Execution of Anne Boleyn
1536 · Event
Henry VIII's second wife beheaded at the Tower on charges of treason and adultery; cleared the way for Jane Seymour.
On these timelines: Henry VIII's Break with Rome, Master, United Kingdom (combined), England
More from Henry VIII's Break with Rome
- English Reformation (1533)
- Act of Supremacy (1534) (1534)
- The King's Great Matter (1527)
- Henry secretly marries Anne Boleyn (1533)
- Execution of Thomas More (1535)
- Cromwell becomes the king's chief minister (1532)
- Execution of Thomas Cromwell (1540)
- Act in Restraint of Appeals (1533)
Around 1536
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation (1519)
- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)
- William Shakespeare (1564)