June 8
Shavuot (Jewish)
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Andrea Casiraghi {1984} [son of Princess Caroline of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Monaco (sister of Prince Albert II of Monaco)]
Countess Eloise of Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg {2002} [daughter of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (son of Queenn Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
(she is the tallest, pictured far left, with her siblings)
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Princess Marie "Mignon" of Romania & King Alexander I of Yugoslavia {1922}
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Earl of Saint Andrews, Baron Downpatrick & Katharine Worsley {1961}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
68 The Roman Senate proclaims Galba as emperor.
1191 King Richard I of England arrives in Acre (present day Israel), thus beginning his crusade.
DEATHS
1042 Harthacanute (Knud III Hardeknud), King of Denmark & England
1376 Edward of Woodstock, (aka "Edward The Black Prince"), Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Aquitaine, son of King Edward III of England
1505 Emperor Hongzhi of China
1714 Sophia of the Palatinate/Hanover, Electress of Brunswick-Luneburg (Hanover)
1716 Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine
1795 King Louis XVII of France (b.1785)
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