Tuesday, May 31, 2011

May 27

May 27

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Vacharaeson Mahidol of Thailand   {1981} [son of Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn of Thailand (son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej "Rama IX" of Thailand)]

Prince Moritz of Liechtenstein   {2003} [son of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Jean of Luxembourg & Helene Vestur   {1987}

Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan & Princess Noor bint Asem bin Nayef   {2004} [official wedding/celebration of the marriage]






Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg & Alexander Johannsman   {2010} [civil]
(picture NOT from civil wedding)


HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

927   Battle of the Bosnian Highlands:  the Croatian army, led by King Tomislav, defeats the Bulgarian army.
1120   Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
1153   Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
1703   Tsar Peter the Great of Russia founds the city of Saint Petersburg.

1883   Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1626   Willem II, Prince of Orange (d.1650)

1652   Elisabeth Charlotte "Liselotte", Princess Palatine, Countess Palatine of Simmern, Dowager Duchess of Orleans (d.1722)

1756   King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (d.1825)

1820   Mathilde Bonaparte, Princess Francaise (d.1904)



DEATHS

866   King Odono I of Asturias
927   Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria
1039   Dirk III, Count of Holland
1508   Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan

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