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Part 1
Katherine of Aragon

Chronology

1485

22 August - Battle of Bosworth. Henry Tudor usurps the English throne as Henry VII and founds the Tudor dynasty.

16 December - Birth of Katherine of Aragon.

1486

19/20 September - Birth of Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII.

1489

27 March - Treaty of Medina del Campo: Katherine and Arthur betrothed.

1491

28 June - Birth of Prince Henry, second son of Henry VII.

1499

19 May - Katherine and Arthur married by proxy.

c. 1500/1 - Birth of Anne Boleyn.
1501

19 May - Katherine and Arthur married for a second time by proxy.

27 September - Katherine arrives in England.

12 November - Katherine enters London in state.

14 November - Marriage of Katherine of Aragon and Arthur, Prince of Wales.

1502

2 April - Death of Prince Arthur.

1503

25 June - Katherine betrothed to Prince Henry.

1504

8 February - Prince Henry created Prince of Wales.

26 November - Death of Isabella of Castile.

1505

27 June - Prince Henry secretly repudiates his betrothal.

1507/8 - Birth of Jane Seymour.
1509

22 April - Death of Henry VII and accession of Henry VIII.

11 June - Marriage of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon.

23 June - Henry and Katherine enter London in state.

24 June - Coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon.

1510

31 January - Birth of a stillborn daughter to Katherine of Aragon.

1511

1 January - Birth of Prince Henry, son of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon.

22 February - Death of Prince Henry.

c. 1512 - Birth of Katherine Parr.

1513

30 June to 22 October - Katherine rules as regent while Henry VIII campaigns in France.

9 September - Battle of Flodden.

October - Birth of a son, who died soon after birth, to Katherine of Aragon.

1514

November - Birth of a son, who died soon after birth, to Katherine of Aragon.

1515

22 September - Birth of Anne of Cleves.

1516

J anuary - Death of Ferdinand of Aragon.

18 February - Birth of the Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon.

1518

10 November - Birth of a daughter, who died soon after birth, to Katherine of Aragon.

1519

February - Death of the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian, followed by the election of Charles of Castile, Katherine of Aragon's nephew, in his stead.

June - Birth of Henry FitzRoy, bastard son of Henry VIII by Elizabeth Blount.

1520

3-23 June - The Field of Cloth of Gold, summit meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I of France.

1524

Katherine of Aragon known to be past the age for bearing children. Cessation of sexual relations between her and Henry VIII.

c. 1525 - Birth of Katherine Howard.

1525

August - Princess Mary's household established at Ludlow.

1526

February - First indication that Henry VIII courting Anne Boleyn.

1527

6 May - Sack of Rome by the Emperor's troops.

17 May - Proceedings to annul Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine of Aragon instituted in an ecclesiastical court at Westminster.

22 June - Katherine informed by Henry of his doubts concerning the validity of their marriage.

September - Henry VIII asks the Pope to help him gain an annulment of his marriage.

1528

29 September - Cardinal Campeggio, sent by the Pope to try the King's case, arrives in England.

1529

31 May - The legatine court opens at Black Friars, London.

23 July - Campeggio adjourns the case indefinitely to Rome.

1530

November - Death of Cardinal Wolsey

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1531

11 February - The Reformation Parliament acknowledges Henry VIII as Supreme Head of the Church of England under Christ.

14 July - Henry separates from Katherine and she is banished from court.

1532

1 September - Anne Boleyn created Lady Marquess of Pembroke.

1533

25 January - Secret marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

12 April - Anne Boleyn first appears in public as Queen of England.

23 May - Archbishop Cranmer declares the marriage of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon to be invalid and unlawful.

28 May - Archbishop Cranmer declares the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn to be good and valid.

31 May - Anne Boleyn enters London in state.

1 June - Coronation of Anne Boleyn.

7 September - Birth of the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

1534

23 March - Parliament passes the Act of Succession vesting the succession in Anne Boleyn's children by the King.

23 March - Pope Clement VII pronounces the marriage of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon to be lawful and canonical.

c. July - Birth of a child, sex not known, either stillborn or dead soon after birth, to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

1535

22 June - Execution of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester.

late June - Birth of a stillborn child to Anne Boleyn.

6 July - Execution of Sir Thomas More.

November - First mention of Henry VIII's courtship of Jane Seymour.

1536

7 January - Death of Katherine of Aragon.

29 January - Birth of a stillborn son to Anne Boleyn.

2 May - Anne Boleyn arrested and taken to the Tower of London.

15 May - Trial of Anne Boleyn.

19 May - Execution of Anne Boleyn.

20 May - Henry VIII betrothed to Jane Seymour.

30 May - Marriage of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour.

7 June - Jane Seymour enters London in state.

June - Parliament passes the Act of Succession vesting the succession in Jane Seymour's children by the King.

13 June - Henry's daughter Mary offers him her submission.

September 1536 - March 1537 - Pilgrimage of Grace.

1537

12 October - Birth of Prince Edward, son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour.

24 October - Death of Jane Seymour.

1539

4 September - Henry VIII betrothed to Anne of Cleves.

27 December - Anne of Cleves arrives in England.

1540

6 January - Marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves.

4 February - Anne of Cleves enters London in state.

April - First mention of Henry VIII's courtship of Katherine Howard.

9 July - Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled.

28 July - Execution of Thomas Cromwell.

Marriage of Henry VIII and Katherine Howard.

1541

1 November - Henry VIII informed by Archbishop Cranmer of Katherine Howard's misconduct.

1542

7 February - Parliament passes the Act of Attainder condemning Katherine Howard to death.

13 February - Execution of Katherine Howard.

1543

12 July - Marriage of Henry VIII and Katherine Parr.

1544

14 July - Katherine Parr rules as regent while Henry VIII campaigns in France.

1547

28 January - Death of Henry VIII; accession of Edward VI.

c. April - Marriage of Katherine Parr and Thomas Seymour.

1548

30 August - Birth of Mary, daughter of Katherine Parr and Thomas Seymour.

7 September - Death of Katherine Parr.

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