1486- Birth of Arthur Prince of Wales
1491- Birth of King Henry the VIII
1501- Prince Arthur Marries Katherine of Aragon
1502- Prince Arthur dies
1502- The Pope gives permission for Katherine to marry Prince Henry
1509- King Henry VIII marries Katherine of Aragon
1516-Katherine gives birth to a baby girl; Mary
1517- Luther nails his theses on the door of a Church in Wittenberg; Reformation has begun.
1518- Henry has an affair with Bessie Blount, Bessie has a son and names him, Henry Fitzroy.
1521- Henry is given the title “defender of faith” by Pope Leo X for his attacks against Luther.
1526- Henry falls in love with one of Katherine’s Ladies in waiting, Anne Boleyn.
1529- The Pope rejects the idea of Henry having his marriage annulled.
1533- Henry marries Anne Boleyn and is then excommunicated. Queen Elizabeth I is born.
1534- Henry published the Act of Supremacy, separating England from the Roman Catholic Church
1535- Henry executes any who deny him as head of the Church on England. Henry has an accident and hurts his leg whilst jousting.
1536- Katherine of Aragon died and Anne Boleyn is executed for incest, adultery and treason. King Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour. Henry starts closing the monasteries.
1537- Jane Seymour dies in childbirth, but Prince Edward VI is born.
1540- Henry marries Anne of Cleeves and the marriage is quickly annulled. Henry then marries Catherine Howard
1542- Catherine was beheaded for adultery
1543- Henry marries Katherine Parr
1547- Henry Dies