#OTD 7th March 1530 Pope Clement VII forbade King Henry VIII from marrying again until the annulment case concerning his first marriage had been decided. www.instagram.com/p/DVkVoT4gfy... #PopeClementVII #CatholicChurch #KingHenryVIII #TheKingsGreatMatter #Tudors #History

#OTD 6th March 1597 William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, courtier & diplomat, died at Blackfriars. www.instagram.com/p/DVhw2qsklX... #WilliamBrooke #10thBaronCobham #LordWardenoftheCinquePorts #ConstableofDoverCastle #LordLieutenant #ViceAdmiralofKent #PrivyCouncillor #Tudors #History

#OTD 6th March 1547 Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, was stripped of the Great Seal of his Lord Chancellorship & was confined to his home at Ely Place www.instagram.com/p/DVhxBxJAIl... #ThomasWriothesley #EarlofSouthampton #LordChancellor #Tudors #History

#ThrowbackThursday Letter from King François II of France to Antoine de Noailles Blois 4th November 1559 www.instagram.com/p/DVfMfpdlPd... #Letter #KingFrançoisIIofFrance #AntoinedeNoailles #MaryQueenofScots #ValoisAngoulême #Stuarts #Scotland #France #History

#OTD 5th March 1549 A Bill of Attainder was passed against Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley. www.instagram.com/p/DVfL_psCSb... #ThomasSeymour #BaronSeymourofSudeley #KingEdwardVI #Seymour #Tudors #History

#OTD 5th March 1496 Letters patent issued to the Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) by King Henry VII www.instagram.com/p/DVfMOxxDuT... #GiovanniCaboto #JohnCabot #Explorer #Navigator #Italian #KingHenryVII #Tudors #History

#OTD 4th March 1584 Bernard Gilpin, reformer and preacher, died in Durham. The theologian was known as the “Apostle of the North” because he toured Northern England preaching as he went. #BernardGilpin #ApostleoftheNorth #Tudors #History

#OTD 4th March 1526 Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, courtier and administrator, was born. He was the only son of William Carey and his wife, Mary Boleyn. #HenryCarey #BaronHunsdon #Courtier #Tudors #History

#TudorTuesday King Henry VIII Joos van Cleve c.1535 It is more than likely that Flemish artist Joos van Cleve painted this portrait without ever seeing King Henry VIII. www.instagram.com/p/DVaCrWJjWi... #Portrait #JoosvanCleve #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#OTD 3rd March 1500 Cardinal Reginald Pole was born at Stourton Castle, Staffordshire. www.instagram.com/p/DVaCcN0kXn... #ReginaldPole #CardinalPole #ArchbishopofCanterbury #Tudors #History

#OTD 3rd March 1551 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth, Lord Chamberlain during the reign of King Edward VI died. www.instagram.com/p/DVaCNbzmic... #ThomasWentworth #BaronWentworth #LordChancellor #Juror #KingHenryVIII #KingEdwardVI #Tudors #History

#OTD 2nd March 1545 Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of The Bodleian Library was born in Exeter. The scholar and diplomat was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. He served Queen Elizabeth I as a Gentleman Usher. #SirThomasBrodley #Scholar #BodleianLibrary #Tudors #History

#OTD 1st March 1577 Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland was born at Roxwell, Essex, to Sir Jerome Weston and his wife, Mary Cave. www.instagram.com/p/DVU5IxAjSh... #RichardWeston #EarlofPortland #MemberofParliament #ChancelloroftheExchequer #Tudors #Stuarts #History

#OTD 1st March 1602 Herbert Westfaling, Bishop of Hereford, died at Hereford. The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford wrote a collection of sermons entitled A Treatise of Reformation in Religion. #HerbertWestfaling #BishopofHereford #Tudors #History

#OTD 1st March 1562 The Massacre of Wassy (also known as The Massacre of Vassy) took place. www.instagram.com/p/DVU4o0pDMg... #MassacreofWassy #MassacreofVassy #Huguenots #FrancisofGuise #DukeofGuise #France #History

#OTD 28th February 1533 Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, French philosopher and author was born at the Château de Montaigne, Guyenne, France www.instagram.com/p/DVSTxIcEr2... #MichelEyquemdeMontaigne #Philosopher #Author #Writing #Essais #France #History

#OTD 28th February 1518 François, the son of King François I of France and his wife, Claude, Duchess of Brittany was born at the Château d'Amboise. www.instagram.com/p/DVSTaVMiKt... #François #DauphinofFrance #DukeofBrittany #Valois #France #History

#OTD 28th February 1556 Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester was buried in a Chantry tomb in Winchester Cathedral. He had died on 12th November 1555. #StephenGardiner #BishopofWinchester #LordChancellor #QueenMaryI #Tudors #History

#OTD 28th February 1551 Martin Bucer, Theologian and Protestant reformer died in Cambridge. He was buried in Great St Mary’s church and his funeral was attended by 3,000 people. #MartinBucer #Reformer #German #Theologian #Cambridge #Tudors #History

#OTD 27th February 1594 King Henri III of Navarre was crowned King of France at Chartres Cathedral www.instagram.com/p/DVPvTXSkbT... #KingHenriIIIofNavarre #KingHenriIVofFrance #KingofNavarre #KingofFrance #Bourbon #France #History

#OTD 27th February 1545 The Battle of Ancrum Moor took place near Jedburgh. English forces were defeated; 800 English soldiers were killed and another 100 were taken prisoner. #BattleofAncrumMoor #Scotland #England #Stewarts #Stuarts #Tudors #History

#ThrowbackThursday Baldassare Castiglione Raphael 1514-1515 www.instagram.com/p/DVNK-wrkfd... #BaldassareCastiglione #Portrait #ArtHistory #Raphael #Mantua #16thCentury #Italy #History

#OTD 26th February 1548 George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, courtier, was born. He was the eldest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon & his wife, Anne Morgan. George was the grandson of Mary Boleyn. #GeorgeCarey #BaronHunsdon #Tudors #History

#OTD 26th February 1564 Christopher Marlowe, poet and playwright was baptised at St George’s Canterbury. He was the son of John Marlowe & his wife, Katherine Arthur. #ChristopherMarlowe #KitMarlowe #Poet #Playwright #Tamburlaine #ThePassionateShepherdToHisLove #Tudors #History

#OTD 25th February 1570 Excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I by Pope Pius V. www.instagram.com/p/DVKlqYXlcl... #PopePiusV #QueenElizabethI #ElizabethI #excommunication #Tudors #History

#OTD 25th February 1601 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex was executed at Liberties of the Tower, within the precinct of The Tower of London. www.instagram.com/p/DVKl3w8lGJ... #RobertDevereux #EarlofEssex #QueenElizabethI #RoyalFavourite #EssexRebellion #Tudors #History

#TudorTuesday Purse 16th century Germany Silk, metal In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. #Purse #Silk #Metal #Germany #History

#OTD 24th February 1500 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor was born to Philip, Duke of Burgundy and Archduke of Austria, and his wife, Juana of Castile, in Ghent. www.instagram.com/p/DVIA1r4E6-... #CharlesV #KingofSpain #HolyRomanEmperor #DukeofBurgundy #Hapsburg #Spain #History

#OTD 24th February 1582 Pope Gregory XIII commissioned a new style of calendar which was named The Gregorian Calendar in his honour. #GregoryXIII #PopeGregoryXIII #GregorianCalendar #16thCentury #Italy #History

#OTD 23rd February 1554 Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, was executed on Tower Hill, just 11 days after his daughter, Lady Jane Grey. www.instagram.com/p/DVFaYscjVL... #HenryGrey #DukeofSuffolk #LadyJaneGrey #Tudors #History

#OTD 23rd February 1525 Start of the Battle of Pavia during the Italian Wars of 1521-1526. The Imperial troops of Emperor Charles V defeated those of King François I of France. #BattleofPavia #EmperorCharles #KingFrancoisI #Spain #France #ItalianWars #Hapsburg #Valois #History

#OTD 23rd February 1503 The burial took place of Elizabeth of York, wife of King Henry VII and mother of King Henry VIII, at Westminster Abbey. #ElizabethofYork #QueenElizabeth #HouseofYork #WhiteRose #Yorkist #KingHenryVII #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#OTD 22nd February 1511 Henry, Duke of Cornwall, son of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, died. He was just fifty-two days old. www.instagram.com/p/DVC3e0aoNo... #HenryDukeofCornwall #KatherineofAragon #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#OTD 22nd February 1540 Mary of Guise, wife of King James V of Scotland was crowned in Holyrood Abbey. She was pregnant at the time. www.instagram.com/p/DVC3QN_E1W... #MaryofGuise #KingJamesVofScotland #QueenofScotland #Guise #Stewart #HolyroodAbbey #Edinburgh #Scotland #History

#OTD 21st February 1590 Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, Master of the Ordnance and Privy Councillor, died at Bedford House on the Strand. www.instagram.com/p/DVASq4ZDX8... #AmbroseDudley #EarlofWarwick #MasteroftheOrdnance #PrivyCouncillor #Tudors #History

#OTD 21st February 1568 Katherine Grey, Countess of Hertford was buried at Yoxford. Years later, Katherine’s grandson had her remains re-interred in the Seymour family tomb at Salisbury Cathedral. #KatherineGrey #CountessofHertford #Tudors #History

#OTD 20th February 1552 Anne Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and sister of Katherine Parr died at Baynard’s Castle. www.instagram.com/p/DU9t72FCrb... #AnneParr #AnneHerbert #CountessofPembroke #Tudors #History

#OTD 20th February 1516 Mary Tudor (the future Queen Mary I), daughter of King Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon was baptised in the Church of the Observant Friars at Greenwich. www.instagram.com/p/DU9uMkmDJW... #MaryTudor #QueenMaryI #KingHenryVIII #KatherineofAragon #Tudors #History

#OTD 20th February 1547 Nine year old King Edward VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury www.instagram.com/p/DU9tp63jyh... #EdwardVI #KingEdwardVI #BoyKing #YoungKing #Coronation #Tudors #History

#ThrowbackThursday George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury Unknown artist Inscribed 1582 www.instagram.com/p/DU7juqVDcL... #GeorgeTalbot #EarlofShrewsbury #BessofHardwick #MaryQueenofScots #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

#OTD 19th February 1567 Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, imprisoned in The Tower of London was informed of the murder of her son, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley. www.instagram.com/p/DU7jiYKoAk... #MargaretDouglas #CountessofLennox #Tudors #History

#OTD 19th February 1594 Henry Stuart, son of King James VI of Scotland & his wife, Anne of Denmark was born at Stirling Castle. When King James VI succeeded to the English throne, Henry became Prince of Wales. #HenryStuart #PrinceofWales #Stuarts #Scotland #England #History

#OTD 18th February 1564 Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni known to many as Michelangelo died in Rome. #Michelangelo #MichelangelodiLodovicoBuonarrotiSimoni #HighRenaissance #SistineChapel #Caprese #Florence #Italy #History

#OTD 18th February 1516 Mary Tudor (the future Queen Mary I) was born at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich (Greenwich Palace). She became England’s first Queen Regnant when she ascended the throne in 1553. #MaryTudor #QueenMaryI #QueenofEngland #Tudors #History

#OTD 18th February 1503 Henry Tudor (the future King Henry VIII) was created Prince of Wales. #HenryTudor #HenryPrinceofWales #PrinceofWales #KingHenryVII #KjngHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#OTD 18th February 1563 François de Lorraine, Duke of Guise, was wounded by Huguenot assassin, Jean de Poltrot. He died six days later. #FrançoisdeLorraine #DukeofGuise #Guise #France #History

#TudorTuesday Chest with Coats of Arms French Early 16th Century Oak, iron mounts www.instagram.com/p/DU1_u-CCXR... #Chest #CoatsofArms #Oak #IronMounts #KingCharlesVIIIofFrance #KingFrançoisIofFrance #Valois #ValoisAngoulême #France #History

#OTD 17th February 1557 Henry Radcliffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex, died at Cannon Row, Westminster. He was buried firstly at St Laurence Pountney and then moved to Boreham in Essex. #HenryRadcliffe #EarlofSussex #Tudors #History

#OTD 17th February 1547 Edward Seymour, uncle of King Edward VI, was made Duke of Somerset. The power behind the throne during his nephew’s minority www.instagram.com/p/DU1_V6Bj1z... #EdwardSeymour #LordHertford #DukeofSomerset #LordProtector #Tudors #History

#OTD 17th February 1598 Boris Godunov was elected Tsar of Russia by the Zemsky Sobor (national assembly), after the death of Tsar Feodor I. He was crowned 1st September 1598. #BorisGodunov #TsarBorisGodunov #TsarofRussia #Russia #Godunov #EuropeanHistory #History