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1237
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Lincoln Cathedral's central tower collapses
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1246
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King Henry III begins reconstruction of Westminster Abbey in High Gothic style
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1263
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Construction of Balliol College
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1307
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Central tower of Lincoln Cathedral completed
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Dec 1327
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King Edward II buried in Gloucester Abbey; tomb attracts pilgrims
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1351
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First fully-developed fan vaulting appears in Gloucester Cathedral cloisters
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1385
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Construction begins on Bodiam Castle
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c. 1436
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God's House (later Christ's College) founded by William Byngham, rector of St John Zachary's in London, to train secondary school teachers
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1509
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Founding of Brasenose College, Oxford
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1516
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Thomas More writes Utopia
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1 May 1517
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Evil May Day Riot
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25 Jan 1533
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King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn at Whitehall Palace, London. As the pope had not granted a divorce from his first wife, the marriage leads to Henry's excommunication and eventual break with the Roman Catholic church.
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30 May 1536
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Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour at Whitehall
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1538
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Henry VIII orders the destruction of Shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury
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28 Jul 1540
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Execution of Thomas Cromwell at the Tower of London by order of Henry VIII
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31 Dec 1540
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Durham Monastery Dissolved
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28 Jan 1547
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King Henry VIII dies at Whitehall Palace, London, at the age of 55. He is buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
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1549
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Spire of Lincoln Cathedral's central tower blows down in storm
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1550
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First recorded cricket game
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16 Oct 1555
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Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley burned at the stake in Oxford
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23 Apr 1564
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Birth of William Shakespeare
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1577
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Sir Francis Drake becomes the first Englishman to sail around the world.
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Nov 1582
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William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway
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26 May 1583
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Baptism of Susanna Shakespeare
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8 Feb 1587
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Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
