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1540 Henry VIII met Anne of Cleves

1511 Birth of Henry, Duke of Cornwall, a son to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. He died on 22nd February at just 52 days old.

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1558 The French took Calais

1589 Death of Catherine de Medici

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1540 Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves
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1536 Death of Catherine of Aragon
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1559 Coronation of Elizabeth I
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1549 Arrest of Thomas Seymour was ordered
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1486 – Henry VII married Elizabeth of York
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1552 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, was executed

1561 Birth of Francis Bacon

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1571 – Opening of the Royal Exchange in London
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1536 Henry VIII’s jousting accident

1586 Earl of Leicester accepted title of Governor of the Provinces
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1533 Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn
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1457 Henry VII was born

1547 Death of Henry VIII

1596 Death of Sir Francis Drake

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1536 Funeral of Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn miscarried a 15 week male foetus
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1574 Birth of Ben Jonson

1510 Catherine of Aragon gave birth to stillborn daughter, 3 months premature.