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    05 November 1514 – Coronation of Mary Tudor

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    1530 – Death of Sir John More.He was a London lawyer and later judge, notable for being the father of Thomas More, Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor.

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    1605 - Gunpowder Plot; attempt to blow up King James I while he opened Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes tortured and later executed

     

    06 November 1479 –Birth of Joanna of Castile, Queen of Castile and León.She was the sister of Catherine of Aragon and the mother of Emperor Charles V.Joanna married Philip the Handsome, who was crowned King of Castile in 1506, initiating the rule of the Habsburgs in Spain. After Philip's death that same year, Joanna was deemed mentally ill and was confined to a nunnery for the rest of her life. Though she remained the legal queen of Castile throughout this time, her father, Ferdinand II of Aragon, was regent until his death, when she inherited his kingdom as well. From 1517, her son, Charles, ruled as king, while she nominally remained co-monarch.

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    1514 – Mary Tudor, Queen of France, procession into Paris following her coronation

     

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