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1516 |
Mary was born in Greenwich in London |
1517 |
The start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany when Martin Luther nails his "95 Theses" against the Catholic practice of selling indulgences, on the church door at Wittenberg |
1526 |
Her father, King Henry VIII, becomes totally obsessed Anne Boleyn and he no longer has any interest in her mother |
1532 |
Anne Boleyn becomes pregnant |
1533 |
Thomas Cranmer grants the annulment of the marriage between her mother and father |
1534 |
King Henry VIII breaks with the Church in Rome and the Act of Supremacy is passed King Henry VIII the head of the Church of England |
1536 |
January 7: Catherine of Aragon dies at Kimbolton Castle |
1537 |
Jane Seymour dies after the birth of a son, the future King Edward VI and Mary's half-brother |
1540 |
6 January: Marriage between King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves which is is quickly annulled |
1542 |
February 13: The marriage between Catherine Howard ends in tragedy when Catherine Howard is executed for adultery |
1543 |
12th July: King Henry VIII marries his sixth wife, Catherine Parr |
1547 |
28 January: The father of Mary Tudor, King Henry VIII dies and the young, half brother of Mary Tudor is proclaimed King Edward VI |
1553 |
6 July: Her step brother dies leaving the throne to Protestant 'Lady Jane Grey and her heirs male' instead of Mary |
1554 |
February 12: Lady Jane Grey is executed at the Tower of London under the orders of Bloody Mary |
1555 |
Accepts Princess Elizabeth as heir to the throne |
1556 |
March 21: Thomas Cranmer, former Archbishop of Canterbury is burned at the stake |
1557 |
August 10: Battle of St. Quentin - Spanish and English troops in alliance defeat the French |
1558 |
November 17: Queen Mary I dies at St. James's Palace in London |
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