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1509 CE - 1547 CE

Reign of Henry VIII of England.
28 Nov 1534 CE

The Act of Supremacy declares Henry VIII of England the head of the Church in England and not the Pope.
1547 CE - 1553 CE

Reign of Edward VI of England.
1549 CE

A new Book of Common Prayer is issued in England.
1549 CE

The Act of Uniformity makes the new Book of Common Prayer compulsory in England.
1552 CE

A new, even more radical Book of Common Prayer is issued in England, removing many of the Catholic elements of religious worship.
1553 CE - 1558 CE

Reign of Mary I of England.
Oct 1553 CE

The First Act of Repeal reverses all the religious-aimed legislation of Edward VI of England.
Jan 1555 CE

The Second Act of Repeal abolishes all post-1529 CE legislation concerning religious matters in England.
Feb 1555 CE

Mary I of England begins her persecution of Protestant 'heretics', eventually burning 287 of them at the stake.
1559 CE - 1563 CE

The Elizabethan Religious Settlement, a set of acts and decisions which continue the English Reformation.
Apr 1559 CE

Elizabeth I of England reinstates the Act of Supremacy.
1563 CE

The 39 Articles define English Protestantism.
1588 CE - 1589 CE

The Marprelate Controversy; Anonymous Puritan writer publishes tracts attacking Anglican Church.
1603 CE - 1625 CE

Reign of James I of England; Puritans are persecuted; King James Bible created to counter Geneva Bible of the Puritans.
1620 CE - 1640 CE

The Great Migration (Puritan Migration) from England to North America.
1630 CE - c. 1740 CE

Puritans exert almost complete control over governmental policies in New England and influence other colonies on the eastern coast of North America.
1630 CE

John Winthrop migrates to North America with 700 Puritan colonists to become governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1636 CE - 1638 CE

Anne Hutchinson is the primary voice of the Antinomian Controversy, defending her belief in the supremacy of God's Grace in salvation against Puritan authorities.