Important Tudor Dates Quiz - The Tudor Society

As you will know from my "on this day in Tudor history" videos and posts, there are many, many momentous Tudor dates. The Tudor period was packed full of important Tudor events. So, for this week's Sunday quiz, I decided to test you on just a few of them. I hope you have a head for dates!

Q1) What was the date of the Battle of Bosworth, the battle that saw the defeat of Richard III and his troops by Henry Tudor and his troops?

22 August 1485

19 August 1485

22 August 1487

21 August 1485

Correct!

Wrong! It was on 22nd August 1485.

Q2) On which of these dates was King Henry VIII born?

28 January 1475

21 June 1491

28 June 1491

7 September 1489

Correct!

Wrong! He was born on 28th June 1491.

Q3) On which of these dates did Arthur, Prince of Wales, die, leaving his brother Henry as next in line to the throne?

14 November 1501

28 January 1502

29 January 1502

2 April 1502

Correct!

Wrong! He died on 2nd April 1502.

Q4) On which of these dates was Queen Elizabeth I crowned at Westminster Abbey?

15 January 1559

17 November 1558

24 June 1559

1 June 1559

Correct!

Wrong! It was on 15th January 1559.

Q5) On which date was Edward VI born?

24 October 1537

1 November 1537

2 October 1537

12 October 1537

Correct!

Wrong! It was 12th October 1537.

Q6) Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn got married on 25th January 1533, but chronicler Edward Hall also gives an earlier date - what is it?

1 September 1532

7 September 1532

12 October 1532

14 November 1532

Correct! It was St Erkenwald's Day.

Wrong! He gives 14th November 1532, St Erkenwald's Day.

Q7) On which date did Mary I officially become queen, taking the throne from Queen Jane (Lady Jane Grey)?

10 July 1553

19 July 1553

6 July 1553

12 July 1553

Correct!

Wrong! It was 19th July 1553.

Q8) Mary, Queen of Scots was executed on this date in 1587...

19 May

13 February

8 February

12 February

Correct!

Wrong! It was on 8th February.

Q9) Henry VIII married Jane Seymour on this day in 1536...

20 May

30 May

19 May

25 May

Correct! They had become betrothed on 20th May 1536.

Wrong! They got married on 30th May after becoming betrothed on 20th May.

Q10) The Field of Cloth of Gold meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I started on this day in 1520...

7 June

8 June

24 June

3 June

Correct!

Wrong! It started on 7th June 1520.

Important Tudor dates