1554 - Lady Jane Grey also known as The Nine Days Queen was executed. Jane gave a speech on the scaffold: ”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.” She then recited Psalm 51 (Have mercy upon me, O God) in English.