On May 19, 1536, a queen was beheaded at the Tower of London in England. She was Anne Boleyn, the second queen of Henry VIII and the mother of Elizabeth I, who later brought a golden age to England.

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'Portrait of Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII,' after a painting by Hans Holbein and engraved by H.T. Ryall. | Pictore/Getty Images Anne Boleyn was one of England’s most controversial ...