February 12

Lady Jane Grey was the Queen of England from July 6 to July 19, 1553. Sixteen-year old Lady Jane was beheaded for treason on the 12th in 1554, which seems to be a terribly high price for her to have paid for her 15 minutes. Her last words before the executioner took off her head were “Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same. The fact, indeed, against the queen's highness was unlawful, and the consenting thereunto by me: but touching the procurement and desire thereof by me or on my behalf, I do wash my hands thereof in innocency, before God, and the face of you, good Christian people, this day.”