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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 ...
[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 ...
20 September – Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born c. 1453) 1502 2 April – Arthur, Prince of Wales (born 1486) 6 May – James Tyrrell, knight, alleged murderer of the princes in the Tower (executed) (born c. 1450) 1503 11 February – Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (born 1466) [11]
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
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
English Society in the Early Middle Ages (1951), by Doris Mary Stenton; England in the Late Middle Ages (1952), by A.R. Myers (1912–1980) Tudor England (1950), by Stanley Bindoff; Two books have filled the seventeenth century slot in the series: England in the Seventeenth Century (1952), by Maurice Ashley, which was retired in 1977
The history of local government in England is one of gradual change and evolution since the Middle Ages. England has never possessed a formal written constitution, with the result that modern administration (and the judicial system) is based on precedent, and is derived from administrative powers granted (usually by the Crown) to older systems, such as that of the shires.
1 February – Parliament's Putting away of Books and Images Act 1549 receives royal assent, encouraging iconoclasm. [1] 24 March – England and France sign the Treaty of Boulogne; England withdraws from Boulogne in France and returns territorial gains in Scotland. [2] The value of the angel is raised from eight to ten shillings.