Today in History...

[Meghan]

March 7, 1530: King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

March 7th 0161 Antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74

[Heather]

March 7, 1724 - Pope Innocent XIII, dies at 68.

[Meghan]

March 8, 1702: England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Here is one that ties in with our Group Read for the month:

March 9th 1642 English Queen Henriette Mary (mother of Charles II) arrives in Hellevoetsluis Netherlands

[Meghan]

March 10, 1452 Ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily was born

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March 10th 1526 Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal

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March 11th 1598 Countess Charlotte of Nassau marries duke Claude de la Tremoille

March 11th 2011 8.8 Earthquake hits Japan resulting in tsunamis and fires. My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Japan. If we have any members from Japan, I hope you and yours are well.

[Meghan]

March 14, 1689 Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Sorry all, I was gone this weekend.

Meghan - getting us in the mood for the Scottish Read?

March 14th 1558 Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor

[Meghan]

That was actually what I thought of when I saw this!

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Cool

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March 15th 0933 Battle at Riade: German King Henry I beats Magyaren

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March 16th 0037 Tiberius Claudius Nero, emperor of Rome (14-37), dies at 77

[Meghan]

March 17, 1473 James IV, king of Scotland born

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March 17th 1526 French king Francois I freed from Spain

March 17th 1537 French troops invade Flanders

and not Royalty related, but of course:

March 17th 0432 St Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave

[Meghan]

March 18, 1584 Tsar Ivan IV "The Terrible" of Russia dies at age 53

[Meghan]

March 23, 1801 Tsar Paul I of Russia strangled at age 46

[Meghan]

March 24, 1603 Queen Elizabeth I of England dies after a 45 year reign

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Thanks for keeping these up, Meghan. My son is here from Oregon, so I have not been online much.

Here is another for today:

March 24th 1734 Neth's William K H Friso marries princess Anne of Hanover

[Meghan]

March 27, 1625 King James I of England (King James VI of Scotland) dies at age 58

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

OK - Joe's visit is over (my youngest) so I should be back on track with this.

March 28th 0193 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

In acknowledgement of Charles II, who we have just finished reading some about:

March 29th 1673 English king Charles II accepts Test Act: Roman Catholics excluded from public functions.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Tes...

[Priya]

he was so very reluctant to do this! at this point his brother and all his children by barbara castlemaine were catholic, not to mention his wife...

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

And he may have been a closet Catholic himself, too.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

March 30th 1492 King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain.

And of course

March 30th 1533 Henry VIII divorces his 1st wife, Catherine of Aragon.

[Meghan]

March 31, 1547 Henry II succeeds Francois I as king of France

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March 31st 1519 birth date of Henry II, King of Germany (1547-59)

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I tried so hard to come up with a April Fools post for this thread, but couldn't come up with something that was believable. I guess I don't have the right imagination.

Here is the real one:

April 1st 1283 birth date of Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47).

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

April 2nd 1416 Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 and Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragon

And while I am on an Aragon kick,

pril 2nd 1502 Arthur, English crown prince and husband of Catharina of Arag0n, dies

[Brittany]

2 days worth...

April 3rd 1043: King Edward the Confessor of England is crowned.

April 4th 1743: Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, is crowned Queen of Bohemia.

There seem to be a few people crowned on this day... interesting... here is the list I found:

812: Charlemagne's status as Emperor is acknowledged by the Byzantine Empire.

850: Emperor Louis II is crowned in Rome.

1081: Emperor Alexius Comnenus of the Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire is crowned.

and then...

1581: Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England.

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April 5th 1643 birth date of Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria

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April 6th 1199 Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41

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April 7th 1118 Pope Gelasius II excommunicated Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor

[Meghan]

April 7, 1498 Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), dies at 27

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April 8th 1500 Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza

[Meghan]

April 10, 1512 Birth of James V of Scotland

[Meghan]

April 11, 1471 King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI

[Meghan]

April 12, 1229 Queen Blanche of Castilie and earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

April 12th 1605 Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies.

Sorry I missed a few days, but for some reason Goodreads wouldn't let me on. Actually, I could get on, but couldn't get into any of my groups.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

A lot of us were having troubles, Lyn!

[Meghan]

April 13, 1519 Birth of Catherine de' Medici

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

YAY for Catherine. What a fascinating person she was.

This one has nothing to do with Royalty, but I thought it was interesting:

April 13th 0837 Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years

And for the Royalty one:

April 13th 1545 birth date of Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabet...

[Aly]

Not royalty related, but 99 years ago today, the Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean.

Hm.. Not finding anything on Royalty in this day in history. A lot happened in the U.S. throughout history on today though.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

This was the only one that I could find for the 15th. April 15th 1595 Willem I's daughter of Elisabeth of Nassau marries duke Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne of Broth

And here is one for today:
April 16th 1346 King Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece

And Aly - The titanic is "sort of" Royalty related, as there were many of America's upper crust on the boat, which are the closest thing the we have to royalty, right?

[Meghan]

April 16, 2008 Princess Eleonore of Belgium is born in Anderlecht, Belgium

[Aly]

Lyn, I figured the Titanic thing could kind of count too. And after doing a bit of research, Lucy Noel Martha Leslie, the Countess of Rothes was on board. And apparently she was quite a lady. The crew member in charge of the lifeboat that she was in held her in such regard that he gave her the iron number that was on the lifeboat. And they kept in touch until she died.

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Thats pretty cool Lyn, and thanks Aly for posting the part of the Titanic, even if there was no royal connection, the sinking of the Titanic will always be a huge part of history and a great link to post here

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

April 20th 1442 birth date of Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)

[Meghan]

April 21, 1509 Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52