47 years ago today
In the City, ist the debut studio album by British mod revival/punk rock band The Jam, released on this day in 1977 and featured the hit single and title track 'In the City'
Happy Birthday Jane Wiedlin, co-founder, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist of the all female band The Go-Go's and also the drummer and backup vocalist of the rock band The Hex Girls, born on this day in 1958
19 May 1436: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl of Warwick resigns his duties as guardian to the 15 year old Henry VI #otd He’d been given the job by Henry V in the latter's will (Robin Stevenson/ NPG)
19 May 1499: The proxy wedding of Arthur Tudor, heir to the #English throne & Catherine of Aragon takes place at Arthur's Tickenhill Manor in Bewdley, near Worcester #otd 37 years to the day before Anne Boleyn's execution as it happened
19 May 1529: Eustache Chapuys given his credentials as Charles V's ambassador to Henry VIII #otd His letters are a key source for understanding of Henry’s reign & the break with #Rome
19 May 715: St. Gregory II is elected Pope #otd he repaired the walls of #Rome & commissioned St Boniface [Winifrid] the Anglo-Saxon to evangelise #Germany
19 May 1536: Henry VIII's son Henry Fitzroy attends the execution of Anne Boleyn for adultery & incest #otd (NPG)
This was considered a sign of favour. He’d already been treated to viewing the execution of five priests two weeks earlier.
19 May 1536: Archbishop Cranmer dispenses Henry VIII from his 'affinity' with Jane Seymour (they were 5th cousins) #otd - a prelude to a #RoyalWedding - on the very same day as Anne Boleyn was executed.