Henry VIII,the Reign
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1491 Henry VIII born at Greenwich on 28 June
1502 Older brother Prince Arthur died, Henry became heir
1509 Henry VIII Acceded on the death of his father Henry VII
1509 Crowned at Westminster Abbey, 24 June
1509 Married Catherine of Aragon, Arthur's widow
Maximillian
1509 Wolsey appointed Royal Almoner
1510 Henry's first parliament
1511 Catherine delivers a boy
1512 Parliament Debated war funding
1513 War against France and Scotland
1514 Henry's sister, Mary married King of France, Louis XII.
1515 Thomas Wolsey became a Cardinal and Chancellor of England
1516 Birth of Princess Mary, later Mary I
1517 Martin Luther published 95 theses against the Roman Catholic Church
1518 Wolsey made Papal legate
1518 Treaty of London for peace in Christendom
1519 Death of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian; succeeded by Charles V
1519 Affair of the minions
1520 Meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I at the Field of Cloth
1521 Henry VIII is given title ‘Defender of the Faith’ by the Pope
1521 Secret treaty signed at Bruges between Wolsey and Charles V against France
1522 Charles V returned to Spain protected by English navy
1523 England invaded France
1523 Duke of bourbon rebelled against King of France Francis I
1524 Wolsey begins secret peace negotiations with France
1525 Battle of Pavia – Francis I taken prisoner
1525 Amicable Grant debacle
1526 Eltham Ordinances
1527 Henry announced wish annulment of marriage to Catherine of Aragon
1528 Cardinal Campeggio arrived in London from Rome to judge Henry’s marriage
1529 Battle of Landriano – French defeated in Italy
1529 Fall of Wolsey
1529 First Reformation Parliament
1530 Cardinal Wolsey accused of treason, but died at Leicester en route from York to London to face charges
1530 Thomas More became Chancellor of England
1531 Clergy accused clergy with praemunire and pay a £100.000 settlement
1532 to 1534 Acts of Parliament to create a new English church with Henry VIII as its head
1532 Meeting at Calais and Boulogne between Francis I and Henry VIII, he his accompanied across the Channel by Anne Boleyn
1533 Henry's marriage to Catherine annulled by Thomas Cranmer
1533 Henry married to Anne Boleyn
1533 Birth of Princess Elizabeth, later Elizabeth I
1533 Pope Clement ruled that Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon is legal and he must take her back as his wife
1534 Pope Clement died; succeeded by Paul III
1535 More and Fisher executed after refusing to accept the Oath of Supremacy
1535 Visitations to Monasteries and Valor Ecclesiasticus
1536 Death of Catherine of Aragon
1536 Dissolution of Smaller Monasteries
1536 Anne Boleyn executed and downfall of her faction
1536 Henry married Jane Seymour
1536 Rebellion in the north of England – Pilgrimage of Grace
1536 Act of Ten Articles
1537 Prince Edward later Edward I is born to Jane Seymour
1537 Jane Seymour died following the birth
1537 The Bishops’ Book was printed
1538 Injunctions for relics and shrines to be destroyed
1538 First of the larger monasteries closed
1539 Second Dissolution Act
1540 Henry married then divorced Anne of Cleves
1540 Waltham, the last remaining monastic house closed
1540 Thomas Cromwell executed
1540 Henry married Catherine Howard
1541 The Norther progress and adultery
1542 Catherine Howard executed
1543 Henry married Catherine Parr
1544 England invaded France
1545 Mary Rose lost in the Solent
1546 Norfolk and Surrey arrested
1547 Henry VIII died, Whitehall
1502 Older brother Prince Arthur died, Henry became heir
1509 Henry VIII Acceded on the death of his father Henry VII
1509 Crowned at Westminster Abbey, 24 June
1509 Married Catherine of Aragon, Arthur's widow
Maximillian
1509 Wolsey appointed Royal Almoner
1510 Henry's first parliament
1511 Catherine delivers a boy
1512 Parliament Debated war funding
1513 War against France and Scotland
1514 Henry's sister, Mary married King of France, Louis XII.
1515 Thomas Wolsey became a Cardinal and Chancellor of England
1516 Birth of Princess Mary, later Mary I
1517 Martin Luther published 95 theses against the Roman Catholic Church
1518 Wolsey made Papal legate
1518 Treaty of London for peace in Christendom
1519 Death of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian; succeeded by Charles V
1519 Affair of the minions
1520 Meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I at the Field of Cloth
1521 Henry VIII is given title ‘Defender of the Faith’ by the Pope
1521 Secret treaty signed at Bruges between Wolsey and Charles V against France
1522 Charles V returned to Spain protected by English navy
1523 England invaded France
1523 Duke of bourbon rebelled against King of France Francis I
1524 Wolsey begins secret peace negotiations with France
1525 Battle of Pavia – Francis I taken prisoner
1525 Amicable Grant debacle
1526 Eltham Ordinances
1527 Henry announced wish annulment of marriage to Catherine of Aragon
1528 Cardinal Campeggio arrived in London from Rome to judge Henry’s marriage
1529 Battle of Landriano – French defeated in Italy
1529 Fall of Wolsey
1529 First Reformation Parliament
1530 Cardinal Wolsey accused of treason, but died at Leicester en route from York to London to face charges
1530 Thomas More became Chancellor of England
1531 Clergy accused clergy with praemunire and pay a £100.000 settlement
1532 to 1534 Acts of Parliament to create a new English church with Henry VIII as its head
1532 Meeting at Calais and Boulogne between Francis I and Henry VIII, he his accompanied across the Channel by Anne Boleyn
1533 Henry's marriage to Catherine annulled by Thomas Cranmer
1533 Henry married to Anne Boleyn
1533 Birth of Princess Elizabeth, later Elizabeth I
1533 Pope Clement ruled that Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon is legal and he must take her back as his wife
1534 Pope Clement died; succeeded by Paul III
1535 More and Fisher executed after refusing to accept the Oath of Supremacy
1535 Visitations to Monasteries and Valor Ecclesiasticus
1536 Death of Catherine of Aragon
1536 Dissolution of Smaller Monasteries
1536 Anne Boleyn executed and downfall of her faction
1536 Henry married Jane Seymour
1536 Rebellion in the north of England – Pilgrimage of Grace
1536 Act of Ten Articles
1537 Prince Edward later Edward I is born to Jane Seymour
1537 Jane Seymour died following the birth
1537 The Bishops’ Book was printed
1538 Injunctions for relics and shrines to be destroyed
1538 First of the larger monasteries closed
1539 Second Dissolution Act
1540 Henry married then divorced Anne of Cleves
1540 Waltham, the last remaining monastic house closed
1540 Thomas Cromwell executed
1540 Henry married Catherine Howard
1541 The Norther progress and adultery
1542 Catherine Howard executed
1543 Henry married Catherine Parr
1544 England invaded France
1545 Mary Rose lost in the Solent
1546 Norfolk and Surrey arrested
1547 Henry VIII died, Whitehall
