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1501 CE - 1536 CE: Life of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England.
1522 CE: Anne Boleyn arrives at the court of Henry VIII of England.
1529 CE: Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio presides over a special court to decide the annulment of the first marriage of Henry VIII of England. No decision is reached.
1532 CE: Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor over Henry VIII of England's plans to remarry.
1532 CE: Henry VIII of England travels to France with Anne Boleyn as his official consort.
1533 CE: Henry VIII of England marries his second wife, Anne Boleyn, in secret.
1533 CE: Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury formally annuls Henry VIII of England’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
1533 CE: Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, is crowned Queen of England.
1533 CE: Birth of Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII of England and Anne Boleyn. She is the future Elizabeth I of England.
1536 CE: Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, is confined to the Tower of London.
1536 CE: Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, formally annuls the marriage of Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn.
1536 CE: Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and second wife of Henry VIII of England is executed at the Tower of London.