The Tudors

Tudors

Henry VII

Name: King Henry VII

Father: Edmond Tudor

Mother: Lady Margaret Beaufort

Born: 1457

Ascended to the throne: 1485

Crowned: 1485

Married: Elizabeth of York in 1486

Children: Arthur, Margaret, Henry, Elizabeth, Mary, Edmund and Katherine

Died : 1509

Buried at: Westminster Abbey

1485

Henry becomes King after defeating Richard III of York. The Wars of Roses are ended.

1486

Henry married Elizabeth of York , uniting the houses of York and Lancaster.

1487

Henry crushes a revolt by the Earl of Lincoln on behalf of Lambert Simnel, a claimant to the throne.

1491

Henry invades France but at the Treaty of Etaples agrees to withdraw English forces in return for a large sum of money.

1492

Christopher Columbus crosses Atlantic and Lands in Salvador.

1497

John Cabot sails west and discovers New-found-land. He believed it was Asia and claimed it for England.

1501

Catherine of Aragon, daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, marries Prince Arthur.

1502

Prince Arthur dies, and Prince Henry (the future Henry VIII) becomes heir (héritier) to the throne, later marrying Arthur’s widow, Catherine of Aragon.

1503

Margaret, Henry’s daughter marries James IV of Scotland. It gives James’ descendants a claim to the English throne. Death of Elizabeth of York Henry’s wife.

1509

Henry VII dies, at the age of 52.

James I

Name: King James I

Father: Henry Stuart

Mother: Mary Queen of Scots

Born: 1566

Ascended to the throne: 1603

Crowned: 1603 and 1567

Married: Anne of Denmark and Norway in 1589

Children: Three sons and five daughters, of whom three survived infancy; Henry, Elizabeth and Charles

Died: 1625

Buried at: Westminster Abbey

1603

James VI of Scotland becomes King James of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the death of Elizabeth I.

1604

James proclaims that smoking is harmful to the lungs and imposes a tax on tobacco.

1605

Guy Fawkes and other Catholic dissidents attempt to blow up King and Parliament in the Gunpowder Plot. They are arrested.

1607

Jamestown found in America.

1612

Henry dies of typhoid. His brother, Charles, becomes heir to the throne.

1612

Heretics are burned at the stake (bûcher) for the last time in England.

1613

Princess Elizabeth marries Frederick V, Elector of Palatine. Their descendants in House of Hanover will eventually inherit the British Throne.

1616

Playwright William Shakespeare dies.

1620

The Pilgrim Fathers set sail for America in the Mayflower. They found New Plymouth.

1625

Death of James, aged 58.

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