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Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn ;c.1501/1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of Henry VIII of England and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation...

Timeline of Events

1532

9.1.1532

Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.

1533

1.23.1533

Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, discovers herself pregnant.

1.25.1533

Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.

5.28.1533

The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.

6.1.1533

Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.

1536

5.2.1536

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.

5.15.1536

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest. She is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.

5.19.1536

Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.