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Feb 2, 1491
1491
Birth of Prince Henry, future King Henry VIII -
Feb 2, 1502
1502
Death of prince Arthur
A papal dispensation was obtained to enable his second son Henry to marry the wife of Prince Arthur (Katherine of Argon) -
Feb 2, 1509
1509
King Henry marries Katherine of Aragon -
Feb 2, 1516
1516
Queen Mary I 'bloody Mary" born in Greenwich -
Feb 2, 1519
1519
The protestant reformation begins when Martin Luther nails his "96 theses" against the Catholic practice of selling indulgences, in the church door at witten berg. -
Feb 2, 1521
1521
King Henry VIII receives the title "defender of the faith from pope leo x for opppstion to Martin Luther. -
Feb 2, 1529
1529
Henry VIII dismisses Lord chanceller Thomas Wolsey for failing to stain the pope's consent to his divorce from Catherine of aragon. -
Feb 2, 1533
1533
Henry married Anne Boleyn and is excommunicated by pope clement VII Anne Boleyn is now the second wife. -
Feb 2, 1534
1534
Henry VII broke with the church in Rome with the act of supremacy, which made the king the head of the church of England -
Feb 2, 1535
1535
KIng Henry VIII badly injuries his leg in a jousting accident -
Jan 7, 1536
1536
Katherine of Aragon dies at kimbulten castle -
May 2, 1536
May 2nd
Anne Boleyn arrested and taken to the tower and exacuted -
May 3, 1536
May 3rd
within 24 hours of Anne Boleyn execution, Jan Seymour and Henry VIII were formally bethoted. -
Feb 2, 1537
1537
Princess Elzabeth and Princess Mary are declared bastards -
Feb 2, 1540
1540
Henry VIII marries Anne of cleves but the marriage is annulled. -
Feb 2, 1540
1540
Henry marries 19 year old Catherine Howard -
Feb 13, 1542
Feb 13th
Catherine Howard is executed for adultery -
Feb 2, 1547
1547
King Henry VII dies -
1537
Seymour dies after the premature birth of a son, the future king Edward VI -
1543
Henry marries Katherine parr who had a near brush with death when she was linked with 'hertetical' religious reformers including Anne Askew
