The Feast of the Visitation [Catholic & Anglican]
The Feast of the Queenship of Mary [traditional Catholic]
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Baron Nils-August Silfverschiold {1934} [husband of Princess Desiree of Sweden (sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)]
Helene Vestur, former Countess of Nassau {1958} [ex-wife of Prince Jean of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)]
Felicia van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven {2005} [daughter of Prince Maurits of Oranje-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
King Alfonso XIII of Spain & Princess Victoria Eugenie "Ena" of Battenberg {1906}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1279 BC Ramses II "the Great" (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
1578 King Henri III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge in Paris.
1859 The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
1941 Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns Abd-al-llah to power as regent for Faisal II.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1443 Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond & Derby, mother of King Henry VII of England (d.1509)
1469 King Manuel I "the Fortunate" of Portugal & the Algarves (d.1521)
1557 Tsar Feodor I "the Bellringer" or "the Blessed" of Russia (d.1598)
1613 Johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony (d.1680)
1857 Pope Pius XI (d.1939)
1923 Prince Rainier III of Monaco (d.2005)
DEATHS
1162 King Geza II of Hungary, Croatia & Dalmatia
1246 Countess Isabella of Angouleme, Queen consort of England
1410 King Martin I "the Elder, the Humane, the Ecclesiastic" of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia, Corsica & Sicily (as Martin II), Count of Barcelona
1495 Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother of King Edward IV of England & King Richard III of England.
1740 King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia, Elector-Prince of Brandenburg (as Friedrich Wilhelm II)
