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Eighth Parliament

England · Government / Government of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1542

Henry VIII16 January 1542

London · Government / Government of England

Henry VIII opens his eighth Parliament at Westminster, beginning a session dealing with major Tudor political and religious business.

Names involved

Henry VIII

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