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1511 Jan 1	Birth of Henry's first son
1513	Thomas Wolsey organises expedition to France
1513 Jun	Henry sails to France
1513 Aug 16	Battle of the Spurs and fall of Therouanne
1513 Sep	Fall of Tournai
1513 Sep 9	Battle of Flodden
1514 Aug	English - French peace treaty
1514 Aug	Louis XII marries Princess Mary
1514 Sep	Thomas Wolsey becomes archbishop of York
1516 Feb 18	Birth of Mary
1517	A new crusade is proposed
1517	Plague
1518 Oct	Treaty of London (Universal Peace)

James IV

Scotland

1488

Louis XII

France

1498

1514 Aug	English - French peace treaty
1514 Aug	Louis XII marries Princess Mary
1515 Jan 1	Death of Louis XII

Francis I

France

1515

1515 Jan 1	Death of Louis XII
1518 Oct	Treaty of London (Universal Peace)

Henry VIII and his Six Wives

1511	Jan 1	Birth of Henry's first son
		Catherine gave birth to a boy on the first of January but the child did not live long and died in February of the same year.
1515	Sep 22	Birth of Anne of Cleves
		Anne of Cleves was born in Duesseldorf, Germany.
1516	Feb 18	Birth of Mary
		All of Catherine of Aragon's children died in infancy until Princess Mary was born in February of 1516. Mary was healthy and Henry was happy to have an heir. But Henry would have been happier to have a son.

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People who played important roles in this time period

Wolsey, Thomas (Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of York)
Thomas Wolsey was an important adviser to Henry VIII. He was born in 1472. His father was a butcher. He was destined for the church and studied at Magdalen College in Oxford. In 1497 he became a fellow of the college and a year later was ordained as a priest. In 1507 Wolsey was given the position of (more...)

James (IV, King of Scotland 1488-1513)
King of Scotland.

Mary (Daughter of Henry VII)
Princess Mary was the daughter of Henry VII and the younger sister of Henry VIII. It was usual for the daughters of Kings to be married into other royal families to strengthen political ties. Mary was no exception and it was planned for her to marry Prince Charles, Duke of Burgundy (the future Holy (more...)

Brandon, Charles (Duke of Suffolk)
Charles was a friend of Henry VIII who ran off with Henry's younger sister Mary after Mary's arranged marriage with Louis XII ended when Louis died in 1515. Charles and Mary were secretly married. They were both caught and forced to pay a fine. One of Charles and Mary's descendants was Lady Jane Gre (more...)

Mary (I, Queen of England 1553-1558, Bloody Mary)
Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon had several children but all of them died as infants except Mary. Mary was born on February 18, 1516. Henry was happy to have a healthy child but he would have preferred to have a boy to ensure the succession of the English throne to a male heir. As (more...)

Charles (V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-58) and I, King of Spain (1516-56))
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Battles that took place in this time period

1513 Aug 16 - Battle of the Spurs and fall of Therouanne
The French cavalry arrived to assist the town of Therouanne which was under siege from the English. The French horsemen were attacked and turned and fled with the English in hot pursuit across the area of Guingate. The battle was known as the Battle of the Spurs due to the speed of the French retreat from the battlefield. The town of Therouanne fell to the English a couple of weeks later. The English entered the town and raised it to the ground.

1513 Sep 9 - Battle of Flodden
James IV of Scotland's invasion of England came to an end at the Battle of Flodden where he was killed. The English were led by Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. Henry VIII was in France at the time.

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Building work undertaken in this time period

No building work found for this time period in the current database.

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