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The Henry VIII Age - Henry VIII Timeline
This comprehensive Henry VIII Timeline details the major events significant to life of King Henry VIII of England. The timeline commences at the beginning of the Tudor period with the start of the Tudor dynasty and the father of King Henry VIII - Henry Tudor. |
| | The timeline then goes on to the children of the first Tudor King - Prince Arthur, Princess Margaret and Prince Henry who became King Henry VIII and the father of Queen Elizabeth I. King Henry VIII was famous for his six wives and all of these women are detailed in this Henry VIII timeline. Dates of all of the major events and people who were important to King Henry VIII are detailed in the Henry VIII timeline. Facts and information about the wives of King Henry VIII who played a major part in the life of King Henry VIII, are found in many entries in the timeline. King Henry VIII Tudor Timeline
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Timelines | Dates | Major Events in the Tudor Timeline of King Henry VIII | Timeline of
Henry Tudor
King Henry VII
Mother & Father
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King Henry VIII |
| 1485 | - August 22, 1485 - Henry Tudor wins battle of Bosworth becoming Henry VII
- Henry VII cemented his succession and settled the friction between the Yorkists and Lancastrians by marrying the Yorkist heir, Elizabeth of York
- December 16, 1485 - Birth of Katherine of Aragon
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| 1486 | - January 16, 1486 - marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV
- September 20, 1486 - Birth of Arthur, Prince of Wales
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Timeline of
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King Henry VIII and his Six Wives Katharine of Aragon |
| 1491 | | June 28, 1491 - Birth of Prince Henry, future Henry VIII |
| 1497 | | August 10, 1497 - Arthur, Prince of Wales is betrothed to Katherine of Aragon |
| 1499 | | May 19, 1499 - Katherine and Arthur married by Proxy |
| 1501 | | November 14, 1501 - Katherine of Aragon and Arthur, Prince of Wales marry |
| 1502 | - April 2, 1502 - Death of Prince Arthur
- A papal dispensation was obtained to enable his second son Henry to marry the wife (Katherine of Aragon) of his first son Arthur who had died
- 1502 - Margaret, daughter of Henry VII, marries James IV of Scotland
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| 1503 | | June 25, 1503 - Katherine betrothed to Prince Henry |
| 1509 | June 24 - Accession of King Henry VIII
June 11 - King Henry VIII marries Katherine of Aragon |
| | 1513 | | Katharine of Aragon ruled as regent while Henry was campaigning in France |
| | 1516 | | Queen Mary I "Bloody Mary" (1516 - 1558) born in Greenwich |
| | 1517 | | The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther nails his "95 Theses" against the Catholic practice of selling indulgences, on the church door at Wittenberg |
| | 1518 | | King Henry VIII started his affair with Elizabeth Blount ( 1500-1539) known as Bessie Blount |
| 1519 | | June 1519 - "Bessie" Blount gives birth to Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond the illegitimate son og King Henry VIII |
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| 1520 | 1520 - Field of Cloth of Gold - King Francois I of France meets King Henry VIII but fails to gain his support against Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V |
| | 1521 | King Henry VIII receives the title "Defender of the Faith" from
Pope Leo X for his opposition to Martin Luther |
| | 1525 | | King Henry VIII has a brief affair with Mary Boleyn |
| | 1526 | - March 4 1526 - Mary Boleyn gave birth to a son, called Henry - he was widely assumed to be the son of King Henry VIII although not acknowledged as such
- King Henry VIII becomes totally obsessed with the Katharine of Aragon lady-in-waiting Anne Boleyn with whom he falls madly in love
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Timeline of
King Henry VIII and his Six Wives Anne Boleyn & Jane Seymour |
| 1529 | | King Henry VIII dismisses Lord Chancellor Thomas Wolsey for failing to obtain the Pope's consent to his divorce from Catherine of Aragon |
| | 1532 | | Anne Boleyn becomes pregnant |
| | 1533 | - January 25th 1533 Henry married Anne Boleyn and is excommunicated by Pope Clement VII
- Queen Elizabeth I, the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn, is born 7 September 1533
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| | 1534 | | Henry VIII broke with the Church in Rome with the Act of Supremacy, which made the king the head of the Church of England. |
| | 1535 | | Sir Thomas Moore and Bishop Fisher of Rochester were executed for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the English Church King Henry VIII badly injures his leg in a jousting accident |
| | 1536 | - 1536 January 7 - Katharine of Aragon dies at Kimbolton Castle
- May 2nd 1536 Anne Boleyn arrested and taken to the Tower
- May 15th 1536 Anne Boleyn tried for treason, adultery and incest in the Great Hall of the Tower of London
- May 19th 1536 Anne Boleyn executed on Tower Hill. Anne's body and head were buried in an unmarked grave in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula
- Within 24 hours of Anne Boleyn's execution, Jane Seymour and Henry VIII were formally betrothed
- On the 30th of May 1536 King Henry and Jane Seymour were married
- Dissolution of monasteries in England begins
- Wales is incorporated into England
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| | 1537 | - January Seymour dies after the premature birth of a son, the future King Edward VI
- Princess Elizabeth and Princess Mary are declared bastards
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Timeline of
King Henry VIII and his Six Wives Anne of Cleves Catharine Howard Katharine Parr |
| 1540 | - Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves but the marriage is annulled
- July 28th 1540 - 49 year old Henry married 19 year old Catherine Howard
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| 1542 | - 13th February 1542 - Catherine Howard is executed for adultery
- The nine-year-old Elizabeth was distraught when her father beheaded Catherine Howard. Catherine was Ann Boleyn's cousin and had been very kind to Elizabeth.
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| 1543 | - 12th July 1543 - Henry marries Katherine Parr who had a near brush with death when she was linked with 'heretical' religious reformers including Anne Askew
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| 1547 | - King Henry VIII dies 28 January
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Interesting Facts and Information in the Tudor Timeline of King Henry VIII
This comprehensive Henry VIII Timeline details the major events significant to life of King Henry VIII of England. Dates of all of the major events and people who were important to King Henry VIII are detailed in the Henry VIII timeline. Details, facts and information about the people and events in the Tudor Age can be accessed via the Elizabethan Era Sitemap. Henry VIII Timeline- Interesting Facts and information about Henry VIII Timeline in the Henry VIII Tudor Age
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