| April 29 | Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England |
| May 21 | English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley |
| June 12 | King Edward VI accept archbishop Cranmers "42 Articles" |
| June 26 | Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter |
| July 9 | Battle at Sievershausen Solingen: van Saksen beats Alcibiades |
| July 10 | Lady Jane Grey becomes queen of England |
| July 19 | 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days |
| July 20 | Prime Minister John Dudley captured in Cambridge |
| August 12 | Pope Julius III orders confiscation and burning of Jewish Talmud |
| August 23 | Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor |
| September 8 | City of Lichfield, England forms |
| September 13 | English Hugh Latimer arrested |
| October 21 | Volumes of Talmud are burned |
| November 13 | English Lady Jane Grey/bishop Cranmer accused of high treason |
