This Day in History

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun January 24th, 2010, 2:43 am

Today in royal history:

January 24, 41 - Assassination of Caligula, Roman emperor

January 24, 76 - Birth of Hadrian, Roman Emperor

January 24, 1328 - Wedding of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault at York Minster

January 24, 1712 - Birth of Frederick II (the Great), King of Prussia

January 24, 1746 - Birth of Gustav III of Sweden

January 24, 1779 - Birth of Louise of Baden, wife of Tsar Alexander I

January 24, 1924 Death of former Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde of Luxembourg at Hohenburg Castle in Bavaria, Germany; buried at Cathedral Notre-Dame in Luxembourg
Marie-Adélaïde was a nun from the time of her abdication in 1919 until her death.

January 24, 1924 - Wedding of Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan (later emperor) and Princess Nagako

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun January 24th, 2010, 11:38 pm

Today in royal history:

January 25, 1308 - Wedding of Edward II and Isabella of France, at Boulogne Cathedral, France

January 25, 1327 - Edward II is deposed in favor of his son Edward III

January 25, 1477 Birth of Anne of Brittany, wife of Charles VIII of France and second wife of Louis XII of France

January 25, 1533 - Wedding of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his second wife, at the Palace of Westminster, London

January 25, 1559 - Death of Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden at Kalundborg Castle; buried at Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense, Denmark

January 25, 1630 Birth of Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

January 25, 1661 - Birth of Prince Antonio I of Monaco

January 25, 1755 - Birth of Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, first wife of Tsar Paul I
Name after marriage: Natalia Alexeievna, died after childbirth at age 21

January 25, 1858 - Wedding of Victoria, Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Victoria, and future German Emperor Frederick III at the Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, London

Texas · Post by **Texas** » Mon January 25th, 2010, 2:25 am

From Time magazine: the average 8-18-year-old spends 270 minutes a day watching TV, 73 playing video games, 90 text messaging. "The only leisure activity that has become less popular is reading."

Sigh....

Texas
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Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue January 26th, 2010, 12:48 am

Today in royal history:

January 26, 1497 - Birth of Emperor Go-Nara of Japan

January 26, 1763 - Birth of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, French Marshall, later Charles XIV, King of Sweden and Norway

January 26, 1876 Death of Amélia of Leuchtenberg, second wife of Pedro I of Brazil/Pedro IV of Portugal, in Lisbon; buried first in the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon, since 1982 in the Ipiranga monument in São Paulo, Brazil

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed January 27th, 2010, 12:16 am

Today in royal history:

January 27, 1773 - Birth of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, son of George III at Buckingham Palace

January 27, 1836 Death of Wilhelmine of Baden, wife of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine

January 27, 1859 - Birth of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, son of Kaiser Frederick III and Victoria, Princess Royal, at Berlin, Germany

January 27, 2001 Death of Marie José of Belgium, wife of Umberto II of Italy, at Geneva, Switzerland; buried at the Cistercian Abbey of Hautecombe, Savoy, France

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu January 28th, 2010, 12:20 am

Today in royal history:

January 28, 814 - Death of Charlemagne, German Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor, at Aachen, Germany: buried at the Aachen Cathedral

January 28, 1457 - Birth of Henry VII at Pembroke Castle, Wales

January 28, 1547 - Death of Henry VIII at Whitehall Palace, London; buried at St. Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle

January 28, 1768 - Birth of Frederik VI of Denmark and Norway

January 28, 1845 Death of Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, first wife of Adolphe of Nassau, the future Grand Duke of Luxembourg, in childbirth at Castle Biebrich in Wiesbaden; buried at the Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth in Wiesbaden

January 28, 1941 - Death of Alfonso XIII of Spain, in exile, in Rome, Italy; first buried at Church of Santa Maria di Monserrato, the Spanish national church in Rome, in 1980 his remains were transferred to San Lorenzo de El Escorial in Spain

Rowan · Post by **Rowan** » Thu January 28th, 2010, 2:56 am

Also on 28 January 1547, Edward VI became King of England and Ireland at age 9.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu January 28th, 2010, 3:51 am

[quote=""Rowan""]Also on 28 January 1547, Edward VI became King of England and Ireland at age 9.[/quote]

True, that goes along with Henry VIII's death which was already noted.

nona · Post by **nona** » Thu January 28th, 2010, 4:26 pm

well not a historical figure Pride & Predjudice was published today in 1813, wonder how Jane Austen would react to knowing how her books would be classics and made into movies for all generations.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Fri January 29th, 2010, 1:37 am

Today in royal history:

January 29, 1601 Death of Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, wife of Henri III of France, at Moulins, Allier in France; first buried at was buried at the Convent of the Capuchins, re-interred in 1817 next to her husband in the Saint Denis Basilica

January 29, 1749 - Birth of Christian VII of Denmark and Norway

January 29, 1820 - Death of George III at Windsor Castle; buried at St. Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle

January 29, 1844 Death of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Ernest was the father of Prince Albert, Queen Victorias husband. He was also Queen Victorias uncle.

January 29, 1860 Death of Stéphanie de Beauharnais, wife of Karl, Grand Duke of Baden

January 29, 1906 - Death of Christian IX of Denmark at Copenhagen; buried at Roskilde Cathedral

January 29, 2000 - Wedding of Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein and Angela Brown