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3 August 1553
Mary I becomes queen

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Mary, daughter of Henry VIII and next in line to the throne, is acclaimed queen in London, despite the bid by Lady Jane Grey to seize the throne. A devout Catholic and daughter of Catherine of Aragon, Mary begins a counter-reformation.

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