1537

• OCTOBER Lady Jane Grey is born, the daughter of Henry Grey and Francis Brandon of Bradgate Park in Leicestershire

• 12TH OCTOBER Birth of the future Edward VI of England

1540

• 25TH AUGUST Jane's sister Catherine Grey is born, born at Bradgate Park, near Leicester

1545

• Jane’s sister Mary Grey is born

• 22ND AUGUST: Jane’s grandfather Charles Brandon died

1546

• Jane went to Court to be looked after by Catherine Parr around this time.

1547

• 28TH JANUARY The death of Henry VIII of England & now his son Edward VI is King.

• FEBRUARY: Jane went to live in the household of Thomas Seymour, and Catherine Parr, along with the Princess Elizabeth

1548

• MARCH Catherine Parr is pregnant.

• MAY Princess Elizabeth is sent away to live in Anthony Denny's household at Cheshunt after Catherine Parr catches Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour in an Embrace.

• JUNE Catherine Parr was accompanied by Lady Jane Grey and a large retinue of ladies to attend on her, as well as over one hundred gentlemen of the household and Yeomen of the guard. They Move to Sudeley Castle. Anne, Countess of Pembroke, Catherine Parr sister, also came and attended upon her as her chief lady and groom of the stool.

• 30TH AUGUST Catherine Parr gives birth to a baby girl who was named Mary

• The funeral of Catherine Parr Jane's acts as chief mourner, Jane then after returns home, However Thomas Seymour demanded Jane be returned as his ward, in which she did.

• Thomas Seymour takes over the wardship of Jane.

1549

• 16TH JANUARY Thomas Seymour is caught breaking into his nephew King Edward VI bedchamber at Hampton Court Palace. Thomas disturbed the king's pet dog and shot it

• 17TH JANUARY Thomas Seymour is arrested and sent to the Tower of London.

• The council sent agents to question everyone associated with Thomas Seymour. Jane’s Parents convinced the Privy Council of their innocence in Seymour's scheme to marry Jane to King Edward VI of England

• 22ND FEBRUARY The council officially accused Thomas Seymour of thirty-three charges of treason

• 20TH MARCH: The execution of Thomas Seymour for treason.

• Jane returns back home in Bradgate.

• It was claimed Jane’s parents contemplated marrying her to Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, son of the Lord Protector and Anne Stanhope. However, the Lord Protector was to fall from power soon also.

• John Aylmer began tutoring Greek to Jane

1550

• 2ND FEBRUARY John Dudley is made lord president of Edward VI of England’s council

1552

• 22ND JANUARY: Edward Seymour, Edward VI uncle and previous lord protector, is executed for treason

1553

• SPRING: Jane is engaged to Lord Guildford Dudley

• 25TH MAY: Jane married Guildford Dudley. This event was a triple wedding. Janes sister Catherine married Lord Herbert and Guildford Dudley sister married Henry Hastings. The event took place at Durham House. All three couples were dressed in silver and gold

• Guildford Dudley and some others who had attended the wedding suffered an attack of food poisoning, because of "a mistake made by a cook, who plucked one leaf for another."

• 21ST JUNE: Patent letters were issued stating that King Edward VI heir was named as the Lady Jane Grey, eldest daughter of the king's cousin, Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk

• 6TH JULY Edward VI of England is dead. The king’s death was kept quiet until the 9th of July.

• 7TH JULY The Duke of Northumberland, John Dudley sent his son Robert into Hertfordshire with 300 men to secure the person of Mary Tudor. However, Aware of her half-brother's condition, Princess Mary had only days before moved to East Anglia, where she was the greatest landowner. Mary here was assembling an armed following for support.

• 10TH JULY – 19TH JULY Jane is declared Queen of England and reigns for nine days. Jane arrived by barge at the Tower of London having travelled from Syon. John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, and other Councillors greeted them before they made their way through the Tower gates, Jane and Guildford then walking under the canopy of state

• Only a few hours later Mary Tudor declaration letter came, naming Mary as Queen.

• Jane had a huge row with her husband Guildford and his mother when she said she would not make him king. Jane would agree only to make him Duke of Clarence.

•  Jane and Guildford spent her brief rule residing in the Tower of London. They were still in the Tower when their reign collapsed and they remained there, in different quarters, as prisoners.

• 14TH JULY John Dudley headed for Cambridge with 1,500 troops and some artillery

• 19TH JULY Jane agreed to be the godmother to one of the Gentlemen Pensioners' children and also wished for the child's name to be Guildford.

• A letter from the Council in London arrived, declaring that they had proclaimed Queen Mary and commanding Northumberland to disband the army and await events

• Jane is deposed as queen and Mary Tudor is made the Queen of England, by the privy council, and Lady Jane and Guildford. are arrested and held in the Tower of London.

• 12TH AUGUST Jane and her husband Guildford were indicted

• 18TH AUGUST The trial of John Dudley, The Duke of Northumberland in Westminster Hall.

• 22ND AUGUST John Dudley, the Duke of Northumberland and Jane’s father in law is executed for treason. John Dudley before his execution recanted his Protestant faith. This delighted Queen Mary but enraged Lady Jane Grey.

• 13TH NOVEMBER: Jane and Guildford were tried at Guildhall, together with Archbishop Cranmer and Guildford's brothers Ambrose and Henry. They were all found guilty and condemned to death. Thomas Cranmer, at first, pleaded ‘not guilty’, but after the case had been presented, and before the jury delivered their verdict, he changed his plea to ‘guilty’

• DECEMBER Jane was allowed to walk freely in the Queen's Garden

1554

• Henry Grey, Jane’s father joined the rebellion but was captured by Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon. Prior to this rebellion, it was said that Queen Mary was contemplating pardoning Jane and her family. Now after this failed rebellion, it made Jane more of a threat. This rebellion sealed

• Jane’s fate.

• John Feckenham, the church abbot, visited Jane, the abbot was sent By Queen  Mary to prepare Jane for her death.

• 11TH FEBRUARY The day before their executions Guildford asked Jane for the last meeting, which she refused, explaining it "would only ... increase their misery and pain, it was better to put it off

• 12TH FEBRUARY: Guildford was executed first and then Jane was executed within the hour.

• Jane is executed at the Tower London for high treason The executioner asked her forgiveness, which she granted him, pleading: "I pray you dispatch me quickly." Referring to her head, she asked, "Will you take it off before I lay me down?", and the axeman answered: "No, madam." She then blindfolded herself. Jane then failed to find the block with her hands, and cried, "What shall I do? Where is it?" Probably Sir Thomas Brydges, the Deputy Lieutenant of the Tower, helped her find her way. With her head on the block, Jane spoke the last words of Jesus as recounted by Luke: "Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit!"

The Lady Jane Grey and Guildford Dudley were buried in St Peter ad Vincula, London