June 16
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Sheikh Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait {1929}
Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria {1937}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1586 Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes King Felipe II of Spain as her heir and successor.
1846 The Papal conclave of 1846 concludes. Pope Pius IX is elected Pope, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy (reign ended 1878) (not counting St.Peter).
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1139 Emperor Konoe of Japan (d.1155)
1332 Princess Isabella of England (d.1382), Lady of Coucy, daughter of King Edward III of England
1612 Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d.1640)
1644 Princess Henrietta Anne of England & Scotland, Duchess of Orleans (d.1670)
1858 King Gustaf V of Sweden (d.1950)
DEATHS
1626 Christian "the Younger", Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg
2000 Empress consort Kojun of Japan (posthumous name), previously known as Empress Dowager Nagako of Japan
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