around world |
| 1587 |
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Mary Queen of Scots executed for treason |
| 1588 |
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Sir Francis Drake defeats Spanish Armada |
| 1600 |
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East India Company founded |
| 1603 |
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Elizabeth I dies - end of Tudor rule in England |
