Henry VIII

  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Dec 31, 1500

    Henry VIII

  • Period: Jan 1, 1508 to

    Henry VIII

  • Married Catherine of Aragon
    Jun 11, 1509

    Married Catherine of Aragon

    Henry was eager to get married and have a son.
  • Catherine gives birth to Mary
    Feb 18, 1516

    Catherine gives birth to Mary

    This is Henry's first child and Catherine's 5th. The first baby was a stilborn andthe 2nd onlt lived for a few days and the third was a miscarriage followed by another son who had a short life. Finally, she had Mary who was her first child to live.
  • Jan 1, 1533

    Henry divorced Catherine

    Henry was upset that he did not have a so so he moved on becasue Catherine was 42 by this time and couldn't have more kids.
  • Henry marries Anne Boleyn
    Jan 25, 1533

    Henry marries Anne Boleyn

    This was Henry's 2nd wife after his 1st could not have more kids.
  • Anne gives birth to Elizabeth
    Aug 26, 1533

    Anne gives birth to Elizabeth

    This is Henry's 2nd daughter. He was hoping for a son who could take over in his place when he died.
  • Jan 7, 1536

    Catherine dies

    She lived in bad conditions for 3 years before dying and being buried at Peterborough Abbey
  • May 19, 1536

    Anne is executed

    Henry was seeing Jane Seymour and Anne was to blame for it so they put her, her brother, and many of her friends on trial and executed them.
  • Henry married Jane Seymour
    May 30, 1536

    Henry married Jane Seymour

    After Anne died, Henry once again got married in the joyful hope of having a son.
  • Jane gives bith to a son named Edward
    Oct 15, 1537

    Jane gives bith to a son named Edward

    Henry finally got the son he wanted. They named him Edward and named Mary, Henry's first daughter, godmother and Elizabeth was also in on the celebration.
  • Oct 24, 1537

    Jane dies

    Two weeks after giving bieth to Edward, Jane becomes very sick and dies.
  • Henry marries Anne of Cleves
    Jan 6, 1540

    Henry marries Anne of Cleves

    After Jane died, Henry decided he once agai needed a queen to take her place so he married Anne.
  • Jul 18, 1540

    Henry and Anne get divorced

    Henry realizes that Anne is not really woring out for him so they decid to split.
  • Henry married his 5th wife Kathryn Howard
    Jul 28, 1540

    Henry married his 5th wife Kathryn Howard

    Herny tried again to find the right woman to be his queen. At the time Henry was 49 and Kathryn was only about 19.
  • Feb 13, 1542

    Kathryn is executed

    She was accused of hiding her real identity and put on trial and to later be executed.
  • Henry married his 6th and final wife Katherine Parr
    Jul 12, 1543

    Henry married his 6th and final wife Katherine Parr

    Henry tried one last time for the perfect wife.
  • Jan 5, 1547

    Henry dies leaving Katherine a widow

    Henry had very bad health and died leaving his kids in the care of Katherine.
  • Jul 16, 1557

    Anne of Cleves dies

    She died of natural causes and is buried in a tomb in Westminster Abbey.