1 jan 1533 ano - Henry VIII Ends Papal authority in England

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Henry VIII, the King of England at the time, desired a male son as an heir. While Henry VIII had multiple marriages, his wives could not produce the sons he wanted. After Catherine of Aragon was unable to produce a son, Henry VIII requested a divorce - but when the Catholic Church was unable to allow him a divorce, Henry VIII quickly ended the papal authority in England, and with the assistance of Thomas Cromwell and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, switched over England to Protestantism, which favored divorces. This event materializes the declining power of the Catholic Church and Holy Roman Empire at the time, while paving the way for Protestantism to rise in Europe, and would later lead to religious conflicts such as between Queen Elizabeth and Phillip II.

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