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Post by sullyo on Dec 25, 2008 21:03:15 GMT
1800 Britain's first Christmas tree was put up at Queen's Lodge, Windsor, by Queen Charlotte - wife of King George III. 1950 The Stone of Scone, which was used at the Coronation of Scottish Kings, was stolen from Westminster Abbey, where it had rested for 650 years.
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Post by sullyo on Dec 28, 2008 20:23:03 GMT
1694 Queen Mary II of England died from smallpox, leaving her husband King William III to reign alone.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 2, 2009 21:09:48 GMT
1946 King Zog of Albania was deposed.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 5, 2009 17:24:58 GMT
Born on this day in 1938 the future King Juan Carlos of Spain.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 12, 2009 22:40:33 GMT
1987 Prince Edward of Great Britain resigned from the Royal Marines.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 14, 2009 15:59:08 GMT
1878 Queen Victoria was given a demonstration of the telephone. 1994 The Duchess of Kent converted to Catholicism.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 15, 2009 21:03:14 GMT
1559 Queen Elizabeth I of England was crowned. Today is the 65th birthday of Princess Michael of Kent.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 16, 2009 21:22:08 GMT
1979 The Shah of Iran fled to Egypt after been ousted by Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 17, 2009 21:14:18 GMT
1536 King Henry VIII of England, fell from his horse while jousting and was unconscious for several hours.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 20, 2009 20:18:31 GMT
1936 King Edward VIII acceded to the throne, and abdicated after just 325 days.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 23, 2009 21:12:52 GMT
Born on this day 52 years ago, Princess Caroline of Monaco.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 28, 2009 20:34:45 GMT
1547 King Henry VIII of England died.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 29, 2009 20:18:59 GMT
1820 King George III, the longest-lived and longest-reigning King of England, died at Windsor aged 81.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 30, 2009 16:28:24 GMT
1649 King Charles I, convicted of treason, was beheaded on a scaffold outside Banqueting House in Whitehall, London.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 31, 2009 21:16:30 GMT
1788 "Bonnie Prince Charlie ", grandson of the deposed King James II of England , died in Rome.
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