May 16
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein {1969} [son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Prince Louis-Auguste of France, Dauphin of France, Duke of Berry & Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria {1770} [later known as King Louis XVI of France & Queen Marie Antoinette of France] (they had been married by proxy on April 19, 1770)
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1204 Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders, is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
1568 Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
1920 Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.
1991 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom address a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1490 Duke Albrecht of Prussia (d.1568)
1611 Pope Innocent XI (d.1689)
DEATHS
1826 Dowager Empress consort Elizabeth Alexeievna of Russia (Princess Louise of Baden)
1926 Mehmed VI, last Ottoman Sultan
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