Henry VIII

By OuO
  • Jun 28, 1491

    Henry is Born

    Henry VIII was born in Greenwich.
  • Jun 11, 1509

    Catherine of Aragon

    Henry married the widow of his dead brother just before his crowning.
  • Jun 24, 1509

    Crowned King

    Henry began rule in April but was officially crowned king in June.
  • Jan 25, 1533

    Anne Boleyn

    After 24 years of marriage to his first wife, Henry became infatuated with one of her ladies in waiting. After finding a way to dissolve that marriage, he married Anne in 1533.
  • May 19, 1536

    Executed

    Henry had Anne arrested and executed for adultery and treason after only three years. He played tennis during her beheading.
  • May 30, 1536

    Jane Seymour

    Henry married Jane not even a month after Anne had been beheaded.
  • Oct 24, 1537

    Three Down

    Jane Seymour died only two weeks after she had given birth to Hery's first (living) legitimate son, Edward.
  • Jan 6, 1540

    Anne of Cleves

    Two years after Jane's death, Henry was put into an arranged marriage of sorts to build relations with Cleves.
  • Jul 1, 1540

    Or Maybe Not

    Turns out Anne of Cleves wasn't the match made in heaven Henry hoped for and the marriage was dissolved.
  • Jul 28, 1540

    Katherine Howard

    Henry was once again to marry a lady in waiting and this time is was 19 year old Katherine.
  • Feb 13, 1542

    Executed. Again.

    Katherine Howard appeard to be a little too young for Henry and wasn't completly into a fat, aging king. So of course she was beheaded for adultery when flirting with those who were more... appealing.
  • Jul 12, 1543

    Katherine Parr

    The sixth and final wife of Henry's was the educated Katherine Parr, who was named after Henry's first wife. Full circle.
  • Jan 28, 1547

    In the End

    After six wifes and the last half of his life wracked with illnesses like gout, Henry finally died at the age of 56. Katherine Parr was his last wife and managed to survive the marriage long enough to outlive him.
  • Sep 5, 1548

    Anticlimactic

    Although Katherine Parr outlive Henry himself, she didn't get much down time, only living more than a year after.