Maundy Thursday/Holy Thursday (Christianity)
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland {1926}
Yasuko Konoe (former Princess Yasuko of Mikasa) {1944} [daughter of Prince Takahito of Mikasa (uncle of Emperor Akihito of Japan)]
Princess Isabella of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat {2007}
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark & Major Richard Brandram {1947}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT
1509 Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1673 Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick, Holy Roman Empress (d.1742)
1729 Empress Catherine II "the Great" of Russia (d.1796)
1767 Elisabeth of Wurttemberg, Archduchess of Austria (d.1790)
DEATHS
1073 Pope Alexander II
1329 Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine
1509 King Henry VII of England
1574 Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Duke of Florence
1989 Princess Deokhye of Korea
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