This Day in History

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Tue September 15th, 2009, 1:22 pm

On Sept. 15, 1963, four black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, in the deadliest act of the civil rights era.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed September 16th, 2009, 12:28 am

Today in royal history:

September 16, 1380 Death of Charles V of France (the Wise) at Beauté-sur-Marne, France; buried at St. Denis Basilica

September 16, 1387 - Birth of Henry V at Monmouth Castle, Wales

September 16, 1583 Death of Catherine Jagiellon, wife of Johan III of Sweden, at Stockholm; buried at Uppsala Cathedral

September 16, 1764 - Death of Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

September 16, 1824 - Death of Louis XVIII of France at Paris, France; buried at the Basilica of St. Denis

September 16, 1837 Birth of Pedro V of Portugal

Miss Moppet · Post by **Miss Moppet** » Wed September 16th, 2009, 9:01 pm

[quote=""Susan""]
September 16, 1824 - Death of Louis XVIII of France at Paris, France; buried at the Basilica of St. Denis [/quote]

Louis XVIII was the last Bourbon king of France to die in power; he was succeeded by his brother Charles X (the former comte d'Artois) who ended his life in exile.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu September 17th, 2009, 12:03 am

Today in royal history:

September 17, 1688 Birth of Maria Luisa of Savoy, first wife of Philip V of Spain

September 17, 1968 - Birth of Marie-Chantal Claire Miller, wife of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece

September 17, 2004 Birth of Prince Odysseas Kimon of Greece, son of Crown Prince Pavlos

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu September 17th, 2009, 11:21 pm

Today in royal history:

September 18, 1964 - Wedding of Constantine II of Greece and Anne-Marie of Denmark

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Fri September 18th, 2009, 9:52 pm

Today in royal history:

September 19, 1551 Birth of Henri III of France

September 19, 1803 Birth of Maria Anna of Savoy, wife of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria

annis · Post by **annis** » Sat September 19th, 2009, 10:13 pm

20 September, the forgotten battle of 1066- the Battle of Fulford, near the city of York in northern England. Saxon troops of Mercia and Northumbria, under Earl Edwin and Earl Morcar, respectively vs. a Norse army under King Harald Hardrada, with the aid of Earl Tostig, brother of King Harold of England. The Vikings routed the Saxons, leaving King Harold Godwinsson seriously undermanned at the later Battle of Hastings, a contributing factor in the English defeat.

You Tube mini-doco - Battle of Fulford Gate

"When King Harald saw that the English array had come to the ditch against him, he ordered the charge to be sounded, and urged on his men. He ordered the banner which was called the Land-ravage to be carried before him, and made so severe an assault that all had to give way before it; there was a great loss among the men of the earls, and they soon broke into flight, some running up the river, some down, and the most leaping into the ditch, which was so filled with dead that the Norsemen could go dry-foot over the fen"
From the Heimskringla

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun September 20th, 2009, 3:41 am

Today in royal history:

September 20, 1486 - Birth of Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VII, at St. Swithin's Priory, Winchester, England

September 20, 1902 Death of Marie-Henriette of Austria, wife of Leopold II of the Belgians, at Spa, Belgium; buried at the Royal Vault at the Church of Our Lady, Laeken, Belgium

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Mon September 21st, 2009, 10:58 pm

Today in royal history:

September 21, 1327 - Murder of the deposed Edward II at Berkeley Castle, buried at Gloucester Cathedral

September 21, 1558 Death of Charles I of Spain (Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) at the Monastery of Yuste, near Cuacos de Yuste, Spain; originally buried at the Monastery of Yuste, re-buried at the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real

September 21, 1788 Birth of Wilhelmine of Baden, wife of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine

September 21, 1957 - Death of Haakon VII of Norway at the Royal Palace, Oslo; buried at the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Fortress

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Mon September 21st, 2009, 11:01 pm

Today in royal history:

September 22, 1515 - Birth of Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife, at Düsseldorf, Cleves, Germany

September 22, 1601 Birth of Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII of France

September 22, 1761 - Coronation of George III

September 22, 1780 - Birth of Prince Alfred, son of George III, at Windsor Castle

September 22, 1840 - Death of Princess Augusta, daughter of George III, at Clarence House, London, buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor

September 22, 1828 - Murder of Shaka, African ruler and founder of the Zulu kingdom, by his half-brother Dingan

September 22, 1948 - Birth of Mark Phillips, first husband of Princess Anne

September 22, 1971 - Birth of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, daughter of Harald V

September 22, 1984 - Wedding of Princess Astrid of Belgium and Archduke Lorenz of Habsburg-Este