Henry VIII, the Reign
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Timeline
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Detailed Timeline at Bottom of the Page
Date and Event
​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
​1509   Wolsey appointed Royal Almoner
​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
​1527 Henry announced wish annulment of marriage to Catherine of Aragon
1525  Amicable Grant debacle
​1526 Eltham Ordinances
​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 Boley
​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 
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Henry VIII, the Reign.
Henry VIII, the Reign.