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Henry VII of England

King of England from 1485 to 1509

50 dated entries naming Henry VII of England, drawn from 26 separate years between 1456 CE and 1521 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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15th century

  • 1456Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, father of King Henry VII of England (born c. 1430)source
  • 1456November 3 – Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, father of King Henry VII of England (born 1431)source
  • 145728 January – Margaret Beaufort gives birth to Henry Tudor the future King at Pembroke Castle in Walessource
  • 1457January 28 – King Henry VII of England (died 1509)source
  • 145728 January – King Henry VII of England (died 1509)source
  • 1461September 30 – Pembroke Castle in Wales is surrendered to William Herbert, who has been sent by England's King Edward IV to remove Jasper Tudor, uncle of the recently deposed King Henry VII. At the same time, Lord Herbert becomes the guardian of the four-year old Prince Henry Tudor, who will later become King Henry VII of England.source
  • 1462probable – Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII of England (died 1510)source
  • 1466February 11 – Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (died 1503)source
  • 1483November – Following the Buckingham's Rebellion, some 500 Englishmen fled to Rennes, the capital of Brittany to join Henry Tudor in exile.source
  • 1483December 25 – At Rennes Cathedral in France, Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, leader of the House of Lancaster after Richard III of England of the House of York had seized the throne, pledges to marry Elizabeth of York, the eldest daughter the late King Edward IV, in order to strengthen his support for the overthrow of King Richard.source
  • 1485August 22 – At the Battle of Bosworth Field, King Richard III of England is killed in battle by the soldiers of Rhys ap Thomas and Sir William Stanley, in the service of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. With the death of King Richard, the Yorkist troops retreat. King Richard's remains will lie undiscovered for 517 years until 2012when they are found during the excavation of a parking lot in Leicester.source
  • 1485September 15 – Less than four weeks after the Battle of Bosworth and the defeat of Richard III, King Henry VII summons the English Parliament, directing the members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons to assemble at Westminster for the November 7 opening of the English Parliament.source
  • 1486January 18 – King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York are married, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York, and ceremonially ending the Wars of the Roses.source
  • 148618 January – Henry VII marries Elizabeth of York, uniting the Lancastrian and Yorkist claims.source
  • 1486September 20 – An heir is born to Elizabeth of York and King Henry VII of England, being invested as Arthur, Prince of Wales in 1490. Unfortunately, Arthur will die from an illness at age 15, seven years before the death of King Henry.source
  • 1486September 20 – Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VII of England (died 1502)source
  • 1487May 24 – Lambert Simnel, a supporter of the late King Richard III who is leading a rebellion against King Henry VII, is crowned King "Edward VI of England" in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. He claims to be Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, and challenges Henry VII for the throne of England, where he lands on June 5.source
  • 1489King Henry VII of England gives a town charter to the port of Southwold.source
  • 1489A gold coin equal to one pound sterling, called a sovereign, is issued for Henry VII of England.source
  • 1489February 10 – The Treaty of Redon is signed between the Duchy of Brittany and the Kingdom of England, with an agreement approved by King Henry VII for England to provide 6,000 soldiers, with the expense to be paid by Brittany.source
  • 1489November 28 – Margaret Tudor, Scottish regent, Queen of James IV of Scotland, daughter of Henry VII of England (died 1541)source
  • 1490Perkin Warbeck claims to be the son of King Henry VII of England, at the court of Burgundy.source
  • 1491November – pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck arrives in Cork. He wins some support for his cause from James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond, but Henry VII of England sends James Ormonde with troops to defend the territory and suspends Desmond's cousin, Gerald Mór FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, from his office of Deputy Lieutenant of Ireland for being implicated.source
  • 14923 October – Henry VII dispatches an English expedition to lay Siege of Boulognesource
  • 14923 November – The Peace of Étaples is agreed between France and king Henry VII of England. Charles VIII grants a number of concessions including a payment of £153,000 to Henry VII to withdraw his forces.source
  • 1494Hugh Conway was created Lord Treasurer of Ireland by King Henry VII of Englandsource
  • 1495Henry VII of England commissions the world's first dry dock, at Portsmouth.source
  • 1495September 14 – Elizabeth Tudor, English princess, daughter of Henry VII of England (born 1492)source
  • 1496February 24 – King Henry VII of England signs the commercial treaty Intercursus Magnus with Venice, Florence, and the cities of the Hanseatic League and the Netherlands.source
  • 1496March 18 – Mary Tudor, Queen of Louis XII of France, daughter of Henry VII of England (died 1533)source
  • 1497December 23 – Sheen Palace is destroyed by fire. Henry VII of England rebuilds it as Richmond Palace.source
  • 1498January 28 – In a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is also the Chancellor of the English treasury, King Henry VII of England formally authorizes, from his own funds, declares that "we, for certain considerations us especially moving, have given and granted unto our well-beloved John Calbot of the parts of Venice an annuity or annual rent of £20 sterling, to be had and yearly perceived from the Feast of the Annunciation of our Lady last past, during our pleasure, of our customs and subsidies growing in our port of Bristol by the hands of our customs there for the time being, at Michaelmas and Easter, by even portions.source

16th century

  • 1502January 24 – Commissioners from Scotland and England meet at Richmond Palace in London to finalize an agreement on the marriage between Scotland's King James IV to the daughter of England's King Henry VII, the princess Margaret Tudor, with a dowry of 35,000 Scottish Punnds and an agreement for a "treaty of perpetual peace". The marriage will be completed by proxy on January 25, 1503.source
  • 150224 January – Commissioners from Scotland and England meet at Richmond Palace in London to finalize an agreement on the marriage between James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England, with a dowry of 35,000 Scottish Punnds and an agreement for a "Treaty of Perpetual Peace". The "marriage of the thistle and the rose" will be completed by proxy the following day and in person the following year.source
  • 1502April – Gerald FitzGerald, later Earl of Kildare, at the age of 15, played the principal role in the funeral ceremony for Henry VII's eldest son Arthur, Prince of Wales in Worcester Cathedral.source
  • 1502April 2 – Arthur, Prince of Wales, the 15-year-old Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester, heir to the English throne as eldest son of King Henry VII, dies after a long illness less than five months after marrying Catherine of Aragon. Arthur's 10-year-old brother, Henry, Duke of York, becomes the new heir to the throne and will later succeed his father as King Henry VIII.source
  • 1503February 11 – Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (born 1466)source
  • 1503June 23 – Representatives of King Henry VII of England and Queen Isabella of Spain sign a treaty for 12-year-old Henry, Prince of Wales to be married to Catherine of Aragon, widow of King Henry's son Arthur.source
  • 1503August 8 – King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England, at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland.source
  • 1505Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare invested as Knight of the Garter by Henry VIIsource
  • 1505February 7 – During a visit to Windsor Castle as guests of King Henry VII of England, Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, plays a game of tennis against Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset in the first recorded use of tennis rackets. A year later, a chronicler notes that on the 7th of February, "the kynge of Castelle played w the Rackete and gave the marques xv".source
  • 1505June 27 – The future King Henry VIII repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon, at his father's command.source
  • 15069 February and 20 March – Treaties of Windsor ally England, Burgundy, and the Habsburgs against France. These are signed by Philip while held by Henry VII at Windsor Castlesource
  • 1506April 30 – Malus Intercursus, a treaty between King Henry VII of England and Duke Philip the Handsome of Burgundy, is signed.source
  • 1507December 21 – Princess Mary of England, the 11-year-old daughter of King Henry VII, is betrothed to the 7-year-old Duke of Burgundy.source
  • 1508September 11 – England is left without a Roman Catholic Cardinal protector when Cardinal Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere dies suddenly. England's King Henry VII dies seven months later before the monarchy and the Pope can agree on a new cardinal protector. The King's successor, Henry VIII, later abolishes the office entirely after Lorenzo Campeggio dies in the course of the English Reformation and the creation of the Church of England.source
  • 1509April 21 – Henry VIII becomes King of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.source
  • 1509April 21 – Henry VII of England, King of England and Lord of Ireland (born 1457)source
  • 1509June 29 – Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, mother of Henry VII of England (born 1443)source
  • 1521October 22 – Edward Poynings, Lord Deputy to King Henry VII of England (born 1459)source

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