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1509

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June 24 - Accession of King Henry VIII June 11 - King Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon Mary the daughter of King Henry VIII and Queen Catherine of Aragon 1516 was born in Greenwich. Mary later became Queen Mary I aka "Bloody Mary" (1516 - 1558) The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther nails his "95 1517 Theses" against the Catholic practice of selling indulgences, on the church door at Wittenberg March 4 1526 - Mary Boleyn gave birth to a son, called Henry - he was widely assumed to be the son of King Henry VIII although not 1526 acknowledged as such. King Henry VIII becomes totally obsessed Anne Boleyn with whom he falls madly in love 1532 Anne Boleyn becomes pregnant Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury grants the annulment of 1533 the marriage between Catharine of Aragon and King Henry VIII - Mary Tudor was devastated by these terrible events in her life. January 25th 1533 Henry marries Anne Boleyn and is excommunicated by 1533 Pope Clement VII Elizabeth , the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne 7 September 1533 Boleyn, is born on . She later becomes Queen Elizabeth I. The position of Mary Tudor is usurped by the new baby Princess Queen Catherine of Aragon, mother of Mary Tudor, is given the title of 1533 the Princess Dowager of Wales (which she refused to acknowledge to the end of her life). Henry VIII breaks with the Church in Rome and the Act of Supremacy is 1534 passed King Henry VIII the head of the Church of England. Catherine of Aragon was moved around different castles in England and separated from her daughter Mary, due to her obstinate refusal to accept 15341534 the annulment of her marriage. Mary Tudor was not allowed to see her mother In 1534 the Act of Supremacy was passed. King Henry VIII broke with the 1534 Catholic church in Rome and was declared supreme head of the Church of England English Parliament passed the Act of Succession. Only the children of 23 March 1534 King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn were deemed to be his lawful heirs. The title of Princess Mary was reduced to the Lady Mary. And Bloody 1534 Mary Tudor was declared a bastard. 1536 January 7 Catherine of Aragon, the mother of Bloody Mary dies at Kimbolton Castle May 19th 1536 Queen Anne Boleyn is executed on Tower Hill 30th May 1536 King Henry and Jane Seymour are married

Jane Seymour dies after the premature birth of a son, the future King Edward VI Princess Elizabeth and Princess Mary, the daughters of Henry VIII are 1537 both declared bastards Mary Tudor then witnesses the political and disastrous marriage between 6 January 1540 her father and Anne of Cleves The marriage between Anne of Cleves and Henry VIII is quickly annulled and Mary Tudor then witnesses the embarrassing and pathetic affair 1540 between her aging, obese father and the young and pretty Catherine Howard 1542 February The marriage between Catherine Howard ends in tragedy when Catherine 13th: Howard is also executed 12th July 1543 King Henry VIII marries his last wife, Catherine Parr The father of Mary Tudor, King Henry VIII dies and the young, half 28 January 1547 brother of Mary Tudor is proclaimed King Edward VI The young King dies leaving the throne to 'the Lady Jane Grey and her 6 July 1553 heirs male' instead of the rightful heir - Mary Tudor Monday 10th July Lady Jane Grey Proclaimed Queen of England (Queen for just Nine Days) Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen and Mary Tudor, daughter of 19th July 1553 Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, is finally proclaimed Queen of England Lady Jane Grey and her husband Guildford Dudley were executed at the 12th February 1554 Tower of London under the orders of Bloody Mary 1554 Protestant rebellion, led by Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger 18 March 1554 Princess Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Tower for eight weeks 19 May 1554 Princess Elizabeth transfers from the Tower of London to Woodstock Philip of Spain ( who would become King Phillip II of Spain) marries 1554 July 25 Queen Mary I ( Mary Tudor) of England. Mary was eleven years older than Philip Shortly after their marriage Queen Mary I, Mary Tudor, announced she 1554 was pregnant but it was a phantom pregnancy 1554 Queen Mary Tudor returns England to Roman Catholicism Protestants are persecuted and 300 are burnt at the stake (in later times 1554 this leads to Queen Mary I, Mary Tudor, being called Bloody Mary) Mary Tudor was besotted with Philip. At his request she reconciled, at the 1555 insistence of Philip, with her sister Princess Elizabeth and reluctantly accepted Elizabeth as heir to the throne 16 October 1555 The Protestant churchmen Latimer and Ridley are burned at the stake 1555 Mary Tudor is devastated when her husband, Philip II returns to Spain Phillip the husband of Queen Mary Tudor is crowned King Phillip II of 1556 January Spain Thomas Cranmer, former Archbishop of Canterbury is burned at the 21 March 1556 stake 1556 England under Mary Tudor loses Calais, the last English possession in 1537

France Spanish and English troops in alliance defeated the French at the Battle of 10 Aug 1557 St. Quentin 17 November 1558 Queen Mary I dies on November 17, 1558 at St. James's Palace 14 December 1558 Bloody Mary Tudor was interred in Westminster Abbey

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Timeline of Bloody Mary Key events