henry the eighth timeline

7/27/2019 Henry the Eighth Timeline

1/3

Timelines Dates Major Events in the Tudor Timeline of King Henry VIII

Timeline of

Prince Henry

1486 September 20, 1486 - Birth of Arthur, Prince of Wales, the elder brothof Henry

1491 June 28, 1491 - Birth of Prince Henry, future Henry VIII1494 Prince Henry was created the Duke of York1501 November 14, 1501 - Catherine of Aragon and Arthur, Prince of Wale

marry1502

April 2, 1502 - Death of Prince Arthur A papal dispensation obtained to enable Henry to marry the w

(Catherine of Aragon) of his brother Arthur1503 June 25, 1503 - Catherine of Aragon was betrothed to Henry

Timeline of

King Henry VIIIand his Six Wives

Catherine of

Aragon

1509 June 24 - Accession of King Henry VIIIJune 11 - King Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon

1509 /11 The Mary Rose was built in 1509 / 1511 as the first English gunship1511 /

12 Henry VIII established Deptford and Woolwich as the Royal Dockyar1513 Catherine of Aragon ruled as regent whilst Henry was campaigning in

France1513 Battle of Flodden English victory over Scotland1514 Beginning of the wars with France and Scotland1516 Mary the first daughter of King Henry VIII and Queen Catherine waborn in Greenwich. She later became Queen Mary I aka "Bloody Mar

(1516 - 1558)1517 The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther nails his "95Theses" against the Catholic practice of selling indulgences, on the

church door at Wittenberg1517 The end of the wars with France and Scotland1518 King Henry VIII started his affair with Elizabeth Blount ( 1500-1539)

known as Bessie Blount1519 June 1519 - Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount gives birth to Henry Fitzroy,

Duke of Richmond the illegitimate son of King Henry VIII1520 1520 - The Field of Cloth of Gold - King Francois I of France meets KHenry VIII but fails to gain his support against the Holy Roman

Emperor, Charles V1520 Establishment of a short-lived alliance between Henry VIII and Franc

I of France1521 King Henry VIII receives the title "Defender of the Faith" from

Pope Leo X for his opposition to Martin Luther and the reformation


2/3

1522 England invades France1523 England abandons attempted French invasion1525 King Henry VIII has a brief affair with Mary Boleyn, the sister of An

Boleyn - lady in waiting to Catherine of Aragon

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 althou

not acknowledged as such King Henry VIII becomes totally obsessed Anne Boleyn with

whom he falls madly in love1529 King Henry VIII dismisses Lord Chancellor Thomas Wolsey for failin

to obtain the Pope's consent to his divorce from Catherine of Aragon1532 Anne Boleyn becomes pregnant

Timeline of

King Henry VIII

and his Six WivesAnne Boleyn

&Jane Seymour

1533 January 25th 1533 Henry marries Anne Boleyn and is

excommunicated by Pope Clement VII Elizabeth , the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wi

Anne Boleyn, is born on 7 September 1533. She later becomes

Queen Elizabeth I1533 The Act of Appeals aided the constitutional development of England

1534

March 23, 1534, Pope Clement VII declared that the marriage of Hen

and Katherine of Aragon had indeed been valid.March 30, Parliament passed the Act of Succession which granted

legitimate succession to the throne to the children of Henry and Anne

Boleyn and negated the same to any children of Henry and KatherineAragon. Opposition to the Act constituted high treason. King Henry VIII breaks with the Church in Rome and Parliament

passes the Act of Supremacy on 3 November 1534, confirming King

Henry VIII as Supreme head of the Church of England.

1535Sir Thomas Moore and Bishop Fisher of Rochester are executed for

refusing to acknowledge King Henry VIII as head of the Church of

EnglandKing Henry VIII badly injures his leg in a jousting accident

1536

1536 January 7 - Queen Catherine of Aragon dies at KimboltoCastle

May 2nd 1536 Queen Anne Boleyn is arrested and taken to theTower of London

May 15th 1536 Queen Anne Boleyn tried for treason, adulteryand incest in the Great Hall of the Tower of London

May 19th 1536 Anne Boleyn executed on Tower Hill. Anne's bo


3/3

and head were buried in an unmarked grave in the Chapel of S

Peter ad Vincula Within 24 hours of Anne Boleyn's execution, Jane Seymour an

King Henry VIII are formally betrothed On the 30th of May 1536 King Henry and Jane Seymour are

married The Dissolution of monasteries in England begins Wales is incorporated into England

1537 Jane Seymour dies after the premature birth of a son, the futur

King Edward VI Princess Elizabeth and Princess Mary, the daughters of Henry

are declared bastards

Timeline of

King Henry VIII

1540 Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves but the marriage is annulle July 28th 1540 - 49 year old Henry marries 19 year old Cather

Howard1540's Henry VIII created a great chain of coastal fortresses to defend Engla

against the threat of invasion1541 Henry VIII was accorded the title King of Ireland by the Irish

Parliament1542 13th February 1542 - Catherine Howard is executed for adulte1542 Warfare renewed between France and Scotland1543 12th July 1543 - Henry marries Catherine Parr1545 / 6 French landings on the English coast1547 King Henry VIII dies 28 January 1547 at Palace of Whitehall He was buried at Windsor next to Jane Seymour

henry the eighth timeline

Documents