Friday, June 17, 2011

June 16

June 16

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS


Sheikh Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait   {1929}

Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria   {1937}



HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1586   Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes King Felipe II of Spain as her heir and successor.

1846   The Papal conclave of 1846 concludes.  Pope Pius IX is elected Pope, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy (reign ended 1878) (not counting St.Peter).



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1139   Emperor Konoe of Japan (d.1155)
1332   Princess Isabella of England (d.1382), Lady of Coucy, daughter of King Edward III of England
1612   Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d.1640)

1644  Princess Henrietta Anne of England & Scotland, Duchess of Orleans (d.1670)

1858   King Gustaf V of Sweden (d.1950)



DEATHS

1626   Christian "the Younger", Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg

2000   Empress consort Kojun of Japan (posthumous name), previously known as Empress Dowager Nagako of Japan

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