22 May 1455- Start of the Wars of the Roses 22 May 1455-King Henry VI is taken prisoner by the Yorkists at the Battle of St. Albans 22 May 1455 - Death of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland.He was an English nobleman and military commander in the...
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21 May 1471-King Henry VI is killed in the Tower of London. 21 May 1471-Edward IV takes the throne. 21 May 1524-Death of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk.He was the only son of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, by his first wife, Katherine Moleyns....
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20 May 1535 - The imprisoned Bishop John Fisher was made a Cardinal by Pope Paul III. 20 May 1536 – Betrothal of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. Chapuys to Granvelle. Wrote yesterday very fully to the Emperor and Granvelle. Has just been informed, the bearer...
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19 May 1499 - Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12. 19 May 1536 - Execution of Anne Boleyn On the morning of Friday 19 May, Anne Boleyn was executed within the Tower precincts, not upon the...
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18 May 1497 - Death of Katherine Woodville,She was the sister-in-law of King Edward IV of England and gave birth to several illustrious children. Catherine was the daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. When her sister...
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17 May 1443 - Edmund, Earl of Rutland.He was the fifth child and second surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville and brother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III 17 May 1521 - Edward Stafford was executed.He was an English...
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16 May 1517 - Margaret Tudor returned to Scotland 16 May 1529-Martin Luther Publishes His Small Catechism 16 May 1532 - Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. 16 May 1536 Archbishop Cranmer visited Queen Anne Boleyn at the Tower of London....
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15 May 1464-Execution of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset.He was an important Lancastrian military commander during the English Wars of the Roses. He is sometimes numbered the 2nd Duke of Somerset, since the title was re-created for his father after...
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14 May 1509-Ferdinand,king of aragon to Catherine,princess of wales Declined to ratify the marriage with Prince Charles because he knew that the old King was neither his friend nor hers. Her marriage and that of Prince Charles secure the most important...
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13 May 1515 - Marriage of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk at Greenwich 13 May 1536 Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, wrote to Thomas Cromwell I perceive by Raynold Carnaby that there is supposed a pre-contract between...
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