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Events That Happened in 1536
19 May 1536
In May 1536, Anne was arrested and charged with treason. Anne was held in the Tower of London. The Constable of the Tower was William Kingston. He had four ladies stay with Anne at all times and they had to report directly to him anything said by the queen. Kingston's diary does tell us that Anne was hysterical when she arrived at the Tower through Traitor's Gate and had to be half-carried to her quarters.
Her actual ‘crime’ was that she ha...
1536 Timeline
| 1536 Jan 29 |
Queen Anne Boleyn miscarries
Later that month, the King was unhorsed in a tournament and knocked unconscious for two hours, a worrying incident that Anne believed led to her miscarriage five days later.[82] On the da...
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| 1536 May 2 |
Queen Anne Boleyn is arrested
Towards the end of April, a Flemish musician in Anne's service named Mark Smeaton was arrested, perhaps tortured or promised freedom. He initially denied being the Queen’s lover but later...
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| 1536 May 19 |
Queen Anne Boleyn is executed
In May 1536, Anne was arrested and charged with treason. Anne was held in the Tower of London. The Constable of the Tower was William Kingston. He had four ladies stay with Anne at all ti...
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