Thursday, May 19, 2011

History Trivia

May 19, 715 Gregory II (Saint Gregory) was elected Roman Catholic pope. 1499 Catherine of Aragon, was married by proxy to Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales. Catherine was 13 and Arthur was 12. 1535 French explorer Jacques Cartier set sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage). 1536 Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, was beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
1568 Queen Elizabeth I of England ordered the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots.

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