Timeline of Key Dates | Timeline of Anne Boleyn Key events |
1502 | Anne Boleyn was born at Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England |
1515 | Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary were sent to France to finish their education |
1520 | The Field of Cloth of Gold where King Francois I of France met King Henry VIII watched by Anne Boleyn |
1522 | Anne Boleyn returned to England after 7 years in France |
1522 | She took up a position at the English royal court as lady-in-waiting to Catharine of Aragon |
March 1, 1522 | The first documented appearance by Anne Boleyn at the English Court was March 1, 1522 at a masque |
1522 | Anne Boleyn betrothed to Sir James Butler but Wolsey objected |
1522 | Anne Boleyn met and fell in love with Henry Percy a member of the Cardinal Wolsey retinue |
1522 | The were betrothed but the couple were split up by Cardinal Wolsey on the orders of King Henry VIII |
1525 | King Henry VIII has a brief affair with Mary Boleyn the sister of Anne Boleyn |
1526 March 4 | Mary Boleyn gives birth to a son, called Henry |
1526 | King Henry VIII becomes obsessed with Anne Boleyn |
1527 | "The King's Secret Matter" was no longer a secret. It became publicly known that Henry was seeking a divorce from Queen Catherine of Aragon |
1529 | Henry VIII dismissed Cardinal Thomas Wolsey |
1532 September 1 | Anne Boleyn was created Marchioness of Pembroke and accompanied King Henry VIII on a State visit to Calais in France |
1532 | Anne Boleyn becomes pregnant |
1533 | Thomas Cranmer grants the annulment of the marriage between Queen Catharine of Aragon and King Henry VIII |
1533 January 25th | King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn and is excommunicated by Pope Clement VII |
1533 May 29 | The coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn |
1533 September 7 | Daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is born who becomes Queen Elizabeth I |
1534 | Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII is declared Supreme Head of the Church of England |
1534 March 23 | Parliament passes Act of Succession. Only the children of King Henry VIII marriage to Anne Boleyn are his lawful heirs |
1534 July | Birth of Stillborn son to Anne Boleyn |
1535 | Queen Anne Boleyn becomes pregnant again |
1535 | King Henry VIII turns his attention to Jane Seymour |
1536 January 7 | Catherine of Aragon dies at Kimbolton Castle |
1536 January 29 | Queen Anne Boleyn miscarries |
1536 May 2nd | Queen Anne Boleyn is arrested and taken to the Tower of London |
1536 May 15th | Anne Boleyn is tried for treason, adultery and incest in the Great Hall of the Tower of London |
1536 May 19th | Anne Boleyn executed on Tower Green and she is buried in an unmarked grave in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula |
1536 May 20th | Jane Seymour and King Henry VIII were formally betrothed and they married ten days later |