31 May 1533 – Queen Anne Boleyn’s Coronation Procession
Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus by Hans Holbein the Younger - A design for a montage for…
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29 May 1533 – Anne Boleyn’s Coronation Celebrations Kick Off
The flotilla of man-powered boats at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee procession 2012Anne Boleyn was crowned queen on 1st…
23 May 1533 – The annulment of Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon
Now we're leaving the "bloody days" of 1536 and going back in time to 1533 when Anne Boleyn…
Passion Sunday 1533 – Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
On 30th March 1533, Passion Sunday, Thomas Cranmer, Archdeacon of Taunton, was consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury in…
23 March 1534 – The First Act of Succession
Engraving of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn by T. L. Raab after the painting by Fr. Pecht. On…
7 February 1526 – The Shrovetide Joust at Greenwich
Detail of a 14th century joust from the Codex ManesseShrove Tuesday 1526 was celebrated with a "solemn joust"…
28 January 1457 – Birth of Henry VII at Pembroke Castle
On 28th January 1457, thirteen year-old Margaret Beaufort gave birth to a son at Pembroke Castle, West Wales.…