June 20
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester {1946} [wife of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland)]
Prince Moulay Rachid ben al-Hassan of Morocco {1970} (brother of King Mohammed VI of Morocco)
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1605 After only 3 months as tsar, 16-year-old Feodor II of Russia is assassinated.
1837 Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1469 Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan (d.1494)
1566 King Sigismund (Zygmunt) III Vasa (Waza) of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d.1632)
1634 Duke Carlo Emanuele II of Savoy (d.1675)
1647 Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony (d.1691)
1754 Hereditay Princess Amalie of Baden, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt (d.1832)
DEATHS
451 Theodoric I, King of the Visigoths
840 Louis I "the Pious", King of the Franks, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Aquitaine
1605 Tsar Feodor II of Russia
1837 King William IV of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick + Luneburg
1856 Prince Florestan I of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois
1945 Luis Fernando de Orleans y Borbon (formerly Infante of Spain)
Monday, June 20, 2011
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