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  2. Tudor period - Wikipedia

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    In England and Wales, the Tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603, including the Elizabethan era during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The Tudor period coincides with the dynasty of the House of Tudor in England, which began with the reign of Henry VII .

  3. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    Simian EraPeriod prior to the existence of Simiiformes; ... Tudor period (England, 1485–1603) Elizabethan era (England, 1558–1603)

  4. House of Tudor - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth I was the longest serving Tudor monarch at 44 years, and her reign—known as the Elizabethan Era—provided a period of stability after the short, troubled reigns of her siblings. When Elizabeth I died childless, her cousin of the Scottish House of Stuart succeeded her, in the Union of the Crowns of 24 March 1603.

  5. Timeline of English history - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of ... starting a year-long period of disorder and ... the future king of England (r. 1485-1509), is born to parents Edmund Tudor and Margaret ...

  6. List of English monarchs - Wikipedia

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    Between 1649 and 1653, there was no single English head of state, as England was ruled directly by the Rump Parliament with the English Council of State acting as executive power during a period known as the Commonwealth of England. After a coup d'etat in 1653, Oliver Cromwell forcibly took control of England from Parliament.

  7. History of England - Wikipedia

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    The Tudor period coincides with the dynasty of the House of Tudor in England that began with the reign of Henry VII. Henry engaged in a number of administrative, economic and diplomatic initiatives. He paid very close attention to detail and, instead of spending lavishly, concentrated on raising new revenues.

  8. List of Tudor rebellions - Wikipedia

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    This is a List of Tudor rebellions, referring to various movements which attempted to resist the authority of the Tudor monarchs, who ruled over England and parts of Ireland between 1485 and 1603.

  9. 1480s in England - Wikipedia

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    1480. 1 August – Treaty of Perpetual Friendship between England and Burgundy. [2]Magdalen College School, Oxford, established by William Waynflete. [3] [4]1481. William Caxton publishes The Historie of Reynart the Foxe, the first English edition of the tale, [2] and also his 1480 translation of Mirrour of the Worlde, the first book printed in England to include woodcut illustrations.