The Pretender of Tyburn
On November 23, 1499, Perkin Warbeck — who spent years claiming to be a lost English prince — was hanged at Tyburn after a failed escape plot.
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The Day a 25-Year-Old Inherited a Kingdom
On November 17, 1558, Queen Mary I died at St James's Palace, and her half-sister Elizabeth — once imprisoned, once declared illegitimate — became queen of England.
Crowned on Midsummer's Day
On June 24, 1509, Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon were crowned together at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony England would not repeat for nearly 200 years.