Monday, May 16, 2011

May 16

May 16

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein   {1969} [son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein]







ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Louis-Auguste of France, Dauphin of France, Duke of Berry & Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria   {1770}   [later known as King Louis XVI of France & Queen Marie Antoinette of France]  (they had been married by proxy on April 19, 1770)






HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1204   Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders, is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
1568   Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
1920   Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.
1991   Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom address a joint session of the United States Congress.  She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1490   Duke Albrecht of Prussia (d.1568)

1611   Pope Innocent XI (d.1689)



DEATHS

1826   Dowager Empress consort Elizabeth Alexeievna of Russia (Princess Louise of Baden)

1926   Mehmed VI, last Ottoman Sultan

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