1496
Alliance Henry VII and English diplomatic interests
Henry joins a wider European alliance intended to restrain French power and protect English diplomatic interests.
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Henry joins a wider European alliance intended to restrain French power and protect English diplomatic interests.
Membership of the Holy League aligns England with Ferdinand, Maximilian and Pope Alexander VI against Charles VIII.
Negotiations for the actual betrothal of Catherine of Aragon to Prince Arthur begin
Henry VII grants a patent to John & Sebastian Cabot to search for new lands
Henry VII grants John Cabot and his sons authority to seek unknown lands under the English flag.
Claude of Lorraine is born and later founds the ducal House of Guise
Princess Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, is born at Richmond.
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