{"slug": "edward-vi", "label": "Edward VI", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83229", "qid": "Q83229", "description": "king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553", "entries": 24, "years": 9, "span": [1537, 1563], "span_label": ["1537 CE", "1563 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Edward VI of England"], "related": [{"slug": "henry-viii", "label": "Henry VIII", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "mary-i", "label": "Mary I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mary-queen-of-scots", "label": "Mary, Queen of Scots", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "st-paul-s-cathedral", "label": "St Paul's Cathedral", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "archbishop-of-canterbury", "label": "Archbishop of Canterbury", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "church-of-england", "label": "Church of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thomas-cranmer", "label": "Thomas Cranmer", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "westminster-abbey", "label": "Westminster Abbey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope", "label": "Pope", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "elizabeth-i", "label": "Elizabeth I", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1537, "year_label": "1537 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – King Edward VI of England (d. 1553)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362632656#Births", "title": "1537", "revid": 1362632656, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1537, "year_label": "1537 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "October 15", "text": "October 15 – Following the baptism of her son, the future Edward VI of England, Jane Seymour begins suffering from puerperal fever. The Queen consort dies nine days later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362632656#October–December", "title": "1537", "revid": 1362632656, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1543, "year_label": "1543 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – The Treaty of Greenwich is signed between representatives of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland as part of a plan to eventually unify the two nations under one monarch. As part of the treaty, the two nations agree to avoid war during the reign of King Henry VIII in England or Mary, Queen of Scots in Scotland and for another year after both are gone. The second part of the Treaty provides that Mary, Queen of Scots (six months old at the time) will eventually become the wife of Crown Prince Edward (then 5 years old), son of King Henry VIII. The Scottish Parliament repudiates the treaty five months later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369357899#July–September", "title": "1543", "revid": 1369357899, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1543, "year_label": "1543 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 1", "text": "1 July – Regent Arran signs the Treaty of Greenwich (ratified 25 August). The treaty included the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Prince Edward.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736483#Events", "title": "1543 in Scotland", "revid": 1353736483, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1546, "year_label": "1546 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 30", "text": "December 30 – Less than a month before his death, King Henry VIII of England revises his last will and testament and designates his preference for the line of succession to the throne. The first four people on the list serve as monarchs at different times, starting with Edward VI (1547-1553), Mary I (1553-1558) and Elizabeth I (1558-1603). The fourth in the line of succession, Lady Jane Grey, reigns for nine days after the death of Edward before Mary assumes the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368296265#October—December", "title": "1546", "revid": 1368296265, "section": "Events › October—December"}}, {"year": 1547, "year_label": "1547 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Edward VI of England outlaws execution by boiling.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369359234#Date_unknown", "title": "1547", "revid": 1369359234, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1547, "year_label": "1547 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland upon the death of Henry VIII; start of Edwardian Reformation in Ireland (lasting until 1553).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247429398#Events", "title": "1547 in Ireland", "revid": 1247429398, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1547, "year_label": "1547 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – King Henry VIII of England dies in London, and is succeeded by his 9-year-old son Edward VI, as King of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369359234#January–March", "title": "1547", "revid": 1369359234, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1547, "year_label": "1547 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 20", "text": "February 20 – Edward VI of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369359234#January–March", "title": "1547", "revid": 1369359234, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1547, "year_label": "1547 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 11", "text": "11 March – During the Siege of St Andrews Castle, Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray, makes a pledge to Edward VI of England. This contract states that for English assistance in reinstating his rights over Perth, and the return of his brother, who is a hostage (\"pledge\") in England, Gray would further the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to Edward VI, and deliver Broughty Castle and the Spey Tower at Perth to the English army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362632817#Events", "title": "1547 in Scotland", "revid": 1362632817, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1549, "year_label": "1549 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 5", "text": "October 5 – Sir Thomas Smith is replaced by Ambassador Nicholas Wotton as the second Secretary of State of England, primarily in charge of England's foreign affairs. Wotton serves for less than a year before being dispatched by King Edward VI back to France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362482759#October–December", "title": "1549", "revid": 1362482759, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1550, "year_label": "1550 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – Sherborne School in England is refounded by King Edward VI.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369571608#January–March", "title": "1550", "revid": 1369571608, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1552, "year_label": "1552 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "King Edward VI of England founds 35 grammar schools by royal charter, including Shrewsbury; Leeds Grammar School is also established.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364394581#Date_unknown", "title": "1552", "revid": 1364394581, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1552, "year_label": "1552 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – The office of Ulster King of Arms and Principal Herald of Ireland is established (based at Dublin Castle) by King Edward VI.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368480924#Events", "title": "1552 in Ireland", "revid": 1368480924, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1552, "year_label": "1552 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury and top cleric of the Church of England, delivers the proposed Forty-two Articles to the Privy Council of King Edward VI.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364394581#October–December", "title": "1552", "revid": 1364394581, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1553, "year_label": "1553 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Tonbridge School is founded by Sir Andrew Judde, under letters patent of Edward VI of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480437#Date_unknown", "title": "1553", "revid": 1362480437, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1553, "year_label": "1553 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – Lady Jane Grey, a 16-year-old first cousin of King Edward VI of England, marries Lord Guildford Dudley, son of the Duke of Northumberland, who has engineered the marriage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480437#April–June", "title": "1553", "revid": 1362480437, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1553, "year_label": "1553 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – Two new schools, Christ's Hospital and King Edward's School, Witley, are created by royal charter in accordance with the will of King Edward VI of England; St Thomas' Hospital, London, in existence since the 12th century, is named in the same charter.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480437#April–June", "title": "1553", "revid": 1362480437, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1553, "year_label": "1553 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – King Edward VI of England (b. 1537)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480437#Deaths", "title": "1553", "revid": 1362480437, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1553, "year_label": "1553 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – King Edward VI of England dies at the age of 15 after a reign of only six years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480437#July–September", "title": "1553", "revid": 1362480437, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1553, "year_label": "1553 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – Edward VI, King of England and Ireland (b. 1537)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369477949#Deaths", "title": "1553 in Ireland", "revid": 1369477949, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1553, "year_label": "1553 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – Four days after the death of her cousin King Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England – a position she holds for the next nine days.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480437#July–September", "title": "1553", "revid": 1362480437, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1553, "year_label": "1553 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 19", "text": "July 19 – Mary I is proclaimed Queen of England and Ireland following the death of Edward VI, leading to restoration of Papal authority (until 1558).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369477949#Events", "title": "1553 in Ireland", "revid": 1369477949, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1563, "year_label": "1563 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 11", "text": "January 11 (January 2, 1563 O.S., January 11, 1563 N.S.) – The convocation of bishops and clerics of the Church of England is opened at St Paul's Cathedral in London by the Dean of the Arches, Robert Weston to agree upon the wording of what will become the Thirty-nine Articles, with the assembly adopting all but three of the Forty-two Articles promulgated during the reign of King Edward VI in 1553. The conference lasts for three months before agreeing upon the Articles to be submitted for further modification.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164885#January–March", "title": "1563", "revid": 1369164885, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}