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Henry VIII

King of England from 1509 to 1547 (1491–1547)

68 dated entries naming Henry VIII, drawn from 38 separate years between 1479 CE and 1982 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

  • 1479August 14 – Catherine of York, English princess, aunt of Henry VIII (d. 1527)source
  • 1499May 19 – Catherine of Aragon, the future first wife of Henry VIII, is married by proxy to his brother, Arthur, Prince of Wales.source

16th century

  • 1501January 16 – Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)source
  • 1501October 2 – Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon arrives in England and arrives at Plymouth. Although she will later become the wife of King Henry VIII in 1509, she initially arrives to marry Henry's older brother, Arthur, Prince of Wales.source
  • 1502Elizabeth Blount, English courtier, mistress of King Henry VIII (d. 1540)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
  • 1504February 18 – The investiture of Prince Henry of England as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester takes place.source
  • 1505June 27 – The future King Henry VIII repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon, at his father's command.source
  • 1506February 9 – Henry, Prince of Wales is made a Knight of the Golden Fleece by Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.source
  • 1508Jane Seymour, third queen of Henry VIII (d. 1537)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
  • 1509June 11 – Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon.source
  • 1509June 24 – King Henry VIII and Queen Consort Catherine of Aragon are crowned.source
  • 1510January 23 – An 18-year-old Henry VIII jousts anonymously at Richmond, Surrey and draws applause, before revealing his identity.source
  • 1511February 12 – King Henry VIII of England opens the two-day Westminster Tournament to celebrate the birth (on January 1) of his son Prince Henry. Sadly, the infant prince dies on February 22, nine days after the tournament's end. The festivities are later memorialized in the 1511 Westminster Tournament Roll, a series of 36 separately painted pictures stitched together to form a roll almost 60 ft long and 14 inches (37.5 cm) wide.source
  • 1511July 29 – Henry VIII of England's flagship, the Mary Rose, is launched from Portsmouth.source
  • 1513August 16 – Battle of the Spurs (or Battle of Guinegate, part of the War of the League of Cambrai): English and allied troops under Henry VIII defeat French cavalry under Marshal La Palice.source
  • 1513August 23 – Thérouanne in the north of France is given to Henry VIII of England after a treaty is concluded in the aftermath of the Battle of the Spurs.source
  • 1514August 13 – Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII, is married by proxy to France's King Louis XII in accordance with the August 7 peace treaty.source
  • 1514October 9 – King Louis XII marries Mary Tudor (sister of King Henry VIII) at Abbeville, as part of the Kingdom of England's peace with France.source
  • 1515Cardinal Thomas Wolsey orders construction to begin on what is to become Henry VIII's future summer residence Hampton Court Palace.source
  • 1515December 22 – The 3rd English Parliament of King Henry VIII closes with the King giving royal assent to the Avowries Act, the Kynges Revenues Act, the "Acte for the Staple of Calice" and "the Act avoiding pulling down of Towns".source
  • 1515February 8 – King Henry VIII of England opens the English Parliament. Henry's chief advisor, Sir Thomas Nevill, is elected Speaker of the House of Commonssource
  • 1515September 22 – Anne of Cleves, Fourth Queen of Henry VIII (d. 1557)source
  • 1516February 18 – Queen Mary I of England, daughter of King Henry VIII and Queen Catherine of Aragon (d. 1558)source
  • 1516February 25 – In his capacity as Lord of Ireland, Henry VIII opens the first of six assemblies of parliament during his reign of the Parliament of Ireland at Dublin. The parliament holds three sessions, ending on October 2, when it is dismissed.source
  • 1518January 27 – Sir John Ernley is selected as the new Chief Justice of the Common Pleas of England by King King Henry VIII to replace the late Robert Rede, who died on January 8. Emley. He is replaced as Attorney General for England and Wales by John FitzJames.source
  • 1519June 15 – Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1536)source
  • 1520June 7 – King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France meet at the famous Field of the Cloth of Gold.source
  • 1522June 19 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor visits King Henry VIII of England, and signs the Treaty of Windsor, pledging a joint invasion of France, bringing England into the Italian War of 1521–1526.source
  • 1525June 18 – Henry VIII of England appoints his six-year-old illegitimate son Henry FitzRoy Duke of Richmond and Somerset.source
  • 1529Aylesbury is granted the county town of Buckinghamshire, England by King Henry VIII.source
  • 1529January 28 – Peter Vannes, the Italian-born envoy for England's King Henry VIII, arrives in Rome on a mission to get Pope Clement VII to give a dispensation for King Henry to divorce one wife and marry another, with both marriages to be declared valid. The mission fails.source
  • 1532March 18 – The Supplication against the Ordinaries is presented to Henry VIII by Thomas More the Speaker of the House of Commons. Henry responds by stating that the Commons could hardly expect such consideration after they refused to assent to the government's proposals. Shortly afterwards, Parliament is prorogued until April 10.source
  • 1533January 25 – King Henry VIII of England formally but secretly marries Anne Boleyn, who becomes his second queen consort.source
  • 1533September 7 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England gives birth to a daughter, at Greenwich, a little more than three months after she and Henry were married. The King's second daughter, Elizabeth, will become the reigning monarch of England 25 years later and rule for more than 44 years.source
  • 1534January 15 – The Parliament of England passes the Act Respecting the Oath to the Succession, recognising the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and their children as the legitimate heirs to the throne.source
  • 1534November 3– The English Reformation Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy, establishing Henry VIII as supreme head of the Church of England.source
  • 1536December 5 – After two months, the Pilgrimage of Grace ends at Pontefract Castle after Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk promises to present a list of 24 Articles of the pilgrims' demands, "The Commons' Petition", to King Henry VIII. The duke pledges a reprieve for abbeys from dissolution until Parliament can meet, and to obtain a general pardon for the rebel pilgrims.source
  • 1536January 24 – King Henry VIII of England is seriously injured when he falls from his horse at a jousting tournament in Greenwich, after which the fully armored horse falls on him. The King is unconscious for two hours, sustaining an injury to an ulcerated leg and a concussion.source
  • 1536July 23 – Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England (b. 1519)source
  • 1536May 14 – Thomas Cranmer declares Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn to be null and void.source
  • 1536May 19 – Anne Boleyn, second queen of Henry VIII of England (executed) (b. c. 1501/1507)source
  • 1536May 2 – Anne Boleyn, second queen of Henry VIII of England, is arrested on the grounds of incest, adultery, and treason.source
  • 1536May 30 – Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour.source
  • 1537January 16 – Bigod's Rebellion, an uprising by Roman Catholics, led by Francis Bigod against Henry VIII of England and Protestant Rebellion, begins with an unsuccessful attempt to seize Scarborough Castle in Yorkshire.source
  • 1538May 27 – A joint delegation of Lutherans from various German cities arrives in England for meetings with King Henry VIII; Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury; and Thomas Cromwell, the former Chief Minister of England.source
  • 1539January 12 – Treaty of Toledo: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (aka Charles I of Spain) and Francis I of France agree to make no further alliances with England. The treaty comes after Henry VIII of England's split with Rome and Pope Paul III.source
  • 1539June 28 – The Six Articles, an Act of the Parliament of England, is given royal assent reaffirms certain Catholic principles in Henry VIII's Church of England.source
  • 1539March 1 – King Henry VIII of England summons Parliament to meet, with the session to start on April 28.source
  • 1539October 4 – Henry VIII contracts to marry Anne of Cleves.source
  • 1540c. January – Elizabeth Blount, mistress of Henry VIII of England (b. 1502)source
  • 1540January 6 – King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort; the marriage lasts six months.source
  • 1540July 28 – Thomas Cromwell, is executed for treason publicly in London on the orders of king Henry VIII of England. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.source
  • 1540July 9 – English King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort, is annulled.source
  • 1541November 1 – King Henry VIII of England is first informed of that the Queen consort, Catherine Howard, has been having an affair with Thomas Culpeper.source
  • 1542January 16 – The 8th Parliament of Henry VIII assembles at Westminster after having been summoned on November 23.source
  • 1542June 18 – The Parliament of Ireland passes the Crown of Ireland Act, which dissolves the title of Lord of Ireland and reestablishes it to the Kingdom of Ireland, with its last Lord, Henry VIII of England, becoming its first king.source
  • 1543December 31 – King Henry VIII of England signs an agreement with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor to invade France by June 20, 1544 with at least 35,000 infantry and 7,000 cavalry.source
  • 1543February 11 – King Henry VIII of England allies with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, against France.source
  • 1543July 12 – King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine Parr. It is Henry's sixth and last marriage and Catherine's third. Princess Elizabeth attends the wedding. This month, the Parliament of England passes the Third Succession Act, restoring the Princesses Mary and Elizabeth, Henry's daughters, to the line of succession to the English throne.source
  • 1543July 19 – Mary Boleyn, English courtier, mistress of Kings Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England (b. 1500)source
  • 1547November 5 – Catherine Parr, the former Queen consort of England and widow of King Henry VIII, publishes her book The Lamentation of a Sinner.source
  • 1548September 5 – Catherine Parr, sixth and last Queen of Henry VIII of England (b. c. 1512)source
  • 1557July 16 – Anne of Cleves, fourth queen of Henry VIII of England (b. 1515)source
  • 1558November 6 – On her deathbed, Queen Mary of England designates her half-sister, Elizabeth, as her successor. Both Mary and Elizabeth are daughters of the late King Henry VIII.source

20th century

  • 1982October 11 – The Mary Rose, flagship of Henry VIII of England that sank in 1545, is raised from the Solent.source

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