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1491, Jun 281509-15471547, Jan 28
King of England from 1509 until his death and Supreme Head of the Church of England from 1536 to 1547. He was the first English King of Ireland, and continued the nominal claim by English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, succeeding his father, Henry VII. Henry was an intellectual. The first English king with a modern humanist education, he read and wrote English, French and Latin, and was thoroughly at home in his well-stocked library. He personally annotated many books and wrote and published one of his own. To promote the public support for the reformation of the church, Henry had numerous pamphlets and lectures prepared.
 Timeline (47)
02/18/1503-Henry Tudor creates Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII) 
04/21/1509-Henry VIII becomes King of England
06/11/1509-King Henry VIII marries wife #1, Catherine of Aragon
06/24/1509-Henry VIII crowned King of England
08/16/1513-Battle of Guinegate: Maximilian I and Henry VIII beat France
09/23/1513-King Henry VIII and Emperor Maximilian I conquer Tournai
10/09/1514-King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII
07/10/1520-King Charles V and King Henry VIII signs treaty of Calais 
10/15/1520-King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes to be built at Whitehall
10/11/1521-Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
06/18/1529-The legatine court at Blackfriars, London, begin to consider the legality of the marriage of Henry VIII and Catharina of Aragon
03/07/1530-King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope -- Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church 
01/05/1531-Pope Clement VII forbids English king Henry VIII to re-marry 
02/11/1531-Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England 
06/23/1532-Henry VIII and Francis I of France signs secret treaty against emperor Charles V
11/15/1532-Pope Clement VII tells Henry VIII to end relationship with Anne Boleyn 
01/25/1533-England's King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn
03/30/1533-Henry VIII divorces his first wife, Catherine of Aragon 
05/23/1533-Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon's marriage declared null and void
05/28/1533-England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage 
07/11/1533-Pope Clement VII excommunicates England's King Henry VIII
10/30/1534-English Parliament passes the First Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope 
11/03/1534-English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader
01/15/1535-Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church 
08/31/1535-Pope Paul III excommunicates English King Henry VIII
04/14/1536-English king Henry VIII expropriates minor monasteries 
05/02/1536-Henry VIII accuses Anne Boleyn and her brother George Boleyn of adultery, incest and treason
05/06/1536-King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church [or 1539 or 1541 -ed] 
05/30/1536-English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour
04/22/1538-Construction begins on Henry VIII's Nonsuch Palace
12/17/1538-Pope Paul III excommunicates England's King Henry VIII 
10/04/1539-English King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves sign a marriage treaty
01/06/1540-King Henry VIII of England marries his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves
03/23/1540-Waltham Abbey surrenders to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
06/24/1540-Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII, ordered to leave court
07/09/1540-England's King Henry VIII annuls his six-month marriage to Anne of Cleves
07/28/1540-English King Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard, his fifth wife 
06/18/1541-Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland
02/11/1543-Charles V and Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant 
07/12/1543-England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th and last wife)
05/17/1544-Scottish earl Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, signs secret treaty with Henry VIII 
09/18/1544-English King Henry VIII's troops occupy Boulogne 
09/30/1544-King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France 
07/19/1545-King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth -- 73 die 
01/13/1547-Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, sentenced to death by Henry VIII
01/28/1547-9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England 
02/20/1547-King Edward VI of England is enthroned following death of Henry VIII 
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15 Strange Facts About Henry VIII You Definitely Didn't Learn in History Class:
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Henry VIII (1536-1547): King of England from 1509 until his death and Supreme Head of the Church of England from 1536 to 1547. He was the first English King of Ire...
Edward VI (1547-1553): King of England and Ireland (and Supreme Head of the Church of England) from 28 January 1547 until his death. Edward's reign was marked by ...
Jane Grey (1553): an English noblewoman and de facto monarch of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553. When the 15-year-old king lay dying in Ju...
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 Mentions (55)
Robert Aldrich
a Bishop of Carlisle in the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary. In 1534 he was appointed Canon of the tenth stall at St...
Bernard Andre
...probably had a share in the education of the future King Henry VIII. He was also a tutor at Oxford, and seems to...
Anne of Cleves
...6 January to 9 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. The marriage was declared never consummated and,...
Thomas Ashewell
...destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII (and a large proportion of English-language sacred...
Christopher Bainbridge
...favour he enjoyed at court. On 24 September 1509, King Henry VIII (whose coronation he had attended) appointed Bainbridge...
John Bekinsau
...Goldast's Monarchia in 1611; this work is dedicated to Henry VIII, ‘the head of the church immediately after Christ,’...
Richard Benese
...the surrender of the Augustinian priory of Merton to Henry VIII on 16 April 1538. He had previously written a book...
Francis Bigod
...successor, he was engaged in advancing in Yorkshire Henry VIII's ecclesiastical reforms. Unlike Cromwell, however,...
Anne Boleyn
...England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII, and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right. Henry's...
George Boleyn
...Anne Boleyn. This made him the brother-in-law of King Henry VIII and the maternal uncle of Queen Elizabeth I of...
Henry Bourchier
...soldier, peer and courtier at the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII. He married Mary Say, by whom he had one daughter,...
John Bourchier
...of the Exchequer from 14 July 1524 that of to King Henry VIII. He translated, at the King's desire, Froissart's...
Charles Brandon
...his third wife Mary Tudor he was brother-in-law to Henry VIII, King of England. His father was the standard-bearer...
Thomas Brinknell
...good book.' Thomas Wolsey recommended Brinknell to Henry VIII as 'one of those most fit persons in the university...
Catherine of Aragon
...June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII; she was previously Princess of Wales as the wife...
Thomas Cranmer
...Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary...
Thomas Cromwell [1]
...and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540. Cromwell was one of...
Richard Devereux
a rising political figure during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI when his career was cut short by his sudden death...
John Dudley [1]
...Edmund Dudley, a minister of Henry VII executed by Henry VIII, John Dudley became the ward of Sir Edward Guildford...
Richard Edwardes
...interludes. He was also rumoured to be an illegitimate son of Henry VIII.
Robert Fayrfax
...and influential of the reigns of Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII of England. His surviving works are six masses,...
John Fisher
...University of Cambridge. Fisher was executed by order of Henry VIII during the English Reformation for refusing...
Richard Grafton
the King's Printer under Henry VIII and Edward VI. He was a member of the Grocers' Company and MP for Coventry elected 1562-63. he printed...
James Hamilton
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Edmund Harman
the barber-surgeon of Henry VIII of England and a member of his Privy Chamber. He served alongside Thomas Wendy and George Owen. In February...
Stephen Hawes
...known. He was still living in 1521, when it is stated in Henry VIII's household accounts that £6, 13s. 4d. was...
Henry VII
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Lucas Horenbout
...there as "King's Painter" and court miniaturist to King Henry VIII from 1525 until his death. He was trained in...
Catherine Howard
...England from 1540 until 1541, as the fifth wife of Henry VIII. Catherine (then 16 or 17) married Henry VIII (then...
Sir George Howard
...politician, author and diplomat, and the brother of King Henry VIII's fifth queen, Catherine Howard. Howard held...
Miles Huggarde
...Aultare", was written at the end of the reign of King Henry VIII and tackled the denigration of the Eucharist which...
Pedro de la Gasca
...his intellect. In 1542 he was negotiator for Emperor Henry VIII in discussions with the pope and King Charles V,...
John Lingard
...the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Henry VIII, an 8-volume work published in 1819. In 1793 where...
Henry Machyn
...turbulent period in England: the Reformation, initiated by Henry VIII and carried through by Edward VI, was followed...
Thomas Master
...Herbert of Cherbury, in his writing of the Life of Henry VIII. He was educated at Cirencester Grammar School and...
Sir Thomas More
...noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October...
William Mundy
...performed and recorded. Coming of age during the reign of Henry VIII, Mundy's career spanned much of England's Tudor...
George Owen
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John Palsgrave
a priest of Henry VIII of England's court. He is known as a tutor in the royal household, and as a textbook author. He composed L'esclarcissement de la...
Catherine Parr
...Ireland (1543–47) as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII, and the final queen consort of the House of...
Henry Percy
...forced to give up before she became involved with King Henry VIII. Henry was sent, when quite young, to be a page...
Sir Thomas Percy [1]
...Pilgrimage of Grace, a Roman Catholic uprising against King Henry VIII. He was convicted of treason and hanged,...
Edward Seymour
...Queen Jane Seymour (d.1537), the third wife of King Henry VIII. When Edward's sister Jane Seymour married King Henry...
Jane Seymour
...England from 1536 to 1537 as the third wife of King Henry VIII. She succeeded Anne Boleyn as queen consort following...
Thomas Seymour
...English queen Jane Seymour who was the third wife of King Henry VIII and mother of King Edward VI. He was also the...
John Skelton
an English poet. He had been a tutor to King Henry VIII of England and died at Westminster. Skelton is said to have been...
Thomas Spert
...reached the rank of vice admiral in service to King Henry VIII of England. He was sailing master of the flagships...
Richard Stanihurst
...Ireland, and a History of Ireland during the reign of Henry VIII, which were severely criticized in Barnabe Rich's...
Mary Tudor
...France, took place during the reign of her brother Henry VIII and without his consent. This necessitated the intervention...
Robert Wakefield
...English linguist and scholar. He wrote in favour of Henry VIII's divorce, after being persuaded by Richard Pace...
William Warham
...until his death. In 1509, he married and then crowned Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
Robert Wauchope [1]
...suspected of heresy by the Holy See, and was deposed by Henry VIII during the Protestant Reformation. The King appointed...
Thomas Wendy
the royal physician to Henry VIII of England, a Member of Parliament and a member of the King's Privy Chamber. Wendy attended the king on his...
Thomas Wolsey
...figure and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became...
George Wyatt
...sixteenth-century writer. He was the first biographer of Henry VIII's second queen, Anne Boleyn. His grandfather,...
 Quotes (13) • View in Quotations
Alas, how can the poor souls live in concord when you preachers sow amongst them in your sermons debate and discord? They look to you for light and you bring them darkness. Amend these crimes, I exhort you, and set forth God's word truly, both by true preaching and giving a good example, or else, I, whom God has appointed his vicar and high minister here, will see these divisions extinct, and these enormities corrected...
All is lost! Monks, Monks, Monks! So, now all is gone - Empire, Body, and Soul!.
All is lost. Monks, monks, monks!
Hops are a wicked and pernicious weed.
I beseech you now with all my heart definitely to let me know your whole mind as to the love between us...
I see and hear daily that you of the Clergy preach one against another, teach one contrary to another, inveigh one against another without charity or discretion. Some be too stiff in their old mumpsimus, others be too busy and curious in their new sumpsimus. Thus all men almost be in variety and discord.
My heart is set. All goodly sport For my comfort Who shall me let?
Pastime with good company I love and shall, until I die. Grudge who list, but none deny! So God be pleased, thus live will I.
Two beheadings out of six wives is too many.
We be informed by our judges that we at no time stand so highly in our estate royal as in the time of Parliament, wherein we as head and you as members are conjoined and knit together into one body politic, so as whatsoever offence or injury (during that time) is offered to the meanest member of the House is to be judged as done against our person and the whole Court of Parliament.
Well beloved subjects, wee thought that the clergie of our realme had been our subjectes wholy, but now we have well perceived that they bee but halfe our subjectes, yea, and scarce our subjectes: for all the prelates at their consecration make an othe to the pope, clene contrary to the the that they make to us, so that they seme to be his subjectes, and not ours.
You have sent me a Flanders mare.
[W]hoever leads an auspicious life here and governs the commonwealth rightly, as my most noble father did, who promoted all piety and banished all ignorance, has a most certain way to heaven.
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Thomas Wolsey1473, Mar1509
 
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Stephen Gardiner1483 ca1531
 
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