The Tudor Society

This Week in History

Each week, we share a list of “on this day in Tudor history” events. These include births, deaths, baptisms, marriages, battles, executions, rebellions and more from the Tudor period. Links are given to articles on key Tudor events.

Total number of articles in this category: 427
26 February 1564 – Baptism of Christopher Marlowe
The Marprelate Controversy
23 February 1554 – The Execution of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk
This week in history 20 – 26 February
20 February 1547 – Nine-year-old Edward VI is crowned king
This week in history 13 – 19 February
12 February 1554 – The executions of Lady Jane Grey and Lord Guildford Dudley
10 February 1567 – Lord Darnley is murdered
9 February 1555 – The burnings of Bishop John Hooper and Archdeacon Rowland Taylor
8 February 1601 – Essex’s Rebellion
This week in history 6 – 12 February
6 February 1557 – The burnings of the remains of Martin Bucer and Paul Fagius
4 February 1555 – The burning of John Rogers
3 February 1587 – Elizabeth I’s Privy Council makes a decision about Mary, Queen of Scots
31 January 1510 – Queen Catherine of Aragon gives birth to a stillborn daughter
This week in history 30 January – 5 February
28 January – Henry VII, Henry VIII and Edward VI
This week in history 23 – 29 January
22 January 1554 – The conspirators of Wyatt’s Rebellion meet
18 January 1486 – The marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
This week in history 16 – 22 January
15 January 1559 – Elizabeth I’s coronation
14 January 1559 – Queen Elizabeth I’s coronation procession
Anne of Brittany and the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis
This week in history 9 – 15 January
This week in history 2 – 8 January
30 December 1546 – Henry VIII signs his will
John Davis, navigator and explorer
This week in history 26 December – 1 January
This week in history 19 – 25 December