May 19

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