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Edward VI

king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553

24 dated entries naming Edward VI, drawn from 9 separate years between 1537 CE and 1563 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Edward VI of England in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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16th century

  • 1537October 12 – King Edward VI of England (died 1553)source
  • 1537October 15 – Following the baptism of her son, the future Edward VI of England, Jane Seymour begins suffering from puerperal fever. The Queen consort dies nine days later.source
  • 1543July 1 – The Treaty of Greenwich is signed between representatives of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland as part of a plan to eventually unify the two nations under one monarch. As part of the treaty, the two nations agree to avoid war during the reign of King Henry VIII in England or Mary, Queen of Scots in Scotland and for another year after both are gone. The second part of the Treaty provides that Mary, Queen of Scots (six months old at the time) will eventually become the wife of Crown Prince Edward (then 5 years old), son of King Henry VIII. The Scottish Parliament repudiates the treaty five months later.source
  • 15431 July – Regent Arran signs the Treaty of Greenwich (ratified 25 August). The treaty included the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Prince Edward.source
  • 1546December 30 – Less than a month before his death, King Henry VIII of England revises his last will and testament and designates his preference for the line of succession to the throne. The first four people on the list serve as monarchs at different times, starting with Edward VI (1547-1553), Mary I (1553-1558) and Elizabeth I (1558-1603). The fourth in the line of succession, Lady Jane Grey, reigns for nine days after the death of Edward before Mary assumes the throne.source
  • 1547Edward VI of England outlaws execution by boiling.source
  • 1547January 28 – Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland upon the death of Henry VIII; start of Edwardian Reformation in Ireland (lasting until 1553).source
  • 1547January 28 – King Henry VIII of England dies in London, and is succeeded by his 9-year-old son Edward VI, as King of England.source
  • 1547February 20 – Edward VI of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.source
  • 154711 March – During the Siege of St Andrews Castle, Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray, makes a pledge to Edward VI of England. This contract states that for English assistance in reinstating his rights over Perth, and the return of his brother, who is a hostage ("pledge") in England, Gray would further the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to Edward VI, and deliver Broughty Castle and the Spey Tower at Perth to the English army.source
  • 1549October 5 – Sir Thomas Smith is replaced by Ambassador Nicholas Wotton as the second Secretary of State of England, primarily in charge of England's foreign affairs. Wotton serves for less than a year before being dispatched by King Edward VI back to France.source
  • 1550March 29 – Sherborne School in England is refounded by King Edward VI.source
  • 1552King Edward VI of England founds 35 grammar schools by royal charter, including Shrewsbury; Leeds Grammar School is also established.source
  • 1552February 2 – The office of Ulster King of Arms and Principal Herald of Ireland is established (based at Dublin Castle) by King Edward VI.source
  • 1552November 24 – Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury and top cleric of the Church of England, delivers the proposed Forty-two Articles to the Privy Council of King Edward VI.source
  • 1553Tonbridge School is founded by Sir Andrew Judde, under letters patent of Edward VI of England.source
  • 1553May 25 – Lady Jane Grey, a 16-year-old first cousin of King Edward VI of England, marries Lord Guildford Dudley, son of the Duke of Northumberland, who has engineered the marriage.source
  • 1553June 26 – Two new schools, Christ's Hospital and King Edward's School, Witley, are created by royal charter in accordance with the will of King Edward VI of England; St Thomas' Hospital, London, in existence since the 12th century, is named in the same charter.source
  • 1553July 6 – King Edward VI of England (born 1537)source
  • 1553July 6 – King Edward VI of England dies at the age of 15 after a reign of only six years.source
  • 1553July 6 – Edward VI, King of England and Ireland (born 1537)source
  • 1553July 10 – Four days after the death of her cousin King Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England – a position she holds for the next nine days.source
  • 1553July 19 – Mary I is proclaimed Queen of England and Ireland following the death of Edward VI, leading to restoration of Papal authority (until 1558).source
  • 1563January 11 (January 2, 1563 O.S., January 11, 1563 N.S.) – The convocation of bishops and clerics of the Church of England is opened at St Paul's Cathedral in London by the Dean of the Arches, Robert Weston to agree upon the wording of what will become the Thirty-nine Articles, with the assembly adopting all but three of the Forty-two Articles promulgated during the reign of King Edward VI in 1553. The conference lasts for three months before agreeing upon the Articles to be submitted for further modification.source

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