16th century
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Events
1500s
- 1500: The Battle of Novara (April)
- 1501: Arthur Tudor weds Catherine of Aragon (November 14)
- 1502: Death of Arthur Tudor (April 2)
- 1503: The Battle of Ruvo (February 23)
- The Battle of Cerignola (April 21)
- The Battle of Garigliano (December 29)
- 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)
- Birth of Anne of Cleves (September 22)
- 1516: Death of Ferdinand II of Aragon (January 23)
- Birth of Mary I of England (February 18)
- The War of Urbino
1520s
- William Tyndale's translation of the New Testament published
- 1521: The Battle of Pamplona (May 20)
- The Battle of Esquiroz (June 30)
- The Siege of Mézières
- The Siege of Tournai
- 1522: The Battle of Biocca (April 27)
- The Siege of Genoa (May 20-30)
- 1524: The Battle of the Sesia (April 30)
- The Siege of Marseille (August-September)
- 1525: The Battle of Pavia (February 24)
- Francis I of France signs the Treaty of Madrid, surrendering France's claims to Italy, Flanders, and Burgundy
- 1527: The Sack of Rome (May 6)
- 1529: The Siege of Florence (1529-1530)
1530s
- 1533: Henry VIII of England weds Anne Boleyn (January 25)
- Pope Clement VII excommunicates Henry VIII of England (July)
- The Battle of Gavinana
- 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 VIII of England weds Jane Seymour (May 30)
- William Tyndale executed (September 6)
- The Pilgrimage of Grace (October)
- 1537: Robert Aske executed (July 12)
- Birth of Lady Jane Grey
- Birth of Edward VI of England (October 12)
- Death of Jane Seymour (October 24)
- 1539: Richard Whyting, last Abbott of Glastonbury, executed (November 15)
1540s
- 1540: Henry VIII of England weds Anne of Cleves (January 6)
- Marriage of Henry VIII of England and Anne of Cleves annulled (July 9)
- Henry VIII of England weds Catherine Howard (July 28)
- 1542: Catherine Howard executed (February 13)
- The Battle of Haddon Rig (August 24)
- The Battle of Solway Moss (November 24)
- 1543: Copernicus publishes his theory of a heliocentric solar system
- Henry VIII of England weds Catherine Parr (July 12)
- The Siege of Nice (August)
- 1544: The Battle of Ceresole (April 11)
- The Battle of Serravalle (June 2)
- The Siege of St. Dizier
- The Siege of Boulogne (July 19-September 18)
- The Battle of Ancrum Moor (February 27)
- The Battle of the Solent (July 18-19)
- The Council of Trent (1545-1563)
- 1547: Death of Henry VIII of England (January 28)
- Coronation of Edward VI of England (February 20)
- The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (September 10)
- 1548: Death of Catherine Parr
- 1549: Publication of the first Book of Common Prayer
1550s
- 1553: Death of Edward VI of England (July 6)
- Coronation of Lady Jane Grey
- Coronation of Mary I of England (October 1)
- 1554: Lady Jane Grey executed (February 12)
- Philip II of Spain weds Mary I of England (July 25)
- 1555: John Rogers executed (February 4)
- Laurence Saunders executed (February 8)
- Rowland Taylor executed (February 9)
- John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, executed (February 9)
- 1557: Death of Anne of Cleves (September 22)
- 1558: Death of Mary I of England (November 17)
- 1559: The Second Act of Supremacy
1560s
- 1563: Birth of John Dowland
- Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion established
- John Foxe's Book of Martyrs published by John Day
1570s
1580s
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
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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
