May 28
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Prince Louis/Luis of Bourbon, Duke of Burgundy {2010} [twin] (son of Prince Louis Alphonse/Luis Alfonso of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou)
Prince Alphonse/Alfonso of Bourbon, Duke of Berry {2010} [twin] (son of Prince Louis Alphonse/Luis Alfonso of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou)
(the twins are pictured here with their parents & older sister)
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1503 King James IV of Scotland & Princess Margaret Tudor of England are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland & England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts 10 years.
1533 The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.
2008 The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1371 Jean II "the Fearless", Duke of Burgundy (d.1419)
1524 Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d.1574)
1660 King George I of Great Britain & Ireland, Prince-Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick (d.1727)
DEATHS
1357 King Afonso IV of Portugal
1509 Caterina Sforza, Countess of Forli
1750 Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan
1940 Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse, Landgrave of Hesse
1972 The Duke of Windsor, former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, Emperor of India
1989 Kazuko Takatsukasa, former Princess Taka of Japan (sister of Emperor Akihito of Japan)
(pictured here with her husband on her wedding day in 1950)
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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