May 17
Norwegian Constitution Day, Norway's National Day!
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, Princess of Oranje-Nassau {1971}
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, Prince of Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg & Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst {2001} [civil]
Peter Phillips & Autumn Kelly {2008}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1536 George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (brother of Anne Boleyn, Queen consort of England) is executed for treason.
1590 Coronation of Queen consort Anne of Scotland, formerly Princess Anne of Denmark.
1809 Emperor Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
1814 The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
1984 Prince Charles, Prince of Wales calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend", spraking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.
2011 Queen Elizabeth II's historic first visit to the Republic of Ireland. The first visit from a British monarch to Ireland since 1906, the first ever from a reigning British monarch since Irish independence in 1922.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1443 Prince Edmund of York, Earl of Rutland, brother of King Edward IV of England & King Richard III of England (d.1460)
1628 Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of Tyrol (d.1662)
1768 Princess Caroline of Brunswick, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, later Queen consort of of the United Kingdom & Hanover (d.1821)
1886 King Alfonso XIII of Spain (d.1941)
1891 Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (d.1959)
DEATHS
290 Emperor Sima Yan (Jin Wudi) of Jin Dynasty of China
1336 Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan
1365 Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria, Margrave (as Louis II) & Elector of Brandenburg
1727 Empress Catherine I of Russia
1951 Empress Dowager Teimei (Sadako) of Japan
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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