1500s in England
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Events from the 1500s in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - Henry VII of England (to 21 April 1509), Henry VIII of England
[edit] Events
- 1500
- 1501
- 27 January - Archbishop of Canterbury-elect Thomas Langton dies before his consecration.
- March - First royal court held at the new Richmond Palace.[1]
- 26 April - Henry Deane elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
- 14 November - marriage of Arthur, Prince of Wales to Catherine of Aragon.
- 1502
- 2 April - Death of Arthur, Prince of Wales, at Ludlow.[1]
- 6 May - James Tyrrell executed for allegedly murdering the Princes in the Tower.[1]
- 19 June - Treaty of Aachen between England the Holy Roman Empire.[2]
- The Treaty of Perpetual Peace between Scotland and England is signed.[3]
- 1503
- 24 January - Construction of Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey begins.[1]
- 8 August - Marriage of James IV of Scotland and Henry VII's daughter, Margaret Tudor.[1]
- 19 November - William Warham enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.[1]
- 1504
- 18 February - Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales.[4]
- March - Private liveried retainers banned.[1]
- Silver shilling is the first English coin to be minted bearing a recognisable portrait of the King.[1]
- 1505
- 28 June - Planned marriage of Henry Tudor and Catherine of Aragon postponed when the dowry fails to arrive from Spain.[1]
- Christ's College, Cambridge founded.
- 1506
- 9 February and 20 March - Treaties of Windsor ally England, Burgundy, and the Hapsburgs against France.[1]
- 24 April - Edmund de la Pole imprisoned as a rival claimant to the throne.[1]
- 1507
- 21 December - Henry VII arranged a marriage between his younger daughter, Mary Tudor and Hapsburg Archduke Charles.[1]
- 1508
- December - Formation of the League of Cambrai between France and the Hapsburgs results in the wedding between Mary Tudor and Archduke Charles being called off.[1]
- 1509
- 22 April - Henry VIII becomes King of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.[2]
- 11 June - Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon.[2]
- 24 June - Coronation of Henry VIII.[5]
- November - Court chaplain Thomas Wolsey becomes royal almoner.[1]
- Desiderius Erasmus publishes In Praise of Folly.[1]
- St John's College, Cambridge and Brasenose College, Oxford founded.[1]
[edit] Births
- 1500
- 1501
- 16 January - Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England (died 1559)
- John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Tudor nobleman and politician (died 1553)
- Nicholas Heath, archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor (approximate date; died 1578)
- 1502
- 13 September - John Leland, antiquarian (died 1552)
- Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, courtier (died 1537)
- Elizabeth Blount, mistress of King Henry VIII (died 1540)
- Stephen Hawes, poet (died c. 1521)
- 1503
- John Frith, Protestant priest and martyr (died 1533)
- 1504
- 6 August - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1574)
- Nicholas Udall, playwright and schoolmaster (died 1556)
- 1505
- William Cavendish, courtier (died 1557)
- Philip Hoby, politician (died 1558)
- Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, politician (died 1550)
- Thomas Tallis, composer (died 1585)
- Christopher Tye, composer and organist (died 1572)
- 1506
- William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, statesman (died 1563)
- Elizabeth Barton, nun (died 1534)
- Margaret Lee, confidante of Queen Anne Boleyn (died 1543)
- 1507
- Ralph Sadler, statesman (died 1587)
- 1509
- Nicholas Bacon, politician (died 1579)
[edit] Deaths
- 1500
- 29 May - Thomas Rotherham, cleric and minister (born 1423)
- 19 June - Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (born 1499)
- 15 September - John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1420)
- 1 October - John Alcock, English churchman (born c. 1430)
- 1501
- Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born 1457)
- John Doget, diplomat (year of birth unknown)
- 1502
- 2 April - Arthur, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Henry VII of England (born 1486)
- 6 May - James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the princes in the Tower (executed) (born c. 1450)
- 1503
- 11 February - Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (born 1466)
- 23 November - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1446)
- Richard Amerike, merchant and patron of John Cabot (born 1445)
- Reginald Bray, courtier (born 1440)
- Edward Story, Bishop of Carlisle and Chichester (year of birth unknown)
- 1504
- 29 July - Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (born 1435)
- 1507
- 24 August - Cecily of York, princess (born 1469)
- 1508
- 13 October - Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, politician (born 1446)
- 1509
- 21 April - King Henry VII of England (born 1457)
- 29 June - Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII (born 1443)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 137-140. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 192–197. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Treaty of Perpetual Peace, Scottish Government website. Retrieved on 2007-11-07.
- ^ The Prince of Wales. Retrieved on 2007-11-07.
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
