On this day in 1536, Henry VIII and Jane Seymour were married. Archbishop Cranmer officiated the private ceremony, which took place in the Queen’s Closet at Whitehall Palace. This wedding,…
On this day in 1536, Henry VIII became betrothed to Jane Seymour. Less than 24 hours after Queen Anne Boleyn was beheaded within the grounds of the Tower of London,…
On this day in 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn was executed. Her death marked one of the most infamous and tragic moments in English history. Just days earlier, five men -…
On this day in 1536, Anne Boleyn waited for death… but it didn’t come. Her scaffold was being erected within the Tower grounds. The swordsman of Calais, specially summoned for…
On this day in 1536, Tower Hill ran red with blood as five men lost their lives in connection with Queen Anne Boleyn’s downfall. George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, Sir Henry…
On this day in 1536, Archbishop Cranmer paid a visit to Anne Boleyn. As five men prepared to die for their supposed crimes with Queen Anne Boleyn, she, astonishingly, told…
On this day in 1536, one of the most infamous and tragic trials in English history unfolded within the walls of the Tower of London. Queen Anne Boleyn and her…
On this day in 1536, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, and Mark Smeaton were trialed. The court was stacked against them. Among the jurors sat Sir William…
On this day in 1536, Anne Boleyn wrote a letter to Henry VIII from her prison in the Tower of London. By the 6th of May, Queen Anne Boleyn had…
On this day in 1536, the final arrests were made in the fall of Anne Boleyn. By the 5th of May 1536, the dramatic and swift collapse of Queen Anne…