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For a full timeline overview, see timeline of British history. There was no concept of "British history" in the 1500s, except that the word "British" was used to refer to the ancient Britons and the Welsh. This page presents a timeline of events in the history of England and Scotland from 1500 until 1599. 1509 England – Henry VIII crowned and married to Catherine of Aragon 1513 England and ...
Battle of Flodden Field: Invading England, King James IV of Scotland and thousands of other Scots were killed in a defeat at the hands of the English. 1516 18 February Mary I, the future queen of England (r. 1553-1558), is born to parents Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. 1521: Lutheran writings begin to circulate in England. 1527 21 May
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7 June – Italian War of 1551–59: England, now allied with Spain, declares war on France. [2] Summer – 1557 influenza pandemic reaches the British Isles. [14] [15] 10 August – Italian War: English and Spanish victory over the French at the Battle of St. Quentin. [2] First record of a Royal Artillery Band.
[8] [9] [10] Following the Industrial Revolution, which started in England, Great Britain ruled a colonial Empire, the largest in recorded history. Following a process of decolonisation in the 20th century, mainly caused by the weakening of Great Britain's power in the two World Wars; almost all of the empire's overseas territories became ...
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
Montacute House, Somerset, built, a notable early example of an unfortified country residence built completely from new. Publication of the poem Hero and Leander unfinished by Marlowe and completed by George Chapman. [1] Chapman translates Homer's Iliad into English. [1] Publication of John Florio's Italian/English dictionary A World of Words.
June – unrest in England caused by economic difficulties due to the war forces the government to seek a truce with the Empire. [2] 2 October – William Tyndale's The Obedience of a Christian Man (The Obedience of a Christen man, and how Christen rulers ought to govern) is printed in Antwerp for clandestine distribution in England.