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18 FEB 1516
Mary is born to King Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon at Greenwich Palace. She is baptised there two days later.
OCT 1518
Major European powers sign the Treaty of London and two-year-old Mary is betrothed to the French dauphin. The betrothal will be broken off in 1521 and Mary (aged six) will be contracted to marry her much older cousin, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.