Henry VIII General Dates

Question 1

When was Henry VIII born? (2)

Answer 1

28th June, 1491

Question 2

When were Prince Arthur & Catherine of Aragon married?

Answer 2

1501

Question 3

When did Prince Arthur die? (1)

Answer 3

1502

Question 4

When was the papal dispensation for Henry’s marriage to Catherine granted? (2)

Answer 4

March, 1501

Question 5

What is ‘papal dispensation’?

Answer 5

When the pope gives special permission for something.

Question 6

When were Henry & Catherine married? (2)

Answer 6

June 11th, 1509

Question 7

When does Henry become King?

Answer 7

1509

Question 8

When was Princess Mary born?

Answer 8

1516

Question 9

When did Henry, secretly, marry Anne Boleyn? (2)

Answer 9

January 25th, 1533

Question 10

What happened in April, 1533? (2)

Answer 10

Thomas Cranmer, the archbishop of Canterbury, (1) annulled Henry’s marriage to Catherine (1)

Question 11

When was Anne crowned queen?

Answer 11

May 31st, 1533

Question 12

When is Princess Elizabeth born? (2)

Answer 12

7th September, 1533

Question 13

Who was Thomas More? (3)

Answer 13

He was Henry’s tutor & advisor (1)

He would become Chancellor of England (1) after the fall of Wolsey (1)

Question 14

When and why was Thomas More executed? (2)

Answer 14

1535

He refused to accept Henry as Head of the English Church

Question 15

When did Catherine of Aragon die? (2)

Answer 15

January 7th, 1536

Question 16

When & where was Anne Boleyn executed? (3)

Answer 16

May 19th, 1536 at the Tower of London

Question 17

In what year was Edward born & Jane Seymour die?

Answer 17

1537

Question 18

What happened to his marriage to Anne of Cleves?

Answer 18

It was annulled in July (1) having only been married in January 1540 (2)

Question 19

What happened to his fifth wife, Catherine Howard? (3)

Answer 19

She was executed for adultery in February, 1542

Question 20

When did Henry VIII die? (2)

Answer 20

He died on January 28th, 1547