May 30
Memorial Day in the USA
Spring Bank Holiday in Great Britain & Northern Ireland
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Lyla Gilman {2010} [daughter of Lady Rose Gilman (daughter of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland})]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Princess Birgitta of Sweden & Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern {1961} [religious]
Prince Maurits of Oranje-Nassau & Marie-Helene "Marilene" van den Broek {1998} [religious]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1536 King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
1574 Henri III becomes King of France.
1814 Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition - the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to Elba.
1842 John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives from Constitution Hill, London with Prince Albert.
1859 Westminster's Big Ben rang for the first time in London.
1876 Ottoman Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.
1917 Alexander I becomes King of Greece.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1010 Emperor Renzong of China (d.1063)
1653 Archduchess Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, Queen consort of Germany, Queen consort of Hungary & Bohemia (d.1676)
1713 Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (d.1757)
1845 King Amadeo I of Spain, Duke of Aosta (d.1890)
DEATHS
1159 Wladyslaw II The Exile of Poland, High Duke of Poland, Duke of Silesia
1292 King Saint Ferdinand III of Castile
1574 King Charles IX of France
1941 King Prajadhipok of Siam (Thailand)
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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