April 16
Feast Day of Saint Bernadette (Soubirous) of Lourdes [Catholic]
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Pope Benedict XVI {1927}
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark {1940}
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg {1955}
Prince Sebastian of Luxembourg {1992}
Princess Eleonore of Belgium {2008}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT
1953 Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
778 King Louis the Pious, King of Aquitaine, King of the Franks & co-Emperor (d.840)
1319 King Jean II of France (d.1364)
1693 Anne Sophie Reventlow, Queen of Denmark & Norway (d.1743)
DEATHS
69 Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor
744 al-Walid II, Umayyad Caliph
924 Berengar of Friuli, King of Italy
1113 Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince
1118 Adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily
1198 Duke Frederick I of Austria
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