May 19
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Prince Jean of Orleans, Duke of Vendome {1965} (son of Prince Henri of Orleans, Count of Paris & Duke of France)
Prince Alexander of Liechtenstein {1972} (nephew of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)
(pictured here with his wife)
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands & Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst {2001} [religious]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1499 Infanta Catalina of Castile & Aragon (aka Catherine of Aragon, future Queen consort of England to King Henry VIII) is married by proxy to Prince Arthur Tudor of England, Prince of Wales. She is 13, and he is 12.
1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen consort of England (second wife of King Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, & incest.
1568 Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots.
1749 King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1744 Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of the United Kingdom & Hanover (d.1818)
1797 Infanta Maria Isabel of Portugal, Queen consort of Spain (d.1818)
DEATHS
1102 Stephen II, Count of Blois & Chartres
1125 Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kievan Rus
1296 Pope Saint Celestine V
1319 Louis d'Evreux, son of King Philippe III of France
1389 Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy
1526 Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan
1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen consort of England
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