On this day in history, on 17th December 1538, Pope Paul III excommunicated King Henry VIII of England.

When did England get excommunicated?

On 25 February 1570 Pope Pius v issued the bull Regnans in Excelsis, which declared Queen Elizabeth of England excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church and deprived her of her sovereignty in England and Ireland.

When did King John get excommunicated?

John, taking his ground on the traditional rights of the English crown in episcopal elections, refused to accept Langton. In March 1208, Innocent laid an interdict on England and excommunicated John (November 1209).