The Reign of King Henry VIII

Henry Tudor

King Henry VIII of England. The second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, reigning from 1509 to 1547, he established the Church of England under royal authority against the backdrop of conflict with the Pope, driving the English Reformation. Known for his six marriages, he was the father of Mary I, Elizabeth I, and Edward VI. He was also involved in wars with France and Scotland, profoundly transforming the nature of royal authority and state religion.

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Year	Henry Tudor
1485	Accession to the Throne and Establishment of the Tudor Dynasty (Age: 5 years before birth, Period: August 1485, Location: England) Battle of Bosworth Field (Age: 5 years before birth, Period: August 22, 1485, Location: Bosworth Field (Leicestershire, England)) Coronation of Henry VII (Age: 5 years before birth, Period: October 30, 1485, Location: Westminster Abbey (London, England))
1486	Rebellion of the Suffolk Brothers (Age: 5 years before birth, Period: 1486, Location: England) Marriage (Henry Tudor, Elizabeth of York, Age: 5 years before birth, Period: January 18, 1486, Location: Westminster Abbey (London, England))
1487	Battle of Stoke Field (Age: 4 years before birth, Period: June 16, 1487, Location: Near Stoke-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire, England))
1489	Treaty of Medina del Campo (Age: 2 years before birth, Period: 1489, Location: Medina del Campo (Castile, present-day Spain)) Treaty of Redon (Age: 2 years before birth, Period: February 1489, Location: Redon (Brittany, France))
1491	Birth of Henry Tudor (Period: June 28, 1491, Location: Greenwich (London))
1496	Magnus Intercursus (Age: 4 years old, Period: 1496, Location: Between England and the Netherlands) Letters Patent to John Cabot (Age: 4 years old, Period: March 1496, Location: England)
1502	Death of Prince Arthur (Age: 10 years old, Period: April 2, 1502, Location: Ludlow Castle (Shropshire, England))
1503	Death of Elizabeth of York (Age: 11 years old, Period: February 11, 1503, Location: London, England)
1509	Succession and Accession to the Throne (Henry Tudor, Age: 17 years old, Period: April 22, 1509, Location: England) Marriage (Henry Tudor, Catherine of Aragon, Age: 17 years old, Period: June 11, 1509, Location: Placentia Palace, Greenwich)
1513	Battle of the Spurs (Age: 22 years old, Period: August 16, 1513, Location: Northern France, around Guinegate) Battle of Flodden (Age: 22 years old, Period: September 9, 1513, Location: Northern England, Northumberland)
1520	Field of the Cloth of Gold (Age: 28 years old, Period: June 1520, Location: Near Calais, present-day Northern France)
1533	Marriage (Henry Tudor, Anne Boleyn, Age: 42 years old, Period: November 14, 1532 (secret marriage), January 25, 1533 (remarriage), Location: Dover and Westminster)
1534	Act of Supremacy (Age: 42 years old, Period: 1534, Location: Parliament of England, London)
1536	Injury in a Jousting Tournament (Age: 44 years old, Period: January 24, 1536, Location: England) Fall and Execution of Anne Boleyn (Age: 44 years old, Period: May 1536, Location: London, Lambeth Palace / Tower of London) Marriage (Henry Tudor, Jane Seymour, Age: 44 years old, Period: May 30, 1536, Location: Whitehall Palace, London)
1537	Birth of Prince Edward (Age: 46 years old, Period: October 12, 1537, Location: Hampton Court Palace)
1540	Marriage (Henry Tudor, Anne of Cleves, Age: 48 years old, Period: January 6, 1540, Location: Greenwich, Placentia Palace) Marriage (Henry Tudor, Catherine Howard, Age: 49 years old, Period: July 28, 1540, Location: Oatlands Palace)
1542	Execution of Catherine Howard (Age: 50 years old, Period: February 13, 1542, Location: Tower of London)
1543	Marriage (Henry Tudor, Catherine Parr, Age: 52 years old, Period: July 12, 1543, Location: Hampton Court Palace)
1544	Capture of Boulogne (Age: 53 years old, Period: September 18, 1544, Location: Northern France, Boulogne)
1547	Death of Henry Tudor (Age: 55 years old, Period: January 28, 1547 (aged 55)) Death and Succession to Edward VI (Henry Tudor, Age: 55 years old, Period: January 28, 1547, Location: Whitehall Palace, Westminster)
Unknown	Wars of the Roses (Period: 1455–1487, Location: England) Brittany War (Period: 1489–1492, Location: Duchy of Brittany, Northwestern France) Perkin Warbeck's Rebellion (Period: 1491–1499, Location: Ireland, England, Scotland, Cornwall, etc.) Divorce Issue with the Pope and Establishment of the Church of England (Period: 1527–1534, Location: London, England) English Reformation (Period: 1530s–1540s, Location: Various locations in England) Laws in Wales Acts (Union with England, Period: 1535–1543, Location: Wales, England) Dissolution of the Monasteries (Period: 1536–1542, Location: Various locations in England) Creation of the Kingdom of Ireland (Title of King of Ireland, Period: 1541–1542, Location: Parliament of Ireland) Anglo-French War (1543, Period: 1543–1546, Location: Northern France, Boulogne, Southern Coast of England/around the Isle of Wight) Rough Wooing (Period: 1543–1551, Location: Scotland, Northern England)

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The English royal family	Henry Tudor Edward Tudor Mary Tudor Elizabeth Tudor
The English Reformation	Thomas Cranmer William Tyndale Thomas More John Fisher Hugh Latimer John Foxe John Jewel Richard Hooker
Renaissance science	Nicolaus Copernicus Andries van Wesel Gerard de Kremer John Napier Filippo Bruno Galileo Galilei
Renaissance Art	Leonardo da Vinci Benvenuto Cellini Andrea Palladio Philibert de l'Orme Pierre Lescot Jean Goujon

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