On this day in history , 19th May 1536 Queen Anne Boleyn was executed by heading after being found guilty on charges of adultery , including incest

On this day in history , 19th May 1536 Queen Anne Boleyn was executed by heading after being found guilty on charges of adultery , including incest.

On the morning of Friday 19 May, Anne was taken to a scaffold erected on the north side of the White Tower.She wore a red petticoat under a loose, dark grey gown of damask trimmed in fur, and a mantle of ermine. Accompanied by two female attendants, Anne made her final walk from the Queen’s House to the scaffold.She climbed the scaffold and made a short speech to the crowd:

Good Christian people,I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die, but I pray God save the king and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler nor a more merciful prince was there never: and to me he was ever a good, a gentle and sovereign lord. And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best. And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me. O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul. Anne was the first queen of England to publicly executed.