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Events relating to england
The two royal princes, Edward V and his younger brother, are confined in the Tower of London by their uncle - soon to be Richard III
Richard III has himself proclaimed king by a parliament held at Westminster, and begins a short reign of only two years
Henry Tudor kills Richard III at Bosworth Field and takes the crown as Henry VII
Henry VII, whose mother is Lancastrian, marries the Yorkist heiress Elizabeth and thus unites the roses - in the Tudor rose
The king of France is among those supporting Perkin Warbeck, supposedly a prince from the Tower, in his attempt on the English throne
Henry VII commissions the Italian navigator John Cabot to cross the Atlantic in search of new territories for England
After three feeble attempts to invade England, Perkin Warbeck is captured by Henry VII (in 1497) and is hanged at Tyburn
On the death of his father, and as the result of the death of his elder brother Arthur, Henry VIII becomes king of England
Erasmus and Thomas More take the northern Renaissance in the direction of Christian humanism
Catherine of Aragon gives birth to a daughter, Mary, who becomes the only one of her six children to live beyond infancy
William Tyndale studies in the university at Wittenberg and plans to translate the Bible into English
Hans Holbein the Younger pays his first visit to England, and stays with Thomas More in Chelsea
Discussion of Henry VIII's proposed divorce hinges on rival verses from the Old Testament, in Deuteronomy and Leviticus
In a desperate attempt to retain royal favour, when suspected by the king of opposing his divorce, Cardinal Wolsey gives his spectacular Hampton Court Palace to Henry VIII
After the fall of Wolsey, Henry VIII appoints Thomas More as his Lord Chancellor
Thomas Cranmer, the archbishop of Canterbury, declares Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon null and void
Anne Boleyn has a child (the future Elizabeth I) but not of the sex her husband wants
Henry VIII's Act of Supremacy forces prominent figures in English public life to accept him on oath as head of the Church of England
Thomas More refuses to take the oath accepting the Act of Supremacy and is beheaded
Henry VIII begins the process of gathering in the wealth of England's monasteries
Wales is merged within the English kingdom as a principality
Henry VIII's queen, Anne Boleyn, is beheaded in the Tower of London on unsubstantiated charges of adultery
Jane Seymour gives birth to Henry VIII's long-awaited male heir (the future Edward VI)
Jane Seymour dies twelve days after giving birth to Henry VIII's heir, the future Edward VI
The Great Bible, commissioned by Henry VIII for use in every Anglican church, is published
