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| 1536 |
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| Publication of Tyndale's translation of the Bible, by Coverdale, under authority from the king. | 1 |
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| 1536 |
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| Suppression of the Catholic rebellion of the Yorkshireman Robert Aske, aided by Reginald Pole, son of Margaret, countess of Salisbury. | 2 |
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| 1539 |
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| STATUTE OF THE SIX ARTICLES, defining heresy; denial of any of these positions constituted heresy: (1) transubstantiation; (2) communion in one kind by laymen; (3) celibacy of the priesthood; (4) inviolability of vows of chastity; (5) necessity of private masses; (6) necessity of auricular confession. These were all traditional Roman Catholic Doctrines. | 3 |
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| 1540 |
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| Execution of Cromwell on a charge of treason. Cromwell had fallen under Henry's displeasure by his advocacy of the king's marriage with Anne of Cleves, with whom the king was ill pleased. | 4 |
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| 1542 |
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| IRELAND MADE A KINGDOM. | 5 |
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| 1544 |
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| Parliament recognized Mary and Elizabeth as heirs to the crown in the event of the death of Edward without issue. | 6 |
| Henry VIII died on Jan. 28, 1547, leaving a will, wherein the crown was left to the heirs of his sister, Mary, duchess of Suffolk, in the event of failure of issue by all of his children. | 7 |
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| 1547–53 |
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| EDWARD VI, ten years of age; his uncle, earl of Hertford, was appointed lord protector and duke of Somerset and assumed the government. Repeal of the Six Articles (1547). Introduction of Protestant doctrines (1549). Establishment of uniformity of service by act of parliament; introduction of Edward VI's Book of Common Prayer (1549) (second, 1552). | 8 |
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| 1550 |
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| Fall of the protector, Somerset, who was superseded by Lord Warwick, afterward duke of Northumberland. Execution of Somerset (1552). | 9 |
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| 1553. July 6 |
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| Death of Edward VI. | 10 |
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| 1553–58 |
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| MARY, who had been brought up a Catholic. Restoration of Catholic bishops. Stephen Gardiner, bishop of Winchester, author of the Six Articles, lord chancellor. | 11 |
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| 1553 |
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| Marriage treaty between Mary and Philip of Spain, son of Charles V, afterward Philip II. This transaction being unpopular, an insurrection broke out, headed by Sir Thomas Carew, the duke of Suffolk, and Sir Thomas Wyatt. The rebellion was suppressed. | 12 |
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| 1554, July 25 |
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| Marriage of Mary and Philip. | 13 |
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