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Period: Jan 1, 1509 to
English Reformation
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Jan 23, 1509
King Henry VIII Takes the thrown
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Feb 1, 1516
Mary Tudor's Birth
On February 1516, following a prrevious miscarriage Catherine of Aragon gave birth to a baby girl, Mary Tudor. She was King Henry VIII's first born child. -
Jan 1, 1533
Henry the VIII And Catherine Aragon Divorce
The marriage between Catherine Aragon and Henry VIII fizzled out when King Henry's solution to Anne Boleyn's pregnancy was to reject the power of the Pope in Europe. Catherine was then forced to renounce her reign and reside as the Princess Dowager Wales. -
Jan 1, 1533
Anne Boleyn
By August, preparations were being made for the birth of Anne's child, which was sure to be a boy. Edward and Henry the top choices. Anne took to her chamber, according to custom, on August 26, 1533 and on September 7, the Princess Elizabeth was born. Anne then knew that she needed to have a son. By January of 1534, she was pregnant again but the child was miscarried or stillborn. In 1535, she became pregnant again but miscarried by the end of January. The queen was not happy -
Sep 7, 1533
Elizabeth's Birth- Third born Child
On September 7 1533 Anne Boleyn was said to give birth to a son but at around 3:00 in the afternoon she gave birth to the Princess Elizabeth. -
May 17, 1536
Execution of Anne Boleyn
Anne's body and head were put into an arrow chest and buried in the Chapel of St. Peter Her body was one that was identified in renovations of the chapel under the reign of Queen Victoria, so Anne's final resting place is now marked in the marble floor. -
May 30, 1536
King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour: Marriage
Less than two months after Henry and Jane's marriage, the Duke of Richmond, Henry Fitzroy died at the age of 17.
Jane wasn't pregnant until the end of 1537. In October, their son was born at Hampton Court Palace. The baby's name was Edward. Jane went to her son's christening, even though she was very weak. She died on October 24th her son Edward was only 2 weeks old. -
Oct 15, 1537
Edward's Birth: Second Born Child
On October 15th 1537 Jane Seymour gave birth to King Henry's first born son and heir to the throne. Jane Seymour only lived to see two weeks of her son's life. -
Oct 24, 1537
Jane Seyour Death
Jane Seymour was the only one of King Henry's wives to be buried beside him. Jane and Henry's son was only two weeks old when Jane passed. -
Jan 6, 1540
Anne of Claves and Henry VIII Marriage
The marriage was on January 6, 1540 and by then Henry was already wanting to get out of the marriage. After the marriagewas over, Anne accepted the honorary title as the 'King's Sister'. She was given Hever Castle,which was the home of Anne Boleyn. -
Jul 28, 1540
Kathryn Howard and Henry VIII: Marriage
Less than a year into Kathryn's marriage, the rumors of her infidelity began. By November 1541, there was enough evidence against the Queen that Archbishop Cranmer informed the King of Kathryn's misconduct. At first Henry did not believe the accusations, but he agreed to allow further investigations into the matter. Enough evidence was found that the Queen had been not trustworthy before her marriage or after. She was executed on the Tower Green. -
Feb 13, 1542
Kathryn Howard's Execution
She was executed on the Tower Green on February 13, 1542 and buried near her cousin Anne Boleyn in the Chapel of St. Peter -
Jul 12, 1543
Kathryn Parr and Henry VIII: Marriage
Henry VIII died in January 1547 Only a few months after Henry’s death, Katherine secretly married Thomas Seymour, but the secret caused a scandal. After three marriages and at 36, Katherine was pregnant for the first time and she moved to Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire to wait for her child to be born. On August 30th she gave birth to a daughter named Mary. Katherine soon became ill with puerperal fever, which claimed her life on September 5, 1548. Her tomb can still be vistied today -
Jan 1, 1547
Edward: The third of King Henry's Children
Edward was only 10 years old when he came to the throne of England in 1547 because his father King Henry VIII died. Edward was a sickly child, it was believed that he suffered from from tuberculosis. He became terminally ill. King Edward VI eventually died on 6 July 1553. -
Jan 1, 1553
Mary "Bloody Mary" takes the throne
Mary became queen in 1553 and in 1554 Mary married King Philip II of Spain. Mary was eleven years older than Philip. The English Parliament refused to crown him jointly with Mary so he had little power in England. Shortly after their marriage Queen Mary I, Mary Tudor, announced she was pregnant but it was a false pregnancy. Protestants were persecuted and 300 are burnt at the stake Queen Mary I died on November 17, 1558 -
Jul 6, 1553
Edward's Death
Edward was a sickly child and eventually died on July 6, 1553 and gave the throne to his sister Mary, the first born of King Henry's 3 children -
Jun 16, 1557
Anne of Cleves' Death
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Jan 1, 1558
Elizabeth I takes the throne
Elizabeth immediately repealed the Catholic legislation. Queen Elizabeth never married, making her the Virgin Queen. England prospered during the reign of Elizabeth and new lands were explored in the New World.During her reign the great Spanish Armada was defeated and England remained safe from foreign invasion.Queen Elizabeth I died 24 March 1603 from blood poisoning and was referred to as the greatest of all England's Kings and Queens. -
Queen Elizabeth's Death
Queen Elizabeth died of blood poisoning in March of the year 1603. Despite her father, King Henry VIII, concerns she is referred to as the greatest out of all England's Kings and Queens
