June 1

June 1

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Abdul Wakeel of Brunei   {2006} (son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Prince Joachim of Denmark & Alexandra Manley   {1995}

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

193   Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated.
987   Hugh Capet is elected King of France.

1204   King Philippe II Auguste of France conquers Rouen.
1215   Beijing, then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Beijing.
1252   Alfonso X is elected King of Castile & Leon.

1533   Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen consort of England.

1670   In Dover, England, King Charles II of Great Britain and King Louis XIV of France sign the secret treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
1815   Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
1879   Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.

2001   Nepalese Royal Massacre:  Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots & kills several members of his family including his father and mother, King Birenda of Nepal and Queen Aishwarya.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

719   Yang Yuhuan, consort of Chinese Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (d.756)

1076   Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev (d.1132)

1300   Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of King Edward I of England (d.1338)
1754   Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este, Austrian governor of the Duchy of Milan & Duke of Breisgau (d.1806)
1815   King Otto of Greece, Prince of Bavaria (d.1867)

DEATHS

193   Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor

1434   King Wladyslaw II Jagiello of Poland

1846   Pope Gregory XVI

1879   Napoleon Eugene, Prince Imperial, son of Emperor Napoleon III
1983   Prince Charles of Belgium, Count of Flanders, second son of King Albert I of the Belgians

2001   Queen consort Aishwarya of Nepal

2001   King Birenda of Nepal

2001   Prince Nirajan of Nepal
2001   Princess Shruti of Nepal
2001   Prince Dhirendra of Nepal
2001   Princess Jayanti of Nepal
2001   Princess Shanti of Nepal
2001   Princess Sharada of Nepal