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Timeline
1509 End of Henry VII's reign – Begin reign of Henry VIII
1513 Battle of Foldden English victory over Scotland
1514 Beginning wars with France and Scotland
1517 End wars with France and Scotland
1520 (June 7) establishment of a short-lived alliance between Henry VIII and Francis I of France
1522 England invades France - invasion unsuccessful
1523 England abandons attempted Frenchinvasion
1527 Divorce crisis of Henry VIII begins
1530 Henry VII begins the process of breaking with the papacy
time of internal instability associated with founding the new church
1534 Church of England established, unrest within England largely subsided
1542 Renewed warfare with France and Scotland
1547 Death of Henry VIII – Begin reign of Edward IV  
1549 Religious/Social Unrest1550 Peace with France
France returns Boulogne to England for a cash payment.
1553 Death of Edward IV
(June 6-19) Insurrection of Northumberland Upon the death of Edward VI
1553 Beginning of the Reign of Mary I
Re-establishment of Catholicism in England.
1554 Insurrection in Kent Led by Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Thomas Carew, and the Duke of Suffolk, this was an attempt to prevent Mary's marriage toPhilip
1555 Persecution of Protestants begins
1557 War begins with France Mary's marriage led to English involvement in Spain's endemic wars with France
1558 End of Mary I's reign / Start of Reign of Elizabeth I (sister of Edward VI and Mary I)
1559 England ends war with France
1562 England sends troops to France to aid the Huguenots.
1568 Beginning of a period of mounting hostilitiesbetween Spain and England
1570 Papal Bull declares Elizabeth excommunicated and deposed
1573 Temporary Rapprochement with Spain. Ascendancy of the Guise family in France leads to a temporary reduction of tensions.
1577 Alliance with the Netherlands Republic in their war against Spain, although Elizabeth did not declare war against Spain.
1580 Sir Francis Drake completes his circumnavigation of theWorld Drake raids Spanish and Portuguese colonies and shipping along the way.
1585 English military assistance to the Netherlands Henry Sidney, Earl of Lester, brings an army of 6,000 men to Holland.
1587 English army in Netherlands returns to England The army performed poorly, and the Earl of Lester died in the field in the previous year.
1588 August-September - The armada suffers heavy losses asit makesits way back to Spain, due to storms, starvation, and thirst. 63 of theoriginal 130 ships returned to Spain.
1589 4,000 English troops land in Normandy to aid Henry of Navarre
1591 Small English force lands at St. Malo and Rouen.
1594 Tyrone Rebellion in Ireland Endemic rebellion in Irelanderupted into full scale war under the leadership of Hugh O'Neil, Earl ofTyrone.
1596 Englishtroops landed during a raid on Cadiz.
1598 English defeated by Irish at the Battle of Yellow Ford onthe Blackwater river.
1601 Spanish Intervention Spain sends 4,000 troops to Irelandand capture Kinsale.
1603 Death of Elizabeth I,End of Tudor dynasty,
beginningof Stuart dynasty with reign of James I.
1604 October 24 - Unification of Britain The union of thecrownsof England and Scotland eliminated internal.
1605 The Gunpowder Plot the last major Catholic conspiracy
1624 Involvement in 30 Years War James sends a small force of1,200 men to the continent to assist Frederick of Prussia and ChristianIV of Denmark
1625 End of reign of JamesI, beginning of Charles I's reign
1626 Beginning of the Anglo-French war.
1627 The Duke of Buckingham's expedition to the Isle of Re, nearLa Rochelle, tosupport Huguenot forces ended in defeat.
1628 Buckingham assassinated while preparing another expeditionagainst the French.
1630 November 5 - Peace with France and Spain
1639 First Bishops' War Scotland revolts over the impositionof Anglican liturgy into Scottish Presbyterian services.
1640 Second Bishops' War hostilities renewed in Scotland
April-May the "Short Parliament" the...