Historical Timeline of Princess Mary Tudor
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| February 18, 1516 | born at the Palace of Placentia, in Greenwich. |
| 1518 | contracted to marry the Dauphin of France, Francis, son of Francis I of France. |
| June 15, 1519 | birth of Henry Fitzroy, son of Henry VIII and his mistress Bessie Blount, through out his life Fitzroy would be groomed as a potential heir for this father |
| 1521 | betrothal to the Dauphin is broken and Mary is now contracted to marry her cousin, Charles V. Holy Roman Emperor. In the marriage agreement Mary is designed as the heir to the English throne if her father dies without "an heir male" |
| June 1522 | meets her fiance, Charles V, during a state visit to Greenwich |
| 1525 | created the Princess of Wales, a title normally given to the male heir of the English throne. Mary was the first and only female to be granted the title in her own right. |
| 1526 | sent to her own court in Ludlow to preside over the Council of Wales and the Marches. |
| February 1526 | Henry VIII starts courting Anne Boleyn |
| July 1526 | Emperor Charles V breaks his betrothal by marrying instead Isabella of Portugal |
| May 17, 1527 | First ecclesiastical court convened to hear King Henry's arguments for requesting annulment to Queen Katherine |
| July 14, 1531 | Her Father separates from her mother, Queen Katherine of Aragon who is now banished from court |
| May 23, 1533 | Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage between King Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon void, Mary is declared illegitimate and no longer a princess |
| September 7, 1533 | Birth of Princess Elizabeth Tudor, Mary is required to serve her infant sister as a lady in waiting |
| September 1534 | Mary is gravely ill, the King sends his personal physician to attend her and grants Katherine of Aragon permission to visit her daughter, sensing a political trap to force submission to the King's divorce with Mary used as bait, Katherine declines |
| November 1534 - Early 1535 | Act of Supremacy is passed by Parliament which declared the king head of the Church of England, also the Treason Act made denying any royal their "dignity, title, or name of their royal estates" a capital offense |
| January 7, 1536 | Katherine of Aragon dies in exile at Kimbolton & Mary is denied permission to attend her mother's funeral |
| May 19 1536 | Execution of Anne Boleyn, two days prior Elizabeth was declared illegitimate |
| May 20, 1536 | father is engaged to Jane Seymour, they are married ten days later |
| June 22, 1536 | writes to her father accepting her illegitimate status, the annulment of her parents marriage, and her father's position as Supreme Head of the English Church |
| July 6, 1536 | At Jane Seymour's insistence, King Henry meets with Mary for the first time since the separation from her mother |
| July 23, 1536 | death of half-brother Henry Fitzroy at St. James Palace |
| October 12, 1537 | Birth of Prince Edward |
| October 24, 1537 | Death of Jane Seymour, Mary was mourner in chief for her stepmother's funeral |
| December 26, 1539 | Mary meets with her suitor, Duke Philip of Bavaria for the first time at Westminster. |
| January 6, 1540 | father marries Anne of Cleves |
| July 9, 1540 | father's marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled |
| July 28, 1540 | father marries Katherine Howard |
| February 13, 1542 | Katherine Howard is executed, marriage to father annulled earlier |
| July 12, 1543 | father marries Catherine Parr |
| July 14, 1543 | Third Succession Act is passed by Parliament - restores Mary and Elizabeth to the succession after Prince Edward and his heirs |
| January 28, 1547 | King Henry VIII dies, Prince Edward Tudor accesses the throne |
| Spring 1547 | Thomas Seymour writes to Mary proposing marriage, Mary refuses, Seymour weds Catherine Parr in secret in May |
| January 15, 1549 | House of Lords passes The Act of Uniformity which forbids the Catholic mass and introduces the Book of Common Prayer, Mary would defy this law for the duration of her brother's reign |
| March 18, 1551 | meets with her brother the king in hopes of reconciling their religious differences |
| June 21, 1553 | King Edward VI signs a statement disowning his sisters Mary and Elizabeth in favor of Lady Jane Grey to succeed him |
| July 6, 1553 | King Edward VI dies, announcement of the King's death is delayed, both of the king's sisters are invited to court but do not come each sensing the plot against them |
| July 10, 1553 | Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen |
| July 19, 1553 | Forces loyal to Mary disperse Suffolk's troops and Lady Jane Grey is imprisoned in the Tower, Mary is proclaimed Queen |
| August 3, 1553 | Mary and her supporters enter London in triumph |
| October 1, 1553 | Coronation of Queen Mary I |
| July 25,1553 | Mary married King phillipII of Spain |
| November 1554 | Mary thinking she was pregnant,had Thanksgiving services at the dioceese in London |
| In 1555 | Mary obtained a paper bull confiriming that she and phillip were the monarchs of Ireland |
| Feb 4-9 1555 | Protestant Leader's were hunged or burined for there faith,this lasted around four years |
| March-July 1557 | Phillip returned to England to try to prersuade Mary to support Spain in a war against France |
| 13 July 1558 | English forces fared badly in the confilct and a a result lost Calais,from England;s finances |
| November 17,1558 | Mary died from a pituitary tumor |
| December 1,1558 | Mary was buried in Westminster Abbey,instead of Peterborough Cathedal where her mother is buried |