Historical place archive

St James Palace in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at St James Palace in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

12 records6 event labels5 people1558โ€“1665

Historical events in St James Palace

1558

17 November 1558
Calais Lament
Mary I ยท House of Tudor

Later tradition links Mary's deathbed grief with the loss of Calais

17 November 1558
Calais Lament
Mary I ยท House of Tudor

Later tradition links Mary's deathbed sorrow with the loss of Calais

17 November 1558
Death of Mary I
Mary I ยท House of Tudor

Death of Mary I at St James Palace

17 November 1558
Death of Mary I
Mary I ยท House of Tudor

Mary I dies and Elizabeth succeeds to the throne

17 November 1558
Death of Mary I
Mary I ยท House of Tudor

Mary dies and Elizabeth succeeds to the English throne

17 November 1558
Death of Mary I
Mary I ยท House of Tudor

Mary dies at St James Palace after a reign of five years

17 November 1558
Death of Mary I
Mary I ยท House of Tudor

Mary dies at St James Palace and her reign ends

17 November 1558
Memory of Calais
Mary I ยท House of Tudor

Mary's reign ends with Calais remembered as a severe political loss

1662

30 April 1662
Birth of eldest child
Mary II ยท House of Stuart

Mary II, eldest child of James Duke of York and Anne Hyde, is born at St James Palace.

30 April 1662
Birth of Mary II
Anne Hyde ยท House of Hyde

Anne Hyde gives birth to Mary, the future Queen Mary II, at St James Palace.

30 April 1662
Birth of Mary II
James Stuart ยท House of Stuart

James Duke of York becomes father of Mary, later Queen Mary II.

1665

6 February 1665
Birth of Anne
Anne ยท House of Stuart

Birth of Anne, second daughter of James Duke of York and Anne Hyde.

Provenance

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