Mary I was born on 18 February 1516 in Palace of Placentia. Queen of England and Ireland, Mary I was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, and the first woman to rule England in her own right. A devout Catholic, she tried to undo the Protestant Reformation that had taken place under her father and her half-brother Edward VI, restoring the authority of the pope and reviving heresy laws, and around 280 Protestants were burned at the stake, earning her the nickname Bloody Mary. Her marriage to Philip of Spain was unpopular, and the loss of Calais to France in 1558 damaged her reputation. She died childless, and was succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I.
Before and after
- 1515Construction of Melilla la Vieja
- 28 March 1515Birth of Teresa of Ávila
- from 13 September 1515 to 14 September 1515Battle of Marignano
- from 1516 to 1517Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17
- 18 February 1516Birth of Mary I
- from 31 October 1517 to 1 January 1648Protestant Reformation
- 31 October 1517Ninety-five Theses
- 31 October 1517Origins of Lutheranism
- 10 November 1517Origins of Protestantism
More in Wars, politics & history
- 13 April 1598Edict of Nantes
- from 1618 to 1648Thirty Years' War
- from 1642 to 1651English Civil War
- 24 October 1648Peace of Westphalia
- from March 1701 to September 1714War of the Spanish Succession
- from 17 May 1756 to 15 February 1763Seven Years' War
The era
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