1485 - 1509
Founder of the Tudor dynasty. Built the
Palace of Placentia on the banks of the River Thames at Greenwich.
Time Line
1491: King Henry VIII
(1491 - 1547) born in Greenwich.
1492: Christopher Columbus lands in Caribbean Islands
1493: Christopher Columbus returns to Europe and
introduces tobacco
1497: Vasco de Gama sails around Cape of Good Hope.
1498: Vasco de Gamma discovers a sea-route to India
1499: Slave trade begins in Lisbon
c1500: Tudor Palace of Placentia built at Greenwich by
King Henry VII
1509: Death of King Henry VII, King Henry VIII accedes to
the throne and marries Catherine of Aragon , his elder brother's widow, at
Greenwich.
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