EVENTS
1533: Henry
VIII marries Anne
Boleyn
Anne had held out a long time, refusing to marry the king even
though they had been carrying on an affair and he had repudiated his
wife, Catherine of
Aragon. But in early January Anne discovered she was
pregnant, and it was most important for this heir to be legitimate.
So she at last relented, and she and Henry were married in
secret.1
WHO WAS BORN
749: Emperor Leo IV of Byzantium
Leo the Khazar's reign marked the transition between Iconoclasm
and the restoration of Icons in the Eastern Church.
WHO DIED
477: Gaiseric
817: Pope Stephen V
Stephen
was a devout, amiable, good-hearted man who sought to keep the peace
between the papacy and the Byzantine
empire.
1138: Anacletus II
Cardinal
Pietro Pierleone took the title Anacletus II when he achieved the
papal throne in 1130. He is also sometimes considered an Antipope
because the election was contested.
1Information concerning Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn was taken from the biography Henry VIII, by J. J. Scarisbrick.
