June 8

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)