Tuesday, April 19, 2011

April 16

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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