Henry VIII Born at Greenwich
June 28, 1491
Henry VII's second son was born in a riverside palace. Being the spare, not the heir, he was educated in theology and languages to become perhaps an archbishop. His brother's early death would redirect him. The boy who would split England from Rome was already, at birth, being trained for the Church.
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Also in 1491 (3 other events on record)
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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