1485- Henry VII takes throne following victory at Battle of Bosworth- Henry's first parliament
1486- Henry marries Elizabeth of York- Lovell Rebellion- Birth of Prince Arthur
1487- Imposture of Lambert Simnel- Defeat of Earl of Lincoln at Battle of Stoke- Export of unfinished cloth by foreign merchants banned
1489- Murder of Earl of Northumberland and Yorkshire Rising- Treaty of Redon-Treaty of Medina del Campo
Blue: economic events
Red: Political Events
Green: Religious Events
Orange: Social and cultural
Purple: international events (including foreign policy)
1491- Beginning of imposture of Perkin Warbeck - Birth of Prince Henry (VIII)- War against France
1492- Treaty of Etaples (Northern France & England)
1494- Poynings appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland
1495- Execution of Sir William Stanley- Introduction of Council Learned in the Law under the leadership of Sir Reginald Bray- Creation of Privy Chamber
1496- Intercursus Magnus treaty signed(Between England and the Netherlands by Henry VII of England and Philip IV of Burgundy)
1497- Cornish Rebellion- Surrender of Warbeck
1499- Execution of the Earl of Warwick and of Warbeck
1501- Marriage of Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon
1502- Death of Prince Arthur
1503- Death of Sir Reginald Bray- Marriage of Princess Margaret to James IV of Scotland
1506- Treaty of Windsor- Intercursus Malus treaty agreed
1509- Death of Henry VII and accession of Henry VIII- Empson and Dudley arrested - Henry VIII's coronation- Marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon-
1510- Abolition of Council Learned in the Law - Empson and Dudley executed- Thomas Wolsey appointed to Council
1512- War against France- Re-foundation of St Paul's School
1513- Battle of Flodden- Capture of Tournai and Thérouanne
1514- Wolsey emerges as chief minister- Wolsey appointed archbishop of York- Princess Mary marries Louis XI of France
1515- Wolsey appointed Lord Chancellor- Princess Mary marries the Duke of Suffolk- Wolsey appointed cardinal- Wolsey begins building Hampton Court
1516- Birth of Princess Mary- Publication of Thomas More's Utopia
1518- Treaty of London
1520- Field of the Cloth of Gold
1521- Execution of Duke of Buckingham- Treaty of Bruges
1523- War against France
1525- Opposition to imposition of Amicable Grant
1528- Legatine court enquiring into the validity of the king's marriage
1529- Fall of Wolsey- Sir Thomas More appointed Lord Chancellor- Treaty of Cambrai
1532- Resignation of More- Thomas Cromwell emerges as chief minister- Thomas Cranmer appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1533- Henry marries Anne Boleyn - Birth of Princess Elizabeth - Princess Mary declared illegitimate - Act in Restraint of Appeals
1534- Act of Supremacy
1535- Execution of Thomas More
1536- Execution of Anne Boleyn- Marriage of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour - Princess Elizabeth declared illegitimate- Beginning of dissolution of the monasteries- First set of royal injunctions issued- Ten Articles issues-
1537- Birth of Prince Edward
1538- Second set of Royal injunctions issued
1539- Six Articles Act- First edition of the Great Bible published
1540- Marriage of Henry and Anne of Cleves; quickly dissolved- Execution of Cromwell- Marriage of Henry and Catherine Howard
1542- Execution of Catherine Howard - Battle of Solway Moss
1543- Treaty of Greenwich
1544- Mary and Elizabeth reinstated to succession- Invasion of France- Capture of Boulogne- Currency debasement begins
1545- Battle of Ancrum Moor
1547- Death of Henry VIII- Third set of royal injunctions issued- Invasion of Scotland
1549- Execution of Thomas Seymour- Fall of Somerset-Earl of Warwick takes over leadership of government - Act of Uniformity and issue of first Book of Common Prayer- Western Rebellion- Kett's Rebellion
1550 - Warwick becomes Lord President of the Council and Duke of Northumberland