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How was George Boleyn executed?

  • Hanging

  • Beheading

  • Poisoning

  • Firing Squad

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Beheading was the method used to execute George Boleyn. He was accused of treason, adultery, and witchcraft, and was found guilty by a jury of his peers. The execution took place on 17 May 1536 on Tower Green, within the Tower of London. Boleyn was the second husband of King Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn.
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