14 June 1381
Assassination of John Legge
Dragged from the Tower & beheaded on Tower Hill by the rebels
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Tower Hill in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Dragged from the Tower & beheaded on Tower Hill by the rebels
Dragged from the Tower & beheaded on Tower Hill by the rebels
Dragged from the Tower & beheaded on Tower Hill by the rebels
Dragged from the Tower & beheaded on Tower Hill by the rebels
Dragged from the Tower & beheaded on Tower Hill by the rebels
Death of John Legge
Death of Robert Hales
Death of Simon Sudbury
Death of John Appleton
Sir John Mortimer is hanged, drawn & quartered by the Royal Council
Sir John Mortimer is hanged, drawn & quartered by the Royal Council
Lord Audley is beheaded for his leadership role in the Cornish rebellion against Henry's taxation.
John Fisher is executed after refusing to accept Henry VIII's supremacy over the Church.
Thomas More is beheaded at Tower Hill for refusing to accept Henry VIII's supremacy over the Church.
George Boleyn, Henry Norris, Francis Weston, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton are executed.
Death of Edward Seymour, executed
Death of Edward Seymour, executed
Edward's uncle and former Lord Protector is executed on Tower Hill after his conviction.
Northumberland is executed after the failure of the Jane Grey succession
John Dudley Duke of Northumberland is executed after the succession crisis
Is executed after joining the rebellion against Mary.
Henry Grey is executed for supporting the Wyatt Rebellion against Mary's Spanish marriage.
Orders the execution of Thomas Wyatt after the rebellion fails.
Is executed after refusing to implicate Elizabeth conclusively.
Is executed after the failure of the Wyatt Rebellion.
Leads the main Kentish rising against Mary's planned Spanish marriage.
Is executed for involvement in the rebellion.
Strafford's remains are buried following his execution.
Thomas Wentworth dies by beheading following his conviction through attainder.
Strafford is executed after Parliament obtains royal assent to his attainder.
Strafford addresses the crowd before his execution on Tower Hill.
Pym's campaign removes the King's most powerful minister from government.
Evelyn records the solemn public execution on Tower Hill.
Evelyn witnesses Strafford's execution and records the event in his diary.
Hotham is executed after a court martial convicts him over his wartime dealings with the Royalists.
Death of William Laud, executed for treason
Beheaded for treason
Death of William Laud, executed for treason. Beheaded for treason
Provenance
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