July 18, 1529 — Pope Clement VII refuses to grant Henry VIII an annulment
Clement VII became the Pope in 1523, and held the role for almost eleven years. In that time, he often...
February 16, 2022
Politics & War
May 15, 1532 — Henry VIII breaks with Rome and founds the Church of England
While Henry was careful to frame his objections to the Catholic Church as primarily political, claiming that he could not...
February 16, 2022
1533 — Hans Holbein draws a portrait sketch of Anne Boleyn
Or did he? This sketch, while definitely the work of Hans Holbein the Younger, may have been created as late...
February 16, 2022
May 23, 1533 — Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon’s marriage is annulled
As the King of England, Henry VIII was used to getting his own way. So when he decided that he...
February 16, 2022
1534 — Catherine Parr marries John Neville, Baron Latimer
A year after the death of her first husband, Catherine Parr remarried. Her new husband was nearly twice her age,...
February 16, 2022
January 7, 1536 — Katherine of Aragon dies
In late 1535, believing that her death was near, Katherine wrote her last letter to the man she still called...
February 16, 2022
April 30, 1536 — Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn seen arguing in public
Henry and Anne had always had a somewhat tempestuous relationship. Anne was a strong-willed woman, and Henry very clearly was...
February 14, 2022
May 1536 — Katheryn Howard begins an affair with Henry Mannox
Katheryn Howard was 12 or 13 years old when her affair with her music teacher, Henry Mannox, began. Mannox’s age...
February 14, 2022
May 19, 1536 — Anne Boleyn beheaded
Henry VIII’s second wife was not treated nearly so gently by him as his first was when he decided to...
February 14, 2022
May 30, 1536 — Jane Seymour marries Henry VIII
Jane Seymour may be Henry VIII’s unluckiest wife. She was the one who gave him the male heir he desired,...
February 13, 2022
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