Monday, June 13, 2011

June 3

June 3

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar   {1980} (son of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar)

Prince Felix of Luxembourg, Prince of Nassau   {1984} (son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & grandson of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)


Prince Tirso Panagiurishtski of Bulgaria   {2002} [son of Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria, Prince of Panagyurishte (son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)]

Countess Leonore of Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg   {2006} [daughter of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (aka King Edward VIII) & Bessie Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson   {1937}



HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

350   Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
1658   Pope Alexander VII appoints Francois de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
1665   James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England) defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1537   Infante Joao Manuel of Portugal, Prince of Portugal   (d.1554)

1540   Archduke Karl II Franz of Austria, ruler of Inner Austria (Styria, Carniola, & Carinthia) (d.1590)

1843   King Frederik VIII of Denmark (d.1912)

1865   King George V of the United Kingdom (d.1936)

1933   Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, Emir of Bahrain (d.1999)



DEATHS

1411   Duke Leopold IV  of Austria
1844   King Louis XIX of France & Navarre (aka Louis Antoine, Duke of Angouleme)

1963   Pope John XXIII

2004   The Honourable Frances Shand Kydd, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (formerly Viscountess Althorp)

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