Anne Boleyn (c. 1501-1536) was the second wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547). Anne, sometimes known as 'Anne of a Thousand Days' in reference to her short reign as queen, was accused of adultery and executed in the Tower of London in May 1536.
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c. 1501 - 1536Life of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England.
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1522Anne Boleyn arrives at the court of Henry VIII of England.
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4 Mar 1522Anne Boleyn makes her first appearance at the English court when she participates in the Green Castle Pageant playing the part of the virtue "Perseverance" and wearing a white satin gown embroidered with gold thread.
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Jun 1529Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio presides over a special court to decide the annulment of the first marriage of Henry VIII of England. No decision is reached.
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5 Jan 1531Pope Clement VII forbids Henry VIII of England from divorcing his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and marrying Anne Boleyn, sparking the Protestant Reformation in England when Henry VIII defies the pope.
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1532Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor over Henry VIII of England's plans to remarry.
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Oct 1532Henry VIII of England travels to France with Anne Boleyn as his official consort.
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25 Jan 1533Henry VIII of England marries his second wife, Anne Boleyn, in secret.
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23 May 1533Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury formally annuls Henry VIII of England’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
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1 Jun 1533Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, is crowned Queen of England.
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1 Jun 1533Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey with Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer officiating. At the time, she was six months pregnant with the daughter who would become Queen Elizabeth I.
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7 Sep 1533Birth of Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII of England and Anne Boleyn. She is the future Elizabeth I of England.
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2 May 1536Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, is confined to the Tower of London.
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2 May 1536Anne Boleyn is arrested on charges of adultery and high treason and taken to the Tower of London. She was tried on 15 May and executed by beheading on 19 May.
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17 May 1536Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, formally annuls the marriage of Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn.
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19 May 1536Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and second wife of Henry VIII of England is executed at the Tower of London.
