Famous Weddings
- Mar 4 German Protestant Count Philip of Hessen bigamously marries 2nd wife Margarethe von der Saale, causing a scandal
Henry VIII
Jul 28 English King Henry VIII (49) weds Catherine Howard (16 or 17), his 5th wife
Famous Divorces
Anne of Cleves & Henry VIII
Jul 9 English King Henry VIII annuls his 6 month marriage to his 4th wife Anne of Cleves, on the grounds of non-consummation and her pre-contract to Francis of Lorraine
Year of the Rabbit
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Snake
Year of the Horse
Year of the Goat/Sheep
Year of the Monkey