The Tudors: key events and monarchs

Ten questions on the Tudor monarchs, from Bosworth to the death of Elizabeth I.

Questions

  • In which year did Henry Tudor win the Battle of Bosworth?
  • Who was Henry VIII's first wife?
  • Which Tudor monarch reigned for the longest?
  • In which year was the Spanish Armada defeated?
  • Which king broke away from the Catholic Church and made himself head of the Church of England?
  • Which of Henry VIII's children became king at the age of nine?
  • Which queen was given the nickname “Bloody Mary”?
  • Who was the last Tudor monarch?
  • What was the dissolution of the monasteries?
  • Who became king of England when the Tudor period ended in 1603?