English Parliament passes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Supremacy" id="mwMQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Acts of Supremacy">the first Act of Supremacy</a>, making King <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" id="mwMg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a> head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the  <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" id="mwMw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a>.