King Henry the VIII

Catherine of Aragon is Born

Dec 16, 1485

Henry Tudor is Born

Jun 28, 1491

Henry Tudor, or King Henry the VIII was born. He had six siblings but only three survived, Mary, Margret, and Arthur. Arthur was suspected to take the throne since he was older, but he died at age 15. Henry was 10 and he was now next in line for the throne.

Henry VIII Life Interests

Period: Jun 28, 1491 to Jun 28, 1509

When King Henry VIII was a young man, he took an enormous interests into art, culture, and music. He was a smart man, taught by private tutors throught his entire childhood. He also had a passion for listening to music and even writing it. Also, had a strong passion for gambling and jousting.Another character of him was that the was a good-natured man, until he learned that people would bow to his every wish, and he did things by getting much power and having things with absolute control.

Anne Boleyn was born

Oct 31, 1501

There isn't an exact known time for when Anne Boleyn was born, but it was somewhere around this time.

Jane Seymour is Born

Jul 4, 1508

The third wife of King Henry VIII is born.

Henry VIII Young Adult

May 22, 1509

Henry VII wanted to affirm is alliance with Spain so he offered his young son Henry to Arthur's widow. The two families requested that Pope Julius II officially grant dispensation to Arthur and Catherine's marriage. The pope conceded, but the official marriage of Henry and Catherine was postponed until the death of Henry VII in 1509, when at the age of 17, Henry married Catherine and the two were crowned at Westminster Abbey. They remained married until he divorced her in 1533.

King Henry Marries Catherine of Aragon

Jun 11, 1509

Catherine of Aragon married King Henry VIII. Catherine, actually was first married to Henry's older brother, Arthur, first. Six months later Arthur died and her marriage was over. She was still young enough to marry, so it was decided that she would marry Henry VIII.

Mary Tudor is born

Feb 18, 1516

Mary is born to King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

The English Reformation

Period: Dec 24, 1527 to Jan 1, 1533

King Henry VIII was in a very tough position in his life when he wanted to break away from the Roman Catholic church. Henry wanted to have a boy so that someone would take his place as king when hi is older. However, the church would excommunicate him if he were to allow divorce as a king. So, he wanted to break away and create his own so that he could go find any woman he wants that can give him a boy.

King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn

Jan 25, 1533

Anne Boleyn married King Henry VIII the same year that he divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. When Anne was younger, she spent part of her life growing up in France. She ended up loving France along with their art, music, and clothing. When she grew up King Henry broke away from the church to marry her. This would now be his second wife. And. she also gave birth to the Queen Elizabeth.

The marriage to Anne Boleyn Dissolves

May 23, 1533

King Henry VIII secretly married Anne because he tried to cover up any questionings of why Anne was pregnant. He didn't really want to marry her, so he never condsidered it an official marriage, and thought he could marry anyone he wanted. So, the archbishop declared that it was officially no longer a marriage on May 23.

Elizebeth I is born

Sep 7, 1533

Elizebeth was born to King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

King Henry VIII and Catherine Divorce

Oct 9, 1533

First Act of Sepremacy

Nov 22, 1534

In this act King Henry declared independence from the Roman Church. The act has come to symbolize the english reformation. The act was repealed by his daughter Mary.

Catherine of Aragon Dies

Jan 7, 1536

Catherine of Aragon dies at the age of 51

Anne Boleyn is Executed

May 19, 1536

Anne Boleyn was one of King Henry VIII wives that was beheaded.

King Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour

May 30, 1536

In September in 1535 King Henry VIII happened to stay at the Seymour's house in WIltshire. This is when Jane and King Henry Met, and they started to really notice each other. Jane and King Henry ended up having deep feelings for each other. This is the wife that Henry considers his first true wife. He actually had a lot of feelings for her and cared about her. A year after they got married Jane was pregnant. She, was also the wife that carried H

Edward VI born

Oct 12, 1537

He was born to King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour

Jane Seymour Dies

Oct 24, 1537

Anne Cleves and King Henry VIII get maried

Jan 6, 1540

Anne was raised learning domestic skills and didn't have much experience with art or literature which was King Henry VIII's strong suit
King Henry didn;t find Anne the least bit attractive.
By the time of the marriage King Henry VIII was alredy thinking of a way to get out of it
Anne knew that trying to resist the divorce would only land her in more trouble.
After the divorce she was given the title of 'King's Sister' and was given land.

King Henry VIII and Anne Cleves get divorced

Jul 20, 1540

They were only married for 7 months

Kathryn Howard and King Henry VIII get married

Jul 28, 1540

King Henry VIII married Kathryn only sixteen days after his last divorce.
Kathryn Married 49 year old King Henry VIII at the age of 19.
Kathryn Was the first cousin of Anne Bolyen, one of King Henry VIII's previous wives.
Kathryn was able to lift the King's spirits for a short period of time.
Kathryn was accused of cheating on the King, she was executed.

Kathryn Howard is executed

Feb 13, 1542

Katherine Parr and King Henry VIII get married

Jul 12, 1543

Katherine wanted to marry someone else but felt it was her duty to marry the King.
There was an execution warrant against the queen for heresy.
Katherine is the only wife to not die or be divorced.
Queen Katherine was a very educated woman.
She was the first Queen to publish a book in her own name.

King Henry VIII dies

Jan 28, 1547

King Henry dies widowing Queen Katherine. She died a little more than a year later. He died at the age of 56

Edward VI is crowned

Jan 28, 1547

Edward was the Kings only son and his third child.
He took the thrown at the age of ten.
Edward was belived to have tuberculosis.
During his rule there was a series of rebelions.
He was tthe first king raised as a protestant.

Katherine Parr dies

Sep 5, 1548

Katherine died at the age of 36

Mary Tudor takes the thrown

Jul 1, 1553

Mary Tudor was catholic and restored Roman Catholism in England.
She had the protestants persecuted.
More than 300 protestants were burned at the stake, this is where she got the name "Bloody Mary"
She took the thrown from her cousin 9 days after her cousin had taken it.
She married the Spanish King Phillip II.

Edward VI dies

Jul 6, 1553

He died at the age of 16

Anne Cleves dies

Jul 16, 1557

She died at the age of 42

Mary Tudor I dies

Nov 17, 1558

She died at the age of 42

Elizebeth I takes the thrown

Nov 17, 1558

Elizebeth never married and never had kids.
She is often recognized as one of the best kings or queens to rule.
She established an English Protestant Church.
During her rule the Spanish Armada was defeated.
Under her England explored new land and the New World.

Second Act of Spremacy

Jan 21, 1559

Queen Mary reinstated the First Act of Supremact in 1559 after her sister, her predecessor repealed it. It dubbed Queen Elizebeth I the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. This act created a Royal Supremecy. The Monarch had now become head of church and state.

Elizebeth I dies

Mar 24, 1603

She died at the age of 70