Henry VIII of England was born on 28 June 1491 in Palace of Placentia. King of England from 1509 until 1547, Henry VIII was the second Tudor monarch and succeeded his father Henry VII. His desire for a male heir and his wish to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon led him to break with the papacy, and in 1534 the Act of Supremacy made him head of the Church of England. He dissolved the monasteries and confiscated their wealth, and executed opponents, including Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell. He married six times, and had two of his wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, executed. He expanded the navy, fought wars in France and Scotland, and formally united England and Wales. He was succeeded by his son, Edward VI.
Before and after
- from 1490 to 1598Siberian Khanate
- 1490Release of Vitruvian Man
- 1490Birth of Titian
- 1490Birth of Mimar Sinan
- 28 June 1491Birth of Henry VIII of England
- 1 November 1491Birth of Ignatius of Loyola
- 31 December 1491Birth of Jacques Cartier
- 1492European colonization of the Americas
- from 1492 to 1681Spanish Golden Age
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- from 1096 to 1099First Crusade
- from 22 May 1455 to 16 June 1487Wars of the Roses
- 2 January 1492The fall of Granada ends Muslim rule in Spain
The era
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