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Post by sullyo on Jan 21, 2008 18:15:22 GMT
1793 Louis XVI, King of France was guillotined after being found guilty of treason.
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Post by paulchen on Jan 21, 2008 18:31:19 GMT
Great to have this feature back. Not too great for poor old Louis, though...  |
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Post by Cinderella on Jan 21, 2008 23:45:16 GMT
Also, on this day in royal history (January 21, 2004), Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway was born.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 23, 2008 18:28:21 GMT
Born on this day in 1957, Princess Caroline of Monaco.
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Post by Sullyo on Jan 26, 2008 18:37:16 GMT
1947 Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden was killed in an air crash near Copenhagen.
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Post by paulchen on Jan 27, 2008 15:29:09 GMT
1947 Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden was killed in an air crash near Copenhagen. The singer Grace Moore was on the same flight. |
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Post by margravine on Jan 31, 2008 21:54:23 GMT
January 31, 1910-The Portuguese republican revolution broke out in the northern city of Porto.
January 31, 1938-Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was born at Soestdijk Palace.
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Post by sullyo on Feb 1, 2008 18:26:20 GMT
Born on 1st February 1965, Princess Stephanie of Monaco.
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Post by sullyo on Feb 6, 2008 18:12:18 GMT
1952 King George VI died aged 56.
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Post by sullyo on Feb 8, 2008 18:18:27 GMT
1587 Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded after being implicated in a plot to overthrow Elizabeth I. 1952 Princess Elizabeth proclaimed herself Queen and head of the Commonwealth and defender of the faith.
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Post by Ibelieveinfairytales on Feb 10, 2008 21:19:00 GMT
February 10, 1840: Queen Victoria married Prince Albert in the Chapel Royal at St. James's Palace.
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Post by sullyo on Feb 15, 2008 18:41:34 GMT
1952 King George VI is buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
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Post by paulchen on Feb 16, 2008 12:49:11 GMT
1952 King George VI is buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Then it was also the anniversary of the Funeral of his younger daughter HRH The late Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. |
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Post by Ibelieveinfairytales on Feb 19, 2008 12:26:59 GMT
Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, was born on this date in 1960.
He was the first child to be born to a reigning sovereign since Queen Victoria had Princess Beatrice in 1857.
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Post by sullyo on Feb 19, 2008 18:48:36 GMT
I always taught that the future King Edward VII born in 1842 was the last child born to a reigning sovereign untill Prince Andrew?.
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