It happened today – on this day in history – March 8
1531: Henry VIII is recognised as supreme head of Church in England by the Convocation of Canterbury. 1702: Queen Anne
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It happened today – on this day in history – March 7
322BC: Death of Aristotle. 1274: Death of Italian theologian Thomas Aquinas. 1530: Henry VIII’s request to divorce Catherine of Aragon
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It happened today – this day in history – January 28
814: Death of Charlemagne aged 71. 1099: Siege of Hosn-el-Akrad, Syria, during the First Crusade. 1225: Birth of St Thomas
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It happened today – this day in history – January 25
1327: Edward III acceeds to the English throne after the abdication of Edward II. 1533: Henry VIII marries his second
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It happened today – this day in history – January 15
1412: Birth of Joan of Arc. 1535: Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church in England. 1552: France signs
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It happened today – this day in history – November 15
1492: Christopher Columbus makes the first recorded reference to tobacco. 1515: Thomas Wolsey is invested as a cardinal. 1532: Pope
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It happened today – this day in history – November 14
1380: King Charles VI of France is crowned at age 12. 1524: Francisco Pizarro begins his first great expedition, near
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It happened today – this day in history – October 15
70BC: Birth of Roman poet Virgil. 1501: Heir to the throne and older brother of Henry VIII, Prince Arthur, marries
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It happened today – this day in history – October 4
1539: Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves. 1669: Death of Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn aged 66. 1777: General George
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It happened today – this day in history – September 18
1180: Death of Louis VII, King of France. 1544: Henry VIII’s troops occupy Boulogne. 1709: Birth of lexicographer Samuel Johnson
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