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• Today in Tudor history

  01 mai 2014 ( #anne boleyn, #edward iv, #elizabeth woodville, #execution, #henry norris, #henry viii, #history, #isabella of portuga, #the tudors, #the white queen, #tudors, #yorkist )

  Happy May Day! 1st May 1461- Death of James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond, 1st Earl of Wiltshire.He was the son of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond. A staunch Lancastrian and supporter of Margaret of Anjou during the Wars of the Roses, he was beheaded by...

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  06 mai 2014 ( #Anne Boleyn, #Bothwell, #Cromwell, #James I, #Joan of arc, #John Fisher, #louis xiv, #Mary stuart, #Thomas More, #Tudors )

  7 May 1427 – Death of Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English priest 7 May 1523 – Death of Franz von Sickingen, German knight 7 May 1525-The German peasants' revolt is crushed by the ruling class and church. 7 May 1530 – Birth of Louis, Prince of...

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  04 mai 2014 ( #borgia, #hillary mantel, #history, #medici, #the borgias, #the tudors, #the white queen, #Tudors, #war of the roses, #wolf hall )

  4 May 1471-Battle of Tewkesbury. The Battle of Tewkesbury was one of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses. The forces loyal to the House of Lancaster were completely defeated by those of the rival House of York under their monarch, King Edward...

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  18 mai 2014 ( #anne boleyn, #arthur tudor, #catherine of aragon, #elizabeth I, #henry VIII, #jane seymour, #mary I, #mary stuart, #tudors )

  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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  15 mai 2014 ( #anne boleyn, #cranmer, #cromwell, #henry VIII, #margaret tudor, #mary stuart, #medici, #tudors, #william kingston )

  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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  16 mai 2014 ( #anne boleyn, #execution, #george boleyn, #henry norris, #henry VIII, #mark smeaton, #thomas wyatt, #tudors, #wolsey )

  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...

• Today in Tudor History

  03 mai 2014 ( #anne boleyn, #cranmer, #cromwell, #Élisabeth of France, #francis weston, #Louis XVI, #niccolo machiavell, #pope jiulius II, #Tudors )

  3 May 1152 - Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England 3 May 1415 - Birth of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV and Richard III 3 May 1446 - Birth of Margaret of York also by marriage known as Margaret of Burgundy –she was the third wife of Charles...

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  12 mai 2014 ( #alexander VI, #anne boleyn, #charles brandon, #francis weston, #mary stuart, #mary tudor, #thomas cromwell, #tudors )

  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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  11 mai 2014 ( #francis weston, #henry norris, #henry viii, #mark smeaton, #the tudors, #thomas howard, #tudors, #william brereton )

  12 May 1521 - Martin Luther's books were burned by Bishop Fisher at Paul's Cross A stained glass portrayal of Luther 12 May 1536 Trial of Sir Henry Norris, Sir William Brereton, Sir Francis Weston and Mark Smeaton The trial took place at Westminster Hall.They...

• On this day in Tudor history, 29th April...

  29 avril 2014 ( #boleyn, #chapuis, #charles V, #dacre, #england, #history, #norris, #tudors )

  29 April 1500 -Birth of William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre of Gillesland He was the son of Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre of Gillesland and Elizabeth Greystoke, Baroness Greystoke. He married Elizabeth Talbot, daughter of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury...

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  05 mai 2014 ( #anne boleyn, #francis bryan, #history, #richard page, #the tudors, #thomas cromwell, #thomas wyatt, #tudor )

  5 May 1535 – Death of Charles Booth, Bishop of Hereford 5 May 1536-Thomas Wyatt was imprisoned in the Tower accused of adulterous liaisons with Queen Anne Boleyn Sir Richard Page, an English courtier,gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Vice-Chamberlain...

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  13 mai 2014 ( #catherine of aragon, #cromwell, #evil may day, #henry IV, #henry VIII, #jane seymour, #tudors )

  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...

• On this day in Tudor history, 28th April...

  28 avril 2014 ( #Edward IV, #elizabeth I, #england, #history, #plantagenet, #tudor, #tudors )

  28 April 1603-Funeral of Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called "The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana" or "Good Queen Bess", Elizabeth was...

• Today in Tudor History...

  10 mai 2014 ( #elizabeth of york, #henry vII, #henry VIII, #reginald pole, #thomas cromwell, #thomas wyatt, #tudors )

  11 May 1500 - Birth of Reginald Pole Reginald Pole was an English cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office during the Counter Reformation.He was the son of Sir Richard Pole and Margaret...

• Today in Tudor History

  02 mai 2014 ( #anne boleyn, #henry VIII, #history, #leonardo da vinci, #on this day, #tower of london, #tudors )

  2 May 1507-Martin Luther Celebrates His First Mass 2 May 1517-John Lincoln was imprisoned in the Tower for being an instigator of the Evil May Day Riots. 2 May 1536-Anne Boleyn was arrested for Adultery, Incest, Treason, Witchcraft and interrogated by...

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  08 mai 2014 ( #anne boleyn, #cromwell, #henry VII, #henry VIII, #james V, #mary of guise, #tudors )

  9 May 1509 - The body of Henry VII was taken in a black chariot from Richmond Palace to St Paul’s Cathedral 9 May 1514- The Court of Aldermen gave permission for Thomas More to appoint a deputy in his office 9 May 1536 - The King has summoned Cromwell...

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  14 mai 2014 ( #anne boleyn, #chapuys, #charles V, #george boleyn, #henry VIII, #trial, #tudor )

  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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  05 mai 2014 ( #anne boleyn, #henry VIII, #richard III, #the tudors, #tudors, #wars of the rose )

  6 May 1471 –Execution of Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, 6th Earl of Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, 3rd Earl of Dorset He was an English nobleman, and a military commander during the Wars of the Roses, in which he supported the House of Lancaster....

• On this day in Tudor history, 30th April...

  30 avril 2014 ( #anne boleyn, #henry VIII, #history, #on this day, #tudors )

  30 April 1513-Execution of Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk 30 April 1527-Henry VIII and François I sign treaty of Westminster. 30 April 1532 - James Bainham was burned at Smithfield for heresy. 30 April 1536 The beginning of the end for Anne Boleyn...

• Today in Tudor History...

  07 mai 2014 ( #elizabeth I, #Henry VI, #henry VIII, #tudors )

  8 May 1450- Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI. 8 May 1473 - Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire He was an English nobleman, the youngest son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham. In 1461 he was made a Knight...

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  09 mai 2014 ( #anne boleyn, #henry VIII, #Tudors )

  10 May 1509 – Birth of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby,English nobleman.In 1528, he accompanied Cardinal Wolsey on a mission to France, and in 1530, he was one of the peers who gave Pope Clement VII the declaration regarding Henry's divorce from Catherine...

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  13 janvier 2015

  17 January 1501 - Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna 1504 –Birth of Pope Pius V 1517 – Birth of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk and father of Lady Jane Grey. 1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route...

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  30 janvier 2015

  2 February 1461 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England. 1536 – Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1542 – Portuguese forces under Cristovão da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort...

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  30 janvier 2015

  29 January 1536 – Funeral of Catherine of Aragon 1536 – Queen Anne Boleyn suffered a miscarriage 1547 – Edward VI informed of Henry VIII’s death 1584 – Birth of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange 1595 - William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is probably...

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  23 janvier 2015

  24 January 1502 – Henry VII ratified the Treaty of Perpetual Peace 1536 – Henry VIII suffered a serious jousting accident.Henry, in full armour, was thrown from his horse, itself armoured, which then fell on top of him. He was unconscious for two hours...