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1537 CE: Birth of Edward, son and heir of Henry VIII of England and future Edward VI of England.
1544 CE - 1545 CE: English forces ravage the Scottish Lowlands, the so-called ‘Rough Wooing’.
1547 CE - 1553 CE: Reign of Edward VI of England.
1547 CE: Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, makes himself the Duke of Somerset and effectively the sole regent or Lord Protector for Edward VI of England.
1547 CE: Coronation of Edward VI of England in Westminster Abbey.
1547 CE: An English army led by Edward Seymour defeats a Scottish army at the Battle of Pinkie.
1548 CE: William Cecil, Lord Burghley is appointed the Secretary of State.
1549 CE: The Kett Rebellion breaks out in Norfolk led by Robert Kett.
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.
1549 CE: The massacre at Dussindale in Norfolk ends the Kett Rebellion.
1549 CE: Edward Seymour, Lord Protector to Edward VI of England, is removed from office.
1550 CE: A peace treaty is signed between England, France, and Scotland, the Treaty of Boulogne.
1550 CE: Willam Cecil, Lord Burghley joins the Privy Council of Edward VI of England.
1551 CE: John Dudley, Earl of Warwick makes himself the Earl of Northumberland and effectively regent for Edward VI of England.
1552 CE: Edward VI of England contracts smallpox and measles.
1552 CE: A new, even more radical Book of Common Prayer is issued in England, removing many of the Catholic elements of religious worship.
1552 CE: Edward Seymour, former Lord Protector for Edward VI of England, is executed for treason.
1553 CE: Death of Edward VI of England from pulmonary tuberculosis.
1553 CE: John Dudley, Earl of Northumberland, declares Lady Jane Grey Queen of England following the death of her cousin, Edward VI of England.
1553 CE: Coronation of Mary I of England in Westminster Abbey.