Historical Events In 1533
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Jan 25 England's King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn (approximate date). 


Jan 25 King Henry VII of England secretly marries Anne Boleyn (his second of what would eventually come to be six marriages). 


Feb 14 Christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi) 


Feb 28 Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher. 


Feb 28 Michele de Montaigne, French philosopher is born. 


Mar 30 Henry VIII divorces his 1st wife, Catherine of Aragon. 


Mar 30 Henry VIII divorces his inaugural wife, Catherine of Aragon 


Mar 30 Thomas Cranmer is recorded as becoming archbishop of Canterbury. 


Apr 08 Claudio Merulo, organist/composer 


Apr 10 Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 


May 23 King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon marriage declared null and void 


May 23 The marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Catharine of Aragin is declared null and void. 


May 28 England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage. 


May 28 The Archbishop of England declares the mariage of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn to be valid 


Jun 01 Anna Boleyn crowned queen of England 


Jun 22 Ferdinand of Austria and Sultan Suleiman sign peace treaty 


Jun 24 Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth 


Jul 06 Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57 


Jul 11 King Henry VIII of England is excommunicated. 


Jul 11 Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII 


Jul 26 Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies. 


Aug 29 Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors 


Aug 29 Atahualpa, the last Incan king of Peru, is murdered at the request of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro. 


Aug 29 Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa. 


Sep 07 Elizabeth, daughter of English king Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn. 


Sep 07 Queen Elizabeth I of England is born 


Nov 15 Francisco Pizarro arrives at Cuzco 


Dec 03 Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54. 


Dec 13 Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69). 


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