1485 CE - 1536 CE: Life of Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII of England and mother of Mary I of England.

1485 CE: Catherine of Aragon, future wife of Henry VIII of England, is born.

1489 CE: Henry VII of England and King Ferdinand II of Aragon arrange for their children, Prince Arthur and Princess Catherine of Aragon, to marry at a future date.

1501 CE: Prince Arthur of England and Princess Catherine of Aragon marry.

1502 CE: Prince Arthur of England, first husband of Catherine of Aragon, dies of illness.

1502 CE: Henry VII of England arranges for his second son Henry (future Henry VIII of England) to marry Catherine of Aragon at a future date.

1509 CE: Prince Henry (future Henry VIII of England) marries Catherine of Aragon.

1516 CE: Birth of Mary, daughter of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon. She is the future Mary I 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.

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.

1534 CE: Parliament passes the Act of Succession which declares Henry VIII of England's daughter Mary (with Catherine of Aragon) illegitimate.

1536 CE: Death from cancer of Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII of England.