May
| 1 1536 May Day Joust – Henry VIII left after receiving message and ordered Sir Henry Norris to accompany him 1590 James VI of Scotland brought his bride Anne of Denmark to Scotland | 2 1536 Sir Henry Norris and George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, taken to the Tower | 3 Sir Francis Weston interrogated | 4 1536 Sir William Brereton formally arrested | 5 | 6 1541 Henry VIII declares that a new English Bible must be in every church | 7 1567 Divorce of Earl and Lady Bothwell |
| 8 1559 Act of Uniformity signed by Elizabeth I | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 1536 Trial of Mark Smeaton, Sir Francis Weston, Sir Henry Norris and Sir William Brereton – all found guilty | 13 | 14 |
| 15 1536 Trials of George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, and Anne Boleyn – Both found guilty 1567 Marriage of Mary Queen of Scots and Earl of Bothwell | 16 1532 Resignation of Thomas More as Chancellor | 17 1536 Exectutions of George Boleyn, Norris, Brereton, Weston and Smeaton | 18 1536 Execution of Anne Boleyn postponed. Thomas Cromwell announces annulment of the marriage of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII | 19 1536 Execution of Anne Boleyn 1554 Elizabeth released from the Tower of London and sent to Woodstock | 20 1536 Betrothal of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour | 21 1553 Marriage of Lady Jane Grey and Guildford Dudley |
| 22 | 23 1533 Cranmer’s court rule that the marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon is illegal | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 1541 Execution of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury | 28 1533 Cranmer proclaims the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn as valid |
| 29 | 30 1536 Marriage of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour | 31 |
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