16th century

Events

1500s

• 1501: Arthur Tudor weds Catherine of Aragon (November 14)
• 1502: Death of Arthur Tudor (April 2)
• 1504: Death of Isabella of Castile (November 26)
• 1508: Crossbows banned (in England?) to increase the practise of using the longbow
• 1509: Death of Henry VII of England (April 21)

The Battle of Agnadello (May 14)

Henry VIII of England weds Catherine of Aragon (June 11)

Coronation of Henry VIII of England (June 28)

The Siege of Padua (July 17)

The Battle of Polesella (December 22)

1510s

• 1511: Birth of the first Henry, Duke of Cornwall (January 1)

Death of the first Henry, Duke of Cornwall (February 11)

• 1512: The Sack of Brescia (February 18)

The Battle of Ravenna (April 11)

The Battle of St. Mathieu (August 10)

• 1513: The Battle of Novara (June 6)

The Battle of Guinegate (August 16)

James IV of Scotland dies at the Battle of Flodden Field (September 9); coronation of James V (September 21)

The Battle of La Motta (October 7)

• 1514: Birth and death of the second Henry, Duke of Cornwall (December)
• 1515: The Battle of Marignano (September 13-14)
• 1516: Death of Ferdinand II of Aragon (January 23)

1530s

• 1533: Henry VII of England weds Anne Boleyn (January 25)

Pope Clement VII excommunicates Henry VIII of England (July)

Birth of Elizabeth I of England (September 7)

• 1534: The Suffragan Bishops Act

The First Act of Supremacy (November)

The Treasons Act

The First Succession Act

• 1535: John Fisher executed (June 22)

Thomas More executed (July 6)

• 1536: Anne Boleyn executed (May 19)

Henry VII of England weds Jane Seymour (May 30)

The Pilgrimage of Grace (October)

• 1537: Robert Aske executed (July 12)

Birth of Edward VI (October 12)

Death of Jane Seymour (October 24)

• 1539: Richard Whyting, last Abbott of Glastonbury, executed (November 15)

1540s

• 1542: The Battle of Haddon Rig (August 24)

The Battle of Solway Moss (November 24)

• 1543: Copernicus publishes his theory of a heliocentric solar system
• 1545: The first English book on archery, Toxophilus: The School of Shooting by Ascham, is published

The Battle of Ancrum Moor (February 27)

The Council of Trent (1545-1563)

• 1547: The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (September 10)

1550s

• 1553: Death of Edward VI (July 6)
• 1559: The Second Act of Supremacy

1560s

• 1563: Birth of John Dowland

1590s

• 1595: The English longbow retired as a frontline weapon
• 1597: John Dowland's First Booke of Songs published, marking the start of "The English Lute School"

Significant people

• Henry VIII
• Elizabeth I
• Sir Walter Raleigh
• Sir Francis Drake
• Catherine de' Medici
• Michelangelo Buonarroti
• Martin Luther
• William Shakespeare
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
• Roger Ascham

Some Groups that Cover this Period

• SCA

Internal Links

See Also:

• 15th Century
• 17th Century
• 16th century fighting kit

External Links

• Mary of Hapsburg's Gown - http://www.virtue.to/guest_authors/hungarian.html
• Mary of Hungary's gown in photos - http://frazzledfrau.glittersweet.com/mary/index.htm
• Female Tudor dress - http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/index.html
• An Elizabethan site - http://costume.dm.net
• A Festive attire research page - http://homepage.mac.com/festive_attye/research/index.html
• Female German 16th century dress - http://frazzledfrau.glittersweet.com/
• Venetian Women's Dress Recreated - http://www.geocities.com/oonaghsown/
• Venetian Women's Dress Images - http://au.geocities.com/bella_lucia_da_verona/index.htm
• Turkish Women's Coat - http://www.geocities.com/oonaghsown/turkish_coat_for_venice.htm
• Spanish women's court garb - http://sayaespanola.glittersweet.com