June 21
First Day of Summer / Summer Solstice (in the Northern hemisphere)
Feast Day of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (Catholic)
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Queen Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck of Bhutan, Queen Mother of Bhutan {1959} (third wife of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan & mother of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan)
(pictured at right)
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, Baron Carrickfergus {1982} [son of The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland)]
Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary, Croatia & Bohemia {1997} [son of Archduke Karl of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary & Bohemia (son of Archduke Otto of Austria, Crown Prince of Austria, Hungary, Croatia & Bohemia)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg & Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal, Princess of Braganza {1893}
Princess Zahra Aga Khan & Mark Boyden {1997}
ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY
Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary, Croatia + Bohemia & Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum {2008}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
524 Godomar, King of the Burgundians, defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vezeronce.
1307 Kulug Khan is enthroned as Khagan (emperor) of the Mongols and Emperor Wuzong of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor of China.
1791 King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
1900 Boxer Rebellion: China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France, & Japan, as an edict issued from the Dowager Empress Cixi.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1002 Pope Leo XI (d.1054)
1226 King (High Duke) Boleslaw V 'the Chaste"/"the Shy" of Poland, Duke of Sandomierz (d.1279)
1528 Archduchess Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress consort, Queen consort of Germany, Hungary & Bohemia, Regent of Spain (d.1603)
1646 Princess Maria Francisca of Savoy, Queen consort of Portugal & the Algarves (d.1683)
1788 Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (d.1850)
1862 Prince Damrong Rajanubhab of Thailand (Siam) (d.1943)
DEATHS
1040 Fulk III, Count of Anjou
1205 Enrico Dandolo, 42nd Doge of Venice
1208 Philip of Swabia, King of Germany & Duke of Swabia
1305 King Wenceslaus/Waclaw II of Bohemia, Duke of Krakow & King of Poland
1377 King Edward III of England
1521 Leonardo Loredan, 76th Doge of Venice
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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