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Birth of Prince Henry, future King Henry VIII
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Death of prince Arthur
A papal dispensation was obtained to enable his second son Henry to marry the wife of Prince Arthur (Katherine of Argon) -
King Henry marries Katherine of Aragon
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Queen Mary I 'bloody Mary" born in Greenwich
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The protestant reformation begins when Martin Luther nails his "96 theses" against the Catholic practice of selling indulgences, in the church door at witten berg.
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King Henry VIII receives the title "defender of the faith from pope leo x for opppstion to Martin Luther.
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Henry VIII dismisses Lord chanceller Thomas Wolsey for failing to stain the pope's consent to his divorce from Catherine of aragon.
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Henry married Anne Boleyn and is excommunicated by pope clement VII Anne Boleyn is now the second wife.
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Henry VII broke with the church in Rome with the act of supremacy, which made the king the head of the church of England
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KIng Henry VIII badly injuries his leg in a jousting accident
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Katherine of Aragon dies at kimbulten castle
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Anne Boleyn arrested and taken to the tower and exacuted
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within 24 hours of Anne Boleyn execution, Jan Seymour and Henry VIII were formally bethoted.
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Princess Elzabeth and Princess Mary are declared bastards
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Henry VIII marries Anne of cleves but the marriage is annulled.
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Henry marries 19 year old Catherine Howard
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Catherine Howard is executed for adultery
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King Henry VII dies
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Seymour dies after the premature birth of a son, the future king Edward VI
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Henry marries Katherine parr who had a near brush with death when she was linked with 'hertetical' religious reformers including Anne Askew
