November 14, 1501 — Katherine of Aragon marries Prince Arthur of England
Arthur Tudor was 4, and Katherine of Aragon only 3, when the couple were betrothed. It was a dynastic deal...
February 26, 2022
Politics & War
April 2, 1502 — Prince Arthur of England dies
Arthur Tudor’s whole existence was in service to his father’s political ambitions. He was descended from families on both the...
February 26, 2022
June 11, 1509 — Katherine of Aragon marries Henry VIII
Katherine of Aragon was 24 years old when she married Henry VIII. She was still a valuable piece in the...
February 26, 2022
1514 — Anne Boleyn arrives at the French court
Anne Boleyn was, at the very oldest, 12 years of age when she first arrived at the court of Paris...
February 26, 2022
February 18, 1516 — Princess Mary born to Katherine of Aragon and Henry VIII
Princess Mary was the second child born to Katherine of Aragon and Henry VIII, and the only one to survive...
February 26, 2022
June 15, 1519 — Henry Fitzroy, the only acknowledged bastard of Henry VIII, born
The son of Henry VIII and Elizabeth Blount, his mistress (and a lady-in-waiting of his wife), Henry FitzRoy is the...
February 21, 2022
1522 — Anne Boleyn returns to England
When Anne Boleyn returned to England, it was originally intended that she should marry James Butler, as part of an...
February 16, 2022
March 4, 1522 — Anne Boleyn made a lady-in-waiting to Katherine of Aragon
Although she had arrived in the court prior to this date, it was on March 4, 1522 that she made...
February 16, 2022
October 24, 1528 — Katherine of Aragon refuses to be sent to a nunnery
It must have seemed an elegantly simple solution to Henry VIII. Rather than divorcing his wife, he’d simply compel her...
February 16, 2022
1529 — Catherine Parr marries Sir Edward Burgh
Catherine Parr was only about 17 when she first married. The marriage had been arranged by her father, Sir Thomas...
February 16, 2022
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