Today in History...

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

June 2nd 1625 Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand
http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/3...

[Meghan]

June 11, 1509 King Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon

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

June 12th 1442 King Alfonso V of Aragon occupies Naples

http://www.delbalzo.net/cronology.htm

[Grace]

323 > Alexander the Great dies.
1805 > Meriwether Lewis reaches the Great Falls. 1864 > Grant swings toward Petersburg.
1893 > Dorothy Sayers is born.
1895 > First auto race held from Paris-Bordeaux-Paris.
1967 > Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court.
1966 > The Miranda rights are established.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

323 BC, even! A landmark date, the death of Alexander.

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

June 13th 1625 English king Charles I marries French princess Henriette

http://mdroots.thinkport.org/library/...

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

Grace wrote: "323 > Alexander the Great dies.
1805 > Meriwether Lewis reaches the Great Falls. 1864 > Grant swings toward Petersburg.
1893 > Dorothy Sayers is born.
1895 > First auto race held from Paris-B..."

These are great, Grace, thanks. Can you please put the date as well as the year in future. Also, since this is a History of Royalty group we try to keep our posts about Royalty happenings in history. Thanks!

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

June 16th 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Lev...

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

June 18th 1155 Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor

[Shirley]

June 18,618: Li Yuan becomes Emperor of China
June 18,1234: Emperor Chukyo of Japan dies
June 18,1268: Princess Eleanor of England, daughter of King Edward I of England is born
June 18,1291: King Alfonso III of Aragon dies
June 18,1318: Princess Eleanor of Woodstock, daughter of King Edward II of England is born
June 18,1517: Emperor Ogimachi of Japan is born
June 18,1815: The Battle of Warloo where Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher. Napoleon Bonaparte is forced to abdicate the French throne for a 2nd and final time.
June 18,1901: Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova of Russia is born

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

Wow, those are great ones, Shirley. A lot of ones that are not well known. Thanks.

[Meghan]

June 19, 1566 Birth of King James VI of Scotland/King James I of England

[Meghan]

June 20, 1791 King Louis XVI of France, Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family attempt to flee Paris during the French Revolution

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Shirley wrote: "618: Li Yuan becomes Emperor of China
1234: Emperor Chukyo of Japan dies
1268: Princess Eleanor of England, daughter of King Edward I of England is born
1291: King Alfonso III of Aragon dies
13..."

Those are great... just make sure to post the date, as well as the year.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Thanks everyone for posting! There have been a lot of great posts and I love that so many people are contributing to this thread :)

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Just in case I forget tomorrow...

(June 21, 1982)

Happy 29th Birthday Wills!

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

And Happy 21st Birthday to my son Joe. He and Wills have a lot in common, lol.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Hehe Happy Birthday Joe!

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

OK, I apologize, since the above was DEFINITELY NOT Royalty related, but I couldn't resist.

As for today:

June 22nd 1377 Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England

[Shirley]

Jennifer, did you ever tell everyone that your Godmother, Mrs. McGonigal gave you a spoon that commemorated the birth of Wills...the same year you were born?

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

Wow, Jennifer, that is cool.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

No, I didn't tell them, I don't think. It is pretty neat and I've always loved having it. Especially in the days that I was going to be his Queen... ah well, Kate beat me to it :P

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

Just spent a LONG weekend with the family for my Son's 21st, so missed this for a while. Here is today's, though:

June 27th 1458 Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

June 28

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HENRY VIII! (1491)

Also of note:

1461 – Edward IV is crowned King of England.
1519 – Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

[[deleted user]]

Wow, happy birthday King Henry... whoop whoop lol

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

We'll all have to have a drink for him :)

[[deleted user]]

For sure, what did they drink back then?
Some small ale or something hehe

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Yup... I think I'll have a beer when I get home. In honor of our boy of course :)

[[deleted user]]

So will I :)

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

LOL like the group photo I just put up?
It's from last year... he's actually 520 today, not 519 but it works :)

[[deleted user]]

Love it!
The pink balloon does it for me :)
He looks very jolly...

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Not quite so tyranical, huh? ;)

[Kelly A.]

Love the picture Jennifer!

Also, on June 28, 1838, 19 year old Queen Victoria was crowned.

[Meghan]

I love the picture!!! Very awesome.

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

You guys are all making me laugh. :) Henry with a pink balloon, too great.

[Shirley]

Jennifer wrote: "No, I didn't tell them, I don't think. It is pretty neat and I've always loved having it. Especially in the days that I was going to be his Queen... ah well, Kate beat me to it :P"

She really did want to marry him!!!

[Shirley]

Jennifer wrote: "Yup... I think I'll have a beer when I get home. In honor of our boy of course :)"

I know I'm not particularly computer savvy...but WHERE is the group photo??

[[deleted user]]

At the top of the group Shirley (The group logo) hehe, dont worry, it took me a while as well. :)

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Ah, now back to the old picture... too bad... I kinda like this one :)

I uploaded the Henry birthday picture to the photos section for anyone who wants to see it :)

[[deleted user]]

So do I... Maybe someone who is really good with manipulating pictures should make us a pic of Henry for every part of the year, like Christmas, or like USA's Thanksgiving, Halloween etc... that would look so cool

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

I can try it :)

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

Jennifer is good at those types of things. I'm betting she could do it for us, lol.

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

June 29th 1682 Sofia names herself regent of Russia

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

June 30th 0833 Louis, king of Austria, crowned

[[deleted user]]

That would look so cool if you could try it Jen :)

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

In honor of Canada Day tomorrow, July 1st, a new photo has been added.

Not bad for a first attempt if I do say so myself :)

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

I think it is great. You really should do this over at THL, too, as that is Henry's group, so to speak. :)

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

LOL It is... but it's not my group :P

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

Well, we certainly love Henry here, huh? I think this one is great, and all you have to do on the Fourth is change the flag!

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Haha I'm way ahead of you... I've got one ready for Monday :)