Monday, June 20, 2011

June 17

June 17

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Bernardo Guillermo   {1977} [son of Princess Christina of the Netherlands (sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]







ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia & Princess Alexandra of Greece + Denmark   {1889}



HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1462   Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (The Night Attack), forcing him to retreat to Wallachia.

1631   Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth.  Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.

1839   In the Kingdom of Hawaii, King Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands.  The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1239   King Edward I of England (Edward Longshanks) (d.1307)

1682   King Karl XII of Sweden (d.1718)
1818   Queen consort Sophie of the Netherlands, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Duchess of Limburg (d.1877)

1863   Duke Carl Michael of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d.1934)

1882   Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VI of Mecklenburg, Prince of Wenden, Schwerin, & Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin (d.1918)



DEATHS

1025   King Boleslaw I "the Brave" of Poland

1091   Dirk V, Count of Holland

1463   Infanta Catarina of Portugal
1696   King Jan III Sobieski of Poland

1797   Shah Agha Muhammad Khan Qajar, Shahanshah/Emperor/Shah of Persia

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