11 June 1509 – Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon marry at Greenwich
On 11th June 1509, seventeen year-old King Henry VIII married twenty-three year-old Catherine of Aragon, his brother Arthur's…
June 2015
10 June 1540 – Thomas Cromwell is arrested
On this day in history, at 3pm on 10th June 1540, Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, Lord…
7 June 1536 – A water pageant for Queen Jane Seymour
On 7th June 1536, three days after she had been proclaimed queen at Greenwich, there was a water…
4 June 1536 – Jane Seymour proclaimed Queen at Greenwich
According to Charles Wriothesley, chronicler and Windsor Herald, it was on 4th June 1536, Whitsunday, that Henry VIII's…
3 June 1535 – Sir Thomas More is interrogated
On 3rd June 1535, Sir Thomas More, Henry VIII's former Lord Chancellor, was interrogated in the Tower of…
2 June 1536 – Jane Seymour appears in public as queen
On this day in history, Friday 2nd June 1536, Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, made her first…
32 Londoners: Anne Boleyn commemorated on the London Eye – 11 June
One of the curators behind 32 Londoners of the London Eye has contacted to let me know that…