This Day in History

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed June 24th, 2009, 12:22 pm

June 24, 1311 Birth of Philippa of Hainault, wife of Edward III

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed June 24th, 2009, 12:23 pm

June 24, 1340 - Birth of John of Gaunt, son of Edward III

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed June 24th, 2009, 12:23 pm

June 24, 1509 - Coronation of Henry VIII

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu June 25th, 2009, 12:26 pm

June 25, 1533 - Death of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, sister of Henry VIII

Alaric · Post by **Alaric** » Fri June 26th, 2009, 12:47 pm

June 26, 363 - Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate is killed by Sassanid forces in Persia

June 26, 1483 - Richard III is crowned King of England

June 26, 1718 - Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich dies mysteriously following a plot against Peter the Great

June 16, 1945 - 50 nations sign the original United Nations Charter

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Fri June 26th, 2009, 1:00 pm

June 26, 1830 - Death of George IV

June 26, 1899 - Birth of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II

Ludmilla · Post by **Ludmilla** » Fri June 26th, 2009, 4:36 pm

Here's a nice obscure one for ancient inventions improving personal hygiene:

June 26, 1498: A Brush with History

The emperor of China patents the toothbrush: hogback bristles set into a piece of bone or bamboo...

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun June 28th, 2009, 11:47 am

Lots of royal dates for today!

June 28, 1189 - Death of Matilda, daughter of Henry II, at Brunswick, Germany; buried at the Cathedral of St. Blasius, Brunswick

June 28, 1461 - Coronation of Edward IV
Edwards wife Elizabeth Woodville was crowned on May 26, 1465.

June 28, 1491 - Birth of Henry VIII at Greenwich Palace

June 28, 1838 - Coronation of Queen Victoria

June 28, 1914 - Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo, by Serb nationalist, Gavrilo Prinzip

Rowan · Post by **Rowan** » Mon June 29th, 2009, 2:16 pm

June 29, 1959 - the courts reject the banning of D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover.

Alaric · Post by **Alaric** » Mon June 29th, 2009, 2:36 pm

June 30, 1987 - I was born.