Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 10 December 1541

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Henry divorced his previous wife Anne of Cleves less than 20 days earlier.
(28 July 1540)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 10th of December 1541 483 years ago
Thomas Culpeper is beheaded and Francis Dereham is hung, cut down while still alive, disemboweled, beheaded and quartered for having sexual relations with 18-year-old fifth wife of Henry VIII Catherine Howard aka The Rose without a Thorn in Tyburn Tree, Tyburn, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. According to custom, Culpeper and Dereham's heads were placed on top of London Bridge.