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Post by Susan » Sat July 3rd, 2010, 1:20 am

July 3 in royal history:

July 3, 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution

July 3, 1035 – Death of Robert I the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy
Robert was the father of William the Conqueror.

July 3, 1423 – Birth of King Louis XI of France (the Prudent, the Spider King)

July 3, 1642 - Death of Marie de Medici, second wife of Henri IV of France, at Cologne, Germany; heart is buried at Cologne Cathedral, other remains are buried at the Basilica of St. Denis

July 3, 1743 – Birth of Sofia Magdalena of Denmark and Norway, wife of Gustav III of Sweden

July 3, 1934 – Death of Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, husband of Queen Wilhelmina, at the Hague, the Netherlands; buried at Nieuwe Kerk in Delft
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Post by annis » Sat July 3rd, 2010, 4:24 am

5 July, 1687 -Isaac Newton publishes his groundbreaking Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, considered to be among the most influential books in the history of science, laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics. In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries.

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Oops- seem to have got a day ahead of myself here :)
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Post by Susan » Sun July 4th, 2010, 1:43 am

July 4 in royal history:

July 4, 1394 – Death of Mary de Bohun, first wife of Henry IV, at Peterborough Castle; buried at the Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester
Mary died while delivering her daughter Philippa.

July 4, 1394 – Birth of Philippa, daughter of Henry IV, at Peterborough Castle
Philippa was the second daughter and seventh and youngest child of Henry IV and his first wife Mary de Bohun. She married King Eric VII of Denmark at age 12. Twenty-three years later, Philippa delivered a stillborn child and never fully recovered her health. She retired to a convent and died shortly thereafter.

July 4, 1666 – Birth of Charles, Duke of Kendal, son of James II, at St. James Palace, London, England
Charles was the third son and fifth child of James, Duke of York (later James II) and his first wife Anne Hyde. He died at St. James' Palace at age ten months and was buried at Westminster Abbey.

July 4, 1799 – Birth of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway
Born Joseph Francois Oscar Bernadotte

July 4, 1918 – Birth of King Taufa’ahau Tupou of Tonga
The king died in 2006 and was succeeded by his son George Tupou V.

July 4, 1937 – Birth of Sonja Haraldsen, wife of Harald V of Norway

July 4, 1942 - Birth of Prince Michael of Kent at Coppins, Iver, Buckinghamsire
Full name: Michael George Charles Franklin
Michael was born 6 weeks before the death of his father on active duty during World War II. Since he was born on American Independence Day, President Franklin Roosevelt was one of his godparents.
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Post by Susan » Sun July 4th, 2010, 9:04 pm

July 5 in royal history:

July 5, 1321 – Birth of Joan of the Tower, daughter of Edward II, at the Tower of London

July 5, 1717 – Birth of Pedro III of Portugal

July 5, 1866 – Wedding of Princess Helena, daughter of Queen Victoria, and Christian of Schleswig-Holstein at the Private Chapel, Windsor Castle

July 5, 1911 - Death of Maria Pia of Savoy, wife of Luís I of Portugal, in Turin, Italy; buried at the Basilica of Superga, near Turin, Italy
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Post by Susan » Mon July 5th, 2010, 11:21 pm

July 6 in royal history:

July 6, 1189 – Death of Henry II at Chateau Chinon, France, buried at Fontevrault Abbey near Chinon

July 6, 1249 – Death of Alexander II of Scotland at the Isle of Kerrera in the Inner Hebrides’ Scotland, buried at Melrose Abbey

July 6, 1402 – Wedding of Blanche of England and Ludwig III, Elector Palatine at Cologne Cathedral, Germany

July 6, 1483 - Coronation of Richard III
Richard’s wife Lady Anne Neville was crowned with him.

July 6, 1553 – Death of Edward VI at Greenwich Palace, London, England, buried at Westminster Abbey

July 6, 1598 – Birth of Kirsten Munk, morganatic second wife of Christian IV of Denmark

July 6, 1796 - Birth of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia

July 6, 1865 – Death of Sophie of Sweden, wife of Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden

July 6, 1868 – Birth of Princess Victoria, daughter of Edward VII, at Marlborough House, London, England

July 6, 1893 – Wedding of George, Duke of York (later George V) and Mary of Teck, at the Chapel Royal, St. James Palace
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Post by Ken » Tue July 6th, 2010, 6:03 am

6 July, 2010. Queen Elizabeth 11 visits New York for first time in 35 years. Will address the General Assembly of the UN for the first time since 1957, and will visit Ground Zero!

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Post by Susan » Tue July 6th, 2010, 12:03 pm

[quote=""Ken""]6 July, 2010. Queen Elizabeth 11 visits New York for first time in 35 years. Will address the General Assembly of the UN for the first time since 1957, and will visit Ground Zero![/quote]

I was considering going into New York to see her, but we have too many things to do and, more importantly, it is supposed to be 100 F (37 C) here and New York City is very unpleasant in that kind of heat. I bet the Queen will be outdoors as little as possible.
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Post by Susan » Wed July 7th, 2010, 12:14 am

July 7 in royal history:

July 7, 1162 - Death of Haakon II of Norway at Romsdal; first buried at Romsdal, reburied at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim

July 7, 1307 – Death of Edward I at Burgh-by-Sands, near Carlisle, buried at Westminster Abbey

July 7, 1537 – Death of Madeleine de Valois, first wife of James V of Scotland, buried at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh
Madeleine died of tuberculosis seven weeks after her arrival in Edinburgh, a month before her 17th birthday.
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Post by Susan » Wed July 7th, 2010, 9:52 pm

July 8 in royal history:

July 8, 975 – Death of Edgar the Peaceable at Winchester, England, buried at Glastonbury Abbey

July 8, 1290 – Wedding of Margaret, daughter of Edward I, and John II, Duke of Brabant, at Westminster Abbey, London

July 8, 1332 – Death of Mary of Woodstock, daughter of Edward I, at Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, buried at Amesbury Abbey
The tenth child and sixth daughter of Edward I and his first wife Eleanor of Castile, Mary became a nun in 1285 and lived the rest of her life at the Benedictine convent at Amesbury, Wiltshire where she died and was buried in 1332.

July 8, 1337 – Death of William of Hatfield, son of Edward III, buried at York Minster
William was the second son and fourth child of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault. He died at age 5 months and was buried at York Minster.

July 8, 1786 – Birth of Karl, Grand Duke of Baden

July 8, 1850 - Death of Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, son of George III, at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London; buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London
Adolphus was the grandfather of Queen Mary, wife of George V.

July 8, 1859 – Death of Oscar I of Sweden at Stockholm; buried at Riddarholm Church in Stockholm

July 8, 1972 – Wedding of Prince Richard of Gloucester and Birgitte van Deurs, at St. Andrew Church, Barnwell, Northampton
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Post by Susan » Wed July 7th, 2010, 9:54 pm

July 9 in royal history:

July 9, 1437 – Death of Joan of Navarre, second wife of Henry IV, at Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, England, buried at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent

July 9, 1746 – Death of Philip V of Spain at Madrid; buried at the Collegiate Church of the La Granja Palace in San Ildefonso

July 9, 1836 - Birth of Sophia of Nassau, wife of Oscar II of Sweden at Stockholm Palace, buried at Riddarholmen Church

July 9, 1857 – Birth of Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden

July 9, 1982 – Michael Fagin breaks into Buckingham Palace, confronts Queen Elizabeth II while sitting on her bed

July 9, 1985 – Death of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg at Fischbach Castle; buried at the Ducal Crypt of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg City

July 9, 1999 – Wedding of Alexia of Greece and Carlos Morales Quintana
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