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Post by sullyo on Aug 9, 2010 10:15:29 GMT
1902 King Edward VII was crowned .
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Post by sullyo on Aug 10, 2010 12:06:19 GMT
1759 Ferdinand VI, King of Spain died.
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Post by sullyo on Aug 11, 2010 10:09:47 GMT
1968 The future Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau was born (Wife of Prince Frisco of Orange-Nassau).
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Post by sullyo on Aug 12, 2010 9:44:18 GMT
1762 The future King George IV of Britain was born. 1904 Alexei son of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was born.
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Post by sullyo on Aug 15, 2010 9:53:12 GMT
1950 Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II was born.
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Post by sullyo on Aug 16, 2010 13:44:52 GMT
1945 The former Emperor of China and then of Manchukuo, Puyi, is captured ny Soviet troops following Japanese defeat in the region.
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Post by sullyo on Aug 17, 2010 9:40:24 GMT
1629 The future King Jan III of Poland was born.
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Post by sullyo on Aug 18, 2010 12:10:46 GMT
1572 Henri de Bourbon, King of Navarre, married Marguerite de Valois , at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.
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Post by sullyo on Aug 19, 2010 10:12:28 GMT
1745 "Bonnie Prince Charlie " landed in Scotland , to commence the second Jacobite attempt on the British throne since his Father's bid in 1715.
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Post by sullyo on Aug 20, 2010 10:24:30 GMT
1000 King Stephan I formally brings the state of Hungary into being as a Christian monarchy.
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Post by sullyo on Aug 21, 2010 15:43:23 GMT
1765 The future King William IV of Britain was born.
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Post by sullyo on Aug 22, 2010 9:20:34 GMT
1485 King Richard III of England was killed at the battle of Bosworth Field.
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Post by sullyo on Aug 23, 2010 9:50:13 GMT
1951 The future Queen Noor of Jordan was born.
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Post by sullyo on Aug 26, 2010 15:44:34 GMT
1944 Richard Duke of Gloucester, grandson of King George V was born.
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Post by sullyo on Aug 27, 2010 10:00:50 GMT
1979 Lord Louis Mountbatten, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II , was killed by a bomb on his boat in Ireland.
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