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Jun 28, 1491
KING HENRY VIII WAS BORN
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1509
Ascended to the throne
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1520
Henry holds peace talks with Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, but fails to get support against Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire.
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1525
Hampton Court Palace is completed. William Tyndale publishes The New Testament in English.
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1526
Cardinal Wolsey re-establishes the Council of the North
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1527
Henry seeks permission from the Pope to divorce Catherine of Aragon but is refused.
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1533
Henry marries Anne Boleyn.
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1533
Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth I) is born.
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1533
Pope Clement VII excommunicates Henry
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1533
Catherine Divorced
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1534
The Act of Supremacy is passed, establishing Henry as head of the Church of England.
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1536
Anne Boleyn Beheaded
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1537
Jane Seymour Died
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1540
Anne of Cleves Divorced
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1542
Catherine Howard Beheaded
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1547
Catherine Parr Survived
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1547
Died: January 28, 1547 at Whitehall Palace, London, aged 55 years, 7 months,