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1491 Born
1505 Henry VIII of England repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon
, at his father's
command
1509 Henry VIII
becomes King of England on the death of his father, Henry VII
.
1509 Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon
1509 King Henry VIII of England's and Queen consort's Catherine of Aragon
coronation ceremony.
1510 Henry VIII of England, then 18 years-old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals himself.
1513 Battle of the Spurs (or Battle of Guinegate). English troops under Henry VIII
defeat a French army under Marshal La Pali
1513 Capture of Thérouanne by Henry VIII of England.
1520 Field of Cloth of Gold. Famous meeting between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France
.
1525 Henry VIII of England creates his illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy Duke of Richmond and Somerset.
1529 Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York
, fails to bring about the divorce and annulment Henry VIII
had sought and is forced to resign.
1529 Aylesbury is granted the county town of Buckinghamshire in England
by King
Henry VIII
.
1531 Henry VIII of England recognized as supreme head of the Church of England
.
1532 Henry VIII
grants the Thorne brothers a Royal Charter to found Bristol Grammar School.
1532 Lady Anne Boleyn
is created Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancée, King Henry VIII of England.
1533 King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn
, his second Queen consort.
1533 King Henry VIII of England's marriage with Catherine of Aragon
officially declared annulled. Catherine refuses to accept and continues to believe herself the wife of Henry till her death.
1533 Henry VIII of England's new wife, Anne Boleyn
, is crowned as queen
.
1534 Cambridge University Press given Royal Charter by Henry VIII
and becomes the first of the privileged presses
1534 Henry VIII
angry at the Pope's refusal to grant divorce from Catherine of Aragon
, Henry declares himself Supreme Head of the English church, the Church of England
. See also: The derivative but more widely spread: Anglican Communion Church
.
1535 The Charterhouse London is closed, as part of Henry VIII
's Dissolution of the Monasteries
.
1535 Sir
Thomas More
, author of Utopia and one time Lord Chancellor
of England
, is executed for treason by King Henry VIII
after refusing to agree to Henrys' decision to separate the English church from the Roman Catholic church
.
1536 Various religious buildings are closed as part of Henry VIII's
dissolution of the monastries, including
1536 Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour
1537 Dissolution of religious buildings by Henry VIII
, including
1539 The Six Articles, an Act of the Parliament of England, reaffirms certain Catholic
principles in Henry VIII
's Church of England
.
1539 Henry VIII
contracts to marry Anne of Cleves
.
1540 King Henry VIII of England officially said he like chocolate cake.
1540 King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves
, his fourth Queen consort.
1540 King Henry VIII of England divorces Anne of Cleves
, his fourth Queen consort.
1540 One of the most important political figures of the reign of Henry VIII of England, Thomas Cromwell, is executed on order from the king on charges of treason
. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard
, on the same day.
1541 The Parliament of Ireland declares Henry VIII of England King of Ireland replacing the Lordship of Ireland with the Kingdom of Ireland.
1542 War resumes between Francis I of France
and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor
, while James V of Scotland
and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.
1542 Catherine Howard
, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery
.
1543 King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine Parr. It is the sixth of Henry's marriages and the third of Catherine's. Princess Elizabeth
attends the wedding
1544 September 14 - English forces under Henry VIII
besiege and capture Boulogne.
1546 Foundation of Trinity College, Cambridge by Henry VIII of England
1547 Edward VI
succeeds his father Henry VIII
as King of England
.
1547 Died
1982 The ''Mary Rose'', flagship of Henry VIII of England that sank in 1545, is raised.
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