This Day in History

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Sun July 19th, 2009, 7:30 pm

July 19: Lady Jane Grey is deposed as Queen of England.

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Susan · Post by **Susan** » Mon July 20th, 2009, 12:44 pm

Today in royal history:

July 20, 1346 Birth of Margaret, daughter of Edward III, at Windsor Castle
Margaret was the fifth and youngest daughter and ninth child of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault. She married John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke in 1359 and died in 1361. She was buried at Abington, Berkshire.

July 20, 1524 - Death of Claude of France, first wife of Francis I of France, eldest daughter of Louis XII of France, at the Chateau de Blois, Blois, France; buried at St. Denis Basilica

July 20, 1890 Birth of George II, King of the Hellenes

July 20, 1927 Death of Ferdinand I of Romania at Pelisor Castle, Sinaia, Romania; buried at the Cathedral of Curtea de Arges
Ferdinand was the husband of Princess Marie of Edinburgh, granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

July 20, 1951 - Assassination of King Abdullah I of Jordan at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem; buried at Royal Cemetery, Amman, Jordan
King Abdullah I was killed at Al Asa Mosque in Jerusalem by a Palestinian nationalist angered by Jordan's annexation of the West Bank. His assassination was witnessed by his 15 year old grandson, the future King Hussein. The bullet meant for the young Hussein deflected off a medal he was wearing, thereby saving his life.

July 20, 1973 - Birth of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway

July 20, 1999 - Birth of Princess Alexandra of Hanover, daughter of Prince Ernst of Hanover and Princess Caroline of Monaco

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue July 21st, 2009, 6:31 pm

Today in royal history:

July 21, 987 Death Geoffrey I (Greymantle), Count of Anjou

July 21, 1831 Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, uncle of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, ascends to the throne of Belgium

July 21, 1858 Birth of Maria Christina of Austria, second wife of Alfonso XII of Spain

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed July 22nd, 2009, 7:25 pm

Today in royal history:

July 22, 1210 - Birth of Joan, daughter of King John, at Gloucester, England

July 22, 1461 Death of Charles VII of France at Mehun-sur-Yèvre, France; buried at Saint Denis Basilica

July 22, 1478 - Birth of Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, husband of Queen Juana of Castile

July 22, 1596 - Birth of Michael Feodorovich Romanov, first Romanov tsar

July 22, 1816 - Wedding of Princess Mary, daughter of George III, and Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, her first cousin, at the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace

July 22, 1832 Death of Napoléon II, Emperor of the French, at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna; originally buried in the Kapuzinergruft in Vienna; his remains were transferred to Les Invalides in Paris, but his heart remains at the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche in Vienna, and his viscera remains at the Ducal Crypt in Stephansdom in Vienna

July 22, 1896 - Wedding of Princess Maud, daughter of Edward VII, and Prince Carl of Denmark, later King Haakon VII of Norway, at the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace

July 22, 2002 - Birth of Prince Felix of Denmark, son of Prince Joachim

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu July 23rd, 2009, 11:53 am

Today in royal history:

July 23, 1645 - Death of Tsar Michael I in Moscow; buried at the Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow

July 23, 1885 - Wedding of Princess Beatrice, daughter of Queen Victoria, to Prince Henry of Battenberg, at St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight

July 23, 1892 - Birth of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia

July 23, 1952 - King Farouk of Egypt deposed by military coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser
Farouk is famous for saying, "In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards."

July 23, 1986 - Wedding of Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson, at Westminster Abbey

July 23, 1993 - Wedding of Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and Duchess Sophie of Bavaria

July 23, 1999 - Death of King Hassan II of Morocco in Rabat, Morocco; buried at the King Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco

July 23, 2007 - Death of Mohammed Zahir Shah, last king of Afghanistan, at the presidential palace compound in Kabul; buried at Maranjan Hill at the presidential palace compound in Kabul

Carine · Post by **Carine** » Thu July 23rd, 2009, 4:03 pm

Also today in history :

July 23, 1745 : Bonnie Prince Charlie lands in Scotland in an abortive attempt to gain the throne of Great Britain.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Fri July 24th, 2009, 12:31 pm

Today in royal history:

July 24, 1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots forced to abdicate her throne to her 1-year-old son James VI

July 24, 1689 Birth of William, Duke of Gloucester, son of Queen Anne, at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond, England
William was the only one of Queen Annes numerous children to survive a significant amount of time. A sickly child, who suffered from hydrocephalus, he died at age 11 of smallpox. The main street in Williamsburg, the colonial capital of Virginia, was named after him. If you visit Colonial Williamsburg, you can walk on Duke of Gloucester Street which runs from the House of Burgesses to the main entrance of The College of William and Mary. Its called DOG Street by the locals and college students. My son is a William and Mary alumni so Ive spent lots of time on DOG Street.

July 24, 1817 Birth of Grand Duke Adolpe of Luxembourg
Adolphe became Grand Duke upon the succession of Queen Wilhelmina to the Dutch throne. The three previous kings of the Netherlands had also been Grand Dukes of Luxembourg. However, because of the Salic Law, Wilhelmina could not succeed to the throne of Luxembourg.

July 24, 1860 Birth of Princess Charlotte of Prussia, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany
Princess Charlotte was the daughter of Victoria, Princess Royal and Frederick III, German Emperor. She married her second cousin Duke Bernhard II of Saxe-Meiningen.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat July 25th, 2009, 11:52 am

Today in royal history:

July 25, 306 - Constantine I proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops

July 25, 1554 - Wedding of Mary I of England and Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral

July 25, 1603 - Coronation of James I of England

July 25, 1797 - Birth of Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, wife of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, at Rumpenheim Castle, Kassel, Germany
Augusta is the grandmother of Queen Mary, wife of George V

July 25, 1860 - Birth of Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, wife of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, at Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Germany

July 25, 1876 Birth of Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria, wife of Albert I of the Belgians

July 25, 1938 Death of Prince Franz I of Liechtenstein at Valtice, now in the Czech Republic; buried at the Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic

July 25, 1970 - Birth of Lord Nicholas Windsor, son of the Duke of Kent

July 25, 1996 - Birth of Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece, daughter of Crown Prince Pavlos

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun July 26th, 2009, 12:29 pm

Today in royal history:

July 26, 1533 - Murder of Atahualpa, the last Incan King of Peru on orders of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro

July 26, 1867 Death of former King Otto of Greece, born Prince Otto of Bavaria, at palace of the former bishops in Bamberg, Germany; buried at Theatinerkirche St. Kajetan in Munich

July 26, 1944 - Death of Reza Shah Pahlevi, former Shah of Iran and father of the last Shah, in exile in Johannesburg, South Africa; buried at Reza Shah's mausoleum in Ray, Tehran, Iran which was later destroyed during the 1979 Iranian Revolution

July 26, 1958 - Debutantes presented at the British royal court for the last time

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Mon July 27th, 2009, 1:01 pm

Today in royal history:

July 27, 1365 - Wedding of Isabella, daughter of Edward III, and Enguerrand VII de Courcy, Earl of Bedford, at Windsor Castle

July 27, 1626 Death of Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

July 27, 1980 - Death of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran, in Cairo, Egypt, buried at the Al Rifa'i Mosque in Cairo