This Day in History

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue September 29th, 2009, 12:12 am

Today in royal history:

September 30, 1399 - Richard II deposed; Henry IV becomes king

September 30, 1811 Birth of Augusta of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach, wife of William I, German Emperor

September 30, 1898 - Birth of Princess Charlotte of Monaco, mother of Prince Rainier III

September 30, 1972 - Birth of Ari Behn, husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway

September 30, 1992 - Birth of Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor, daughter of the Earl of St. Andrews

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu October 1st, 2009, 1:04 am

Today in royal history:

October 1, 959 - Death of King Eadwig at Gloucester, England, buried in Winchester Cathedral

October 1, 1207 - Birth of Henry III at Winchester Castle

October 1, 1361 - Death of Margaret, daughter of Edward III, buried at Abingdon Abbey, Oxfordshire

October 1, 1553 Coronation of Mary I

October 1, 1919 Death of Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen, at Baden-Baden, Germany
Charlotte was the daughter of Victoria, Princess Royal and Kaiser Frederick III of Germany. She married her second cousin Duke Bernhard II of Saxe-Meiningen.

October 1, 1969 - Birth of Prince Nikolaos of Greece, son of King Constantine II

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Fri October 2nd, 2009, 12:03 am

Today in royal history:

October 2, 1452 - Birth of Richard III at Fotheringay Castle

October 2, 1921- Death of former William II of Württemberg at Bebenhausen, Germany; buried at the Old Cemetery in Ludwigsburg, Germany

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat October 3rd, 2009, 2:08 am

Today in royal history:

October 3, 1283 - Execution of David ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd, Wales

October 3, 1568 Death of Élisabeth de Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain; buried at the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial

October 3, 1891 Birth of Prince Maurice of Battenberg, grandson of Queen Victoria, at Balmoral Castle, Scotland

October 3, 2004 Beatification of Emperor Karl I of Austria

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Sat October 3rd, 2009, 2:14 am

On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the first black to serve on the high court.

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Sat October 3rd, 2009, 1:23 pm

On Oct. 3, 1990, West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a new unified country

Can't believe its been twenty years.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat October 3rd, 2009, 11:42 pm

Today in royal history:

October 4, 1910 - Manuel II driven out of Portugal by revolution

October 4, 1997 - Wedding of Infanta Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarín y Liebaert

October 4, 2005 Birth of Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, son of Crown Prince Philippe

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Sun October 4th, 2009, 2:19 pm

On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Mon October 5th, 2009, 2:00 am

Today in royal history:

October 5, 1658 - Birth of Maria Beatrice of Modena, second wife of James II, at Ducal Palace, Modena, Italy
Full name: Maria Beatrice Eleanor Anna Margherita Isabella

October 5, 1840 Birth of Prince Johann II of Liechtenstein

October 5, 1858 - Birth of Prince Henry of Battenberg, husband of Princess Beatrice (Queen Victoria's youngest child), at Milan, Italy

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue October 6th, 2009, 12:56 am

Today in royal history:

October 6, 1644 Death of Élisabeth de Bourbon, first wife of Philip IV of Spain; buried at the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial

October 6, 1773 Birth of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French

October 6, 1828 - Death of Charlotte, Princess Royal, daughter of George III, at Ludwigsburg Palace, Stuttgart, Germany; buried in the royal vault at Ludwigsburg Palace Church

October 6, 1891 Death of Charles of Württemberg at Stuttgart, Germany; buried at the Old Castle in Stuttgart

October 6, 1982 - Birth of Princess Noor bint Asem bin Nayef, wife of Prince Hamzah of Jordan

October 6, 2002 - Death of Prince Claus of the Netherlands, husband of Queen Beatrix, at the AMC University Hospital in Amsterdam; buried at the Nieuwe Kerk, Delft