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In 1649, King Charles I of England went on trial, accused of high treason (he was found guilty and executed by month’s end).

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In 1533, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declared the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.

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In 1801, Secretary of State John Marshall was nominated by President John Adams to be chief justice of the United States (he was sworn in on F…