July 19

Mel Brooks was correct when he said ‘It’s good to be the king.’ Unfortunately, the same does not necessarily hold true for Queens. On the 10th in 1553, Lady Jane Grey was crowned Queen of England. However, as in life, all good things must end, and on the 19th in the same year, in all likelihood well before Lady Jane was vested in her pension plan, ‘Bloody’ Mary Tudor deposed her.