On This Day:  May 2

1536 -- Anne Bo­leyn, queen con­sort of Hen­ry Ⅷ, is ar­rest­ed and charged with sec­ond de­gree witchcraft, con­spir­a­cy to com­mit in­cest, and adul­tery. She will even­tu­al­ly be con­vict­ed of a less­er charge of high trea­son, and be­head­ed.