ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Princess Mikasa (Yuriko) of Japan {1923} [wife of Prince Mikasa (Takahito) of Japan (uncle of Emperor Akihito of Japan)]
Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain {1977} (son of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain)
Jetsun Pema {1990} (fiancee of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan)
Christian Mowatt {1993} [son of Marina Ogilvy Mowatt (daughter of Princess Alexandra of Kent {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland})]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1039 Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
1411 King Charles VI of France granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
1802 Grieving over the death of his wife, Queen Marie Clotilde "Clotilda" of Sardinia, King Carlo Emanuele IV of Sardinia abdicates in favor of his brother, Vittorio Emanuele, Duke of Aosta.
1878 Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
1913 Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at Epsom Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness and dies a few days later.
2001 Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1394 Queen consort Philippa of Denmark, Norway & Sweden (d.1430)
1489 Antoine "the Good", Duke of Lorraine (d.1544)
1604 Claudia de' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Archduchess of Austria, Countess of Tyrol (d.1648)
1738 King George III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, Duke of Brunswick & Luneburg (d.1820)
DEATHS
1029 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
1135 Emperor Huizong of China
1206 Queen consort Adele of France
1257 Duke Przemysl I of Poland
1394 Mary de Bohun, wife of King Henry IV of England & the mother if King Henry V of England
1941 Kaiser/Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, King of Prussia
2001 King Dipendra of Nepal (b.1971, briefly reigned in a coma June 1, 2001 - June 4, 2001 after perpetrating the royal massacre on June 1, 2001)
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