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England in 1516

Historical records for England in 1516, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

16Records
13Events
5Named people
2Places
4Categories

Historical records

January

January 1516Death of Catherine of AragonCatherine of Aragon

House / House of Tudor

Death of Ferdinand of Aragon, Catherines father

February

18 February 1516Birth of Mary IMary I

London · House / House of Tudor

Birth of Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon

18 February 1516Birth of Mary ICatherine of Aragon

Greenwich · House / House of Tudor

Gives birth to Mary Tudor at Greenwich Palace.

18 February 1516Birth of Mary IMary I

Greenwich · House / House of Tudor

Birth of Mary Tudor daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

20 February 1516BaptismMary I

Greenwich · House / House of Tudor

Mary is baptized soon after her birth at Greenwich

20 February 1516Baptism of Mary IMary I

Greenwich · House / House of Tudor

Mary Tudor is baptised at Greenwich soon after her birth.

February 1516Princess RecognizedMary I

London · House / House of Tudor

Mary is recognized as Henry VIII's surviving legitimate child

May

2 May 1516Star ChamberThomas Wolsey

London · Government / Government of England

Delivers his policy for law enforcement before the Council

Other Events

1516Birth of future Queen Mary ICatherine of Aragon

London · House / House of Tudor

Gives birth to the future Queen Mary I

1516History of Richard IIIThomas More

Humanities / Social Science

Publication of "History of Richard III"

1516Household of WolseyThomas Cromwell Essex, 1st

Government / Government of England

From 1516 to 1530, Cromwell is a member of the household of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

1516no placeThomas More

Arts / Literature

Utopia is an Island, Greek for "no place" where everything is shared. Raphael Hythloday describes the politics of the island country of Utopia. Greek, alludes to archangel Raphael, purveyor of truth, and mean "speaker of nonsense"

1516ReaderThomas More

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Reader at Lincolns Inn

1516speaker of nonsenseThomas More

Arts / Literature

Utopia is an Island, Greek for "no place" where everything is shared. Raphael Hythloday describes the politics of the island country of Utopia. Greek, alludes to archangel Raphael, purveyor of truth, and mean "speaker of nonsense"

1516UtopiaThomas More

Arts / Literature

Raphael Hythloday describes the politics of the island country of Utopia. Greek, alludes to archangel Raphael, purveyor of truth, and mean "speaker of nonsense"

1516UtopiaThomas More

Arts / Literature

Utopia is an Island, Greek for "no place" where everything is shared. Raphael Hythloday describes the politics of the island country of Utopia. Greek, alludes to archangel Raphael, purveyor of truth, and mean "speaker of nonsense"

Names involved

Catherine of AragonMary IThomas Cromwell Essex, 1stThomas MoreThomas Wolsey

Places involved

GreenwichLondon

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.