June 19
Father's Day in the USA & many other countries
Trinity Sunday in Western Christianity
Juneteenth, aka Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, honoring African American heritage by commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. State of Texas in 1865
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Princess Philomena of Orleans, Duchess of Vendome {1977} [wife of Prince Jean of Orleans, Dauphin of France, Duke of Vendome (son of Prince Henri of Orleans, Count of Paris, Duke of France)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden + Norway, Duke of Sodermanland & Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg {1823} [they were first married by proxy on May 22, 1823)
Crown Prince Carl of Sweden + Norway, Duke of Skane & Princess Louise of the Netherlands {1850}
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden & Silvia Sommerlath {1976}
The Prince Edward of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland & Sophie Rhys-Jones {1999}
Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno & Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn {2001} [civil] (divorced November 8, 2006)
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Duchess of Vastergotland & Daniel Westling {2010}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1269 King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an indentifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
1867 Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Queretaro, Queretaro.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1566 King James I of England + VI of Scotland (d.1625)
1896 Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (d.1986)
DEATHS
1205 Roman "the Great" Mstislavich, Grand Prince of Kiev, Prince of Halych, Rus' prince
1252 Eleanor de Montfort, Princess of Wales, Lady of Snowdon, wife of Prince Llywelyn II "the Last" of Wales
1584 Francois, Duke of Anjou + Alencon, son of King Henri II of France
1787 Princess Marie Sophie Helen Beatrice of France, daughter of King Louis XVI of France & Queen consort Marie Antoinette of France (b.July 9, 1786)
1867 Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, Prince Imperial & Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary & Bohemia
1902 King Albrecht of Saxony
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