#OTD 11th July 1536 Desiderius Erasmus, Humanist scholar, died from dysentery at Basel. His works included Novum Instrumentum omne (a Latin translation of the epistles and gospel), “De Copia” & “The Education of a Christian Prince” #DesideriusErasmus #Dutch #Netherlands #History

#OTD 11th July 1533 Pope Clement VII ordered King Henry VIII to give Anne Boleyn up & drew up a papal bull excommunicating the King of England. The Tudor monarch ignored Papal authority (as he would) #PopeClementVII #KingHenryVIII #AnneBoleyn #Tudors #History

#OTD 11th July 1593 Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian painter, died in Milan. He was best known for creating imaginative portraits made entirely of objects such as fruits, flowers and books. #GiuseppeArcimboldo #Painter #StillLife #Curiosities #Art #Milan #Italian #History

#OTD 10th July 1559 François, Dauphin of France & his wife, Mary, Queen of Scots acceded to the throne of France as King & Queen on the death of François’s father, King Henri II of France. #KingFrançoisII #MaryQueenofScots #Valois #Stuart #France #Scotland #History

#OTD 10th July 1559 Henri II, King of France died of septicaemia from an injury he sustained in a jousting accident 10 days previously. www.instagram.com/p/DamH2yhiqV... #HenriII #KingHenriIIofFrance #Valois #France #History

#OTD 10th July 1553 Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen in London by the Privy Council. www.instagram.com/p/DamHRlaivb... #LadyJaneGrey #QueenJane #NineDayQueen #KingEdwardVI #MaryTudor #ElizabethTudor #Tudors #History

#OTD 10th July 1584 William the Silent (William I of Orange) was assassinated at his home in Delft, by a Catholic Frenchman called Balthasar Gérard. www.instagram.com/p/DamGOcQCgg... #WilliamI #WilliamofOrange #WilliamtheSilent #Dutch #Netherlands #HouseofOrangeNassau #History

#ThrowbackThursday Nullification of Henry VIll's marriage to Anne of Cleves 9th July 1540 www.instagram.com/p/DajhXHngLP... #AnneofCleves #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#OTD 9th July 1540 The annulment to end the marriage of King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves was signed at Hampton Court Palace. www.instagram.com/p/DajgV_iCdF... #AnneofCleves #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#OTD 9th July 1553 Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London incensed his congregation at St Paul’s Cross when he denounced Mary & Elizabeth Tudor as bastards. #NicholasRidley #BishopofLondon #StPaulsCross #London #MaryTudor #ElizabethTudor #Tudors #History

#OTD 9th July 1553 John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland informed Lady Jane Grey of the death of King Edward VI & that under the terms of King Edward VI’s will, she was named as heir to the throne of England. #JohnDudleyDukeofNorthumberland #LadyJaneGrey #Tudors #England

#OTD 8th July 1528 Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, was born in Chambéry, France, to Charles III, Duke of Savoy & his wife, Beatrice of Portugal. www.instagram.com/p/Dag75hYDdT... #EmmanuelPhilbert #DukeofSavoy #Italy #Savoy #History

#OTD 8th July 1545 Carlos, Prince of Asturias was born in Valladolid, Spain to Philip of Spain (later King Philip II of Spain) & his wife, Maria Manuela of Portugal. www.instagram.com/p/Dag7j5nlhW... #CarlosPrinceofAsturias #Spain #Hapsburg #History

#OTD 8th July 1553 Mary Tudor, daughter of King Henry VIII & Katherine of Aragon proclaimed herself Queen of England at Kenninghall, Norfolk. www.instagram.com/p/Dag7G9UGJn... #MaryTudor #QueenMaryI #QueenRegnant #QueenofEngland #Tudors #History

#OTD 8th July 1503 Margaret Tudor aged 13, left Collyweston in Northamptonshire & set out on a long journey north in order to marry King James IV of Scotland. instagram.com/p/Dag61RgkhGx/…#MargaretTudoro#KingJamesIVofScotlandn#Englandnd #Scotlandnd #Tudorsr#Stewartst#Historyry

#TudorTuesday Illustrations of jousting Unknown artist Printed by Philip Ulhardt Augsburg 1568 Illustrations of jousting to celebrate the marriage of Duke Wilhem V of Bavaria to Renata of Lorraine #Illustrations #Jousting #Celebrations #PhilipUlhardt #Augsburg #Germany #History

#OTD 7th July 1607 Lady Penelope Devereux (also known as Lady Penelope Rich & Lady Penelope Blount) died at Westminster. www.instagram.com/p/DaeWBJNFRY... #PenelopeDevereux #PenelopeRich #PenelopeBlount #Tudors #History

#OTD 7th July 1548 The Treaty of Haddington was signed between France & Scotland. By the terms of the treaty, the Scots & French agreed to the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, & François, the Dauphin. #TreatyofHaddington #MaryQueenofScots #Scotland #Stewarts #History

#OTD 7th July 1537 Madeleine, Queen of Scots died at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. The young French queen had been in Scotland for only two months. www.instagram.com/p/DaeWYIUiYs... #MadeleinedeValois #QueenofScots #KingJamesVofScotland #Valois #France #History

#OTD 6th July 1557 King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, set out from Dover for France. www.instagram.com/p/Dabym4ElYH... #KingPhilipIIofSpain #Calais #France #QueenMaryIofEngland #Spain #England #Hapsburg #Tudor #History

#OTD 6th July 1583 Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury, died in London. www.instagram.com/p/DabyRXpigo... #EdmundGrindal #ArchbishopofCanterbury #Cumbrian #KingEdwardVI #QueenMaryI #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

#OTD 6th July 1553 King Edward VI died, aged just 15 at Greenwich Palace. www.instagram.com/p/Dabx65xDYO... #KingEdwardVI #KingofEngland #BoyKing #YoungKing #Tudors #History

#OTD 6th July 1535 Sir Thomas More was executed for high treason - he had denied the King’s supremacy. www.instagram.com/p/DabxlhjFIt... #SirThomasMore #LordChancellor #HighTreason #KingsSupremacy #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#OTD 6th July 1560 The Treaty of Edinburgh (Treaty of Leith) was signed. www.instagram.com/p/DabxSQpidf... #TreatyofEdinburgh #TreatyofLeith #QueenElizabethI #KingFrançoisII #MaryQueenofScots #England #Scotland #France #Tudor #Stuart #ValoisAngoulême #History

#OTD 5th July 1549 Francesco Maria del Monte, cardinal, diplomat & art collector, was born in Venice to Marquis Ranieri Bourbon del Monte, first count of Monte Baroccio, & his wife, Minerva Pianosa. www.instagram.com/p/DaZMeQOioZ... #CardinalFrancesoMariadelMonte #Venice #Italy #History

#OTD 5th July 1547 Garzia de' Medici was born in Florence to Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife, Eleanor of Toledo. www.instagram.com/p/DaZMyMumxI... #GarziadeMedici #HouseofMedici #Florence #Tuscany #Medici #Italy #History

#OTD 5th July 1554 Elizabeth of Austria, Queen consort of France, was born in Vienna to Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife, Maria of Spain. instagram.com/p/DaZNKRODSV7/…#ElizabethofAustriai#QueenConsortofFrancec#Hapsburgr#Historyry

#OTD 5th July 1535 From his cell in the Tower of London, Sir Thomas More, King Henry VIII's former Lord Chancellor, wrote a final letter to his daughter, Margaret (Meg) Roper www.instagram.com/p/DaZcyn5qXo... #SirThomasMore #TheTowerofLondon #Tudors #History

#OTD 4th July 1533 John Frith, reformer, theologian and martyr, was burned at the stake at Smithfield for heresy. www.instagram.com/p/DaWpXopiYU... #JohnFrith #Reformer #Tudors #History

#OTD 4th July 1534 King Christian III of Denmark was proclaimed King in Rye, Jutland. He is remembered for establishing Lutheranism as the official religion of his Kingdom. #ChristianIIIofDenmark #KingChristianIIIofDenmark #Oldenburg #Denmark #History

#OTD 3rd July 1533 William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, Chamberlain to Katherine of Aragon was ordered to inform Katherine that she had to use her new title of Princess Dowager & refrain from using title of Queen. www.instagram.com/p/DaUDfSolT7... #KatherineofAragon #Tudors #History

#OTD 3rd July 1495 Perkin Warbeck landed at Deal in Kent with men and ships. www.instagram.com/p/DaUDO7uEly... #PerkinWarbeck #MargaretofYork #DowagerDuchessofBurgundy #HouseofYork #Yorkist #Pretender #Tudors #History

#OTD 3rd July 1541 Girolamo Ghinucci, Bishop of Worcester and Italian Papal administrator died in Rome. He was buried in the church of San Clemente. #GirolamoGhinucci #BishopofWorcester #PapalAdministration #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#ThrowbackThursday Pendant with the Lamb of God Germany c.1580-1600 Enamelled gold, with table-cut diamond, rubies and pearls. On display at the V & A Museum, London. Photo © The Tudor Age #Pendant #LambofGod #Gold #Enamel #Diamond #Rubies #Pearls #Jewellery #German #History

#OTD 2nd July 1566 Michel de Nostredame - also known as Nostradamus, French astrologer, physician and famous for his prophecies, died in Salon-de-Provence, France. www.instagram.com/p/DaReGvOiqO... #MicheldeNostredame #Nostradamus #Astrologer #Physician #LesProphéties #France #History

#OTD 2nd July 1540 Henry Fitzalan (later 12th Earl of Arundel) was appointed Deputy of Calais, displacing Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle. #HenryFitzalan #EarlofArundel #DeputyofCalais #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#OTD 2nd July 1575 Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby, was born at Theobalds House, Hertfordshire to Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford and his wife, Anne Cecil. Elizabeth was maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth I. #ElizabethdeVere #CountessofDerby #Tudors #History

#OTD 2nd July 1489 Thomas Cranmer was born in Aslockton, Nottinghamshire, to Thomas Cranmer & his wife, Agnes Hatfield He became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1533 & served during the reigns of King Henry VIII & King Edward VI. #ThomasCranmer #ArchbishopofCanterbury #Tudors #History

#OTD 1st July 1543 The Treaty of Greenwich was signed between Scotland and England. www.instagram.com/p/DaO6b4tjDv... #TreatyofGreenwich #KingHenryVIII #JohnHamiltonEarlofArran #MaryQueenofScots #Stewarts #Tudors #Scotland #England #History

#OTD 1st July 1536 Parliament declared that the two daughters of King Henry VIII were illegitimate. www.instagram.com/p/DaO51FaiVX... #KingHenryVIII #MaryTudor #ElizabethTudor #Daughters #Illegitimate #Parliament #HeirstotheThrone #Tudors #History

#OTD 1st July 1535 The trial of Sir Thomas More began. He was tried by a special commission of oyer and terminer. www.instagram.com/p/DaO5O3clRm... #SirThomasMore #Trial #Tudors #History

#TudorTuesday Joanna of Austria and a young girl Sofonisba Anguissola 1561 Joanna was the daughter of Emperor Charles V (she wears a cameo of him in this painting). www.instagram.com/p/DaMWHmFFOz... #JoannaofAustria #PrincessofPortugal #RegentofSpain #Hapsburg #Spain #History

#OTD 30th June 1559 At the Place Royale at the Hôtel des Tournelle, a joust was held to celebrate the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis in which King Henri II of France was a participant www.instagram.com/p/DaMVLoIj2L... #KingHenriIIofFrance #Valois #France #History

#OTD 30th June 1503 Johann Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, was born in Torgau, Saxony, to Johann, Elector of Saxony and his wife, Sophie of Mecklenburg. www.instagram.com/p/DaMUcurimB... #JohannFrederickI #ElectorofSaxony #Wettin #Saxony #History

#OTD 30th June 1590 Sir Roger Townsend, courtier and member of Parliament, died at Stoke Newington, Middlesex. www.instagram.com/p/DaMVgeLkf4... #SirRogerTownsend #MemberofParliament #Courtier #Tudors #History

#OTD 30th June 1537 Thomas Darcy, Baron Darcy of Darcy, was executed on Tower Hill after being found guilty of treason for his part in the Pilgrimage of Grace and Bigod’s Revolt. #ThomasDarcy #BaronDarcy #PilgrimageofGrace #BigodsRevolt #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#OTD 29th June 1509 Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, died in London. www.instagram.com/p/DaJvrC1AVX... #MargaretBeaufort #CountessofRichmond #CountessofDerby #HenryTudor #KingHenryVII #HouseofLancaster #RedRose #WarsoftheRoses #Tudors #History

#OTD 29th June 1537 Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland died. www.instagram.com/p/DaJv_hfFHE... #HenryPercy #6thEarlofNorthumberland #Tudors #History

#OTD 29th June 1541 Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre was hanged at Tyburn for murdering a servant of Nicholas Pelham www.instagram.com/p/DaJwtUglSu... #ThomasFiennes #9thBaronDacre #Tyburn #Tudors #History

#OTD 29th June 1544 The marriage took place of Lady Margaret Douglas and Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox at St James’s Palace. www.instagram.com/p/DaJxCHZCD-... #MargaretDouglas #MatthewStewart #4thEarlofLennox #Tudors #Stewarts #History