Born – 6th January 1412 Died – 30th May 1431 (executed) Father – Jacques d’Arc (1380 – 1440) Mother – Isabelle Romée (1377 – 1458) Spouse – Not married Children – No children 1412 (6th January) Joan of Arc was born to Jacques d’Arc and Isabelle Romee in Domrémy, France. Domrémy was a small village close … Read more
Born – 17th January 1517 Died – Executed 23rd February 1554 Father – Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset (1477 – 1530) Mother – Margaret Wotton (1485 – 1535) Spouse – Frances Brandon (1517 – 1559) Children – Jane (1537 – 1554), Katherine (1540 – 1568), Mary (1545 – 1578); by Adrian Stokes – Elizabeth (1555 … Read more
Father – Henry Parker 10th Baron Morley
Mother – Alice St John
Spouse – George Boleyn
Children – None
Father – Sir Randle Brereton
Mother – Eleanor Dutton
Spouse – Elizabeth Somerset, Lady Savage
Children – Henry, Thomas
Father – Sir Edward Norris
Mother – Frideswide Lovel
Spouse – Mary Fiennes
Children – Henry, Edward, Mary
This timeline is a chronology of the main events of the protest against religious changes and the closure of the monasteries known as the Pilgrimage of Grace. Background 1534 (Summer) The small order of Friars Observant in London was closed and their seven houses acquired by the crown. Father Forrest from the Greenwich Friars Observant was … Read more
Father – Thomas Cranmer
Mother – Agnes Hatfield
Spouse – Joan, Margarete Hetzel
Children – Margaret, Thomas
It is estimated that around 85,000 people were executed during the reigns of the Tudor Monarchs. This timeline details the most notable Tudor executions. See also: The Tudor Period 1485 – 1603 Tudor executions during the reign of King Henry VII 1485 – 1509 1485 (25th August) William Catesby aged about 35 years William Catesby … Read more
Born – 7th February 1478 Died – 6th July 1535 Father – Sir John More (1451 – 1530) Mother – Agnes Graunger (d. 1499) Spouses – m. 1505 – Jane Colt (d. 1499), m. 1511 – Alice Middleton (1474 – 1551) Children – by Jane – Margaret (1505 – 1544), Elizabeth (1506 – 1564), Cicely … Read more
Father – Walter Cromwell
Mother – Katherine Maverell
Spouse – Elizabeth Wyckes
Children – Gregory, Anne, Grace, Jane
Father – George Plantagenet
Mother – Isabel Neville
Spouse – Unmarried
Children – No Children
Father – A dairy farmer
Mother – not known
Spouse – Zlata Lilina
Children – Stefan
See Also: Stalin’s Russia 1922 – 1953
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Mother – unknown
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Born – 19th November 1600 Died – 30th January 1649 (executed) Father – King James I of England, VI of Scotland (1566 – 1625) Mother – Anne of Denmark (1574 – 1619) Spouse – Henrietta Maria of France (1609 – 1669) Children – Charles (1629), King Charles II (1630 – 1685), Mary (1631 – 1660), … Read more
Born – October 1537 Died – 12th February 1554 Father – Henry Grey (1517 – 1554) Mother – Frances Brandon (1517 – 1559) Spouse – Guildford Dudley (1535 – 1554) Children – No children Queen of England – 1553, 10th – 19th July Preceded by – King Edward VI 1547 – 1553 Succeeded by – … Read more
Born – 1521 Died – 13th February 1542 Father – Edmund Howard (1478 – 1539) Mother – Jocasta Culpeper (1480 – 1528) Spouse – King Henry VIII (1491 – 1547) Children – None Queen Consort of England – 1540 – 1542 1521 (around) Kathryn Howard (Catherine Howard) was born to Lord Edmund Howard (son of … Read more
Born – c1501 Died – 19th May 1536 (executed) Father – Thomas Boleyn (1477 – 1539) Mother – Elizabeth Howard (1480 – 1538) Spouse – m. 1533 – King Henry VIII (1491 – 1547) Children – Queen Elizabeth I (1533 – 1601) Queen Consort of England 1533 – 1536 Preceded by – Catherine of Aragon … Read more
Born – c.1474 Died – 23rd November 1499 (executed) Father – Jehan de Werbecque (dates unknown) Mother – Katherine Farou (dates unknown) Spouse – Catherine Gordon (c.1474 – 1537) Children – No children Known to History – Pretended to be Richard Duke of Shrewsbury, son of King Edward IV and challenged Henry VII’s place on … Read more
Born – 18th May 1868 Died – 17th July 1918 Royal House – Romanov Father – Tsar Alexander III of Russia (1845 – 1894) Mother – Maria Fyodorovna (1847 – 1928) Spouse – Alexandra Feodorovna – (1872 – 1918) Children – Olga (1895 – 1918), Tatiana (1897 – 1918), Maria (1899 – 1918), Anastasia (1901 … Read more
This timeline details the history of the Gunpowder Plot 1603 – 1606 1603 (24th March) King James VI of Scotland succeeded to the English throne as King James I after Elizabeth I died. James I was a committed Protestant but his mother was Catholic Mary Queen of Scots who had been executed in 1587. Catholics … Read more
This timeline details the main events that happened during the reign of the Tudors from the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 to the accession of James I in 1603 See also: Tudor Executions 1485 – 1603 22nd August 1485 Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was proclaimed King … Read more
This timeline details the main events of the Reformation and Counter Reformation in Europe 1517 – 1648 1516 (March) Erasmus published new Greek and Latin versions of the New Testament. 1517 (Autumn) Martin Luther was annoyed that a Dominican friar, Johann Tetzel, was preaching that the purchase of an indulgence would forgive sins. 1517 (31st … Read more
