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2013 Event - As a precautionary measure, Queen Elizabeth II is admitted to the hospital for observation after experiencing symptoms of gastroenteritis

2012 Event - Queen Elizabeth II shares her Christmas Message with her Commonwealth subjects, referencing the 'humbling' experience of her diamond jubilee celebrations and the 2012 Summer Olympics;the speech is the first to be broadcast in 3D

2012 Event - United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II attends a meeting of the Cabinet for the first time, receiving a gift honoring her Diamond Jubilee; this was first time a Cabinet meeting was attended by a British monarch since the reign of Queen Victoria

2012 Event - A pop concert celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee takes place at Buckingham Palace, featuring artists Stevie Wonder, Sir Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, among others

2012 Event - Queen Elizabeth II marks her 60th anniversary of becoming monarch of the U.K and seven sovereign states in the Commonwealth of Nations

2012 Event - Jamaica's new Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller announces the country will become a republic, removing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state

2012 Event - Queen Elizabeth II appoints John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, and artist David Hockney, to the Order of Merit

2011 Event - Queen Elizabeth II makes her 16th visit to Australia, commencing in the capital city of Canberra

2011 Event - Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter, Zara Phillips marries Mike Tindall, an England rugby union international

2011 Event - On his visit to the United Kingdom, U.S. President Barack Obama meets Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh

2011 Event - Queen Elizabeth II visits Ireland's Croke Park in Dublin, where the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1920 occurred during the Irish War of Independence

2011 Event - Queen Elizabeth II becomes the second-longest-reigning monarch in Britain

2011 Event - Aretha Franklin, singer and the 'Queen of Soul', announces she has overcome medical ailments and plans to return to the stage

2010 Event - The engagement of Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Phillips to Mike Tindall, a Rugby Union player, is announced

2010 Event - Queen Elizabeth II launches a page on Facebook; no one is allowed to 'poke' or 'befriend' her

2010 Death - Albertina Walker, a famous U.S. gospel singer known as the 'Queen of Gospel' dies in Chicago

2010 Death - Malcolm McLaren, Sex Pistols manager/notorious for the banned "God Save the Queen" single, dies in New York.

2010 Event - The Queen Mary 2 makes her first port call in China at the Port of Shanghai, since her maiden voyage in 2004

1998 Event - Tony Awards, Lion King, Caberet revival, Ragtime, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane won major awards

1998 Event - Britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement

1997 Death - Joanie Weston, roller derby queen with the Bay Bombers, dies at 61

1997 Event - ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen

1997 Event - Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by the Queen

1996 Death - Jon Benet Ramsey, Colorado child beauty queen, murdered at 6

1995 Event - Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles and Diana to divorce

1995 Event - Queen Mother Elizabeth undergoes hip surgery

1995 Death - Jean Muir, (Dress Queen), British model, dies at 66

1994 Death - Ferdinand J Kranenburg, director of queen (North Holland), dies at 83

1994 Event - Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse and breaks her left wrist

1993 Death - Margaret MacDonald, maid to Queen Elizabeth, dies at 89

1993 Death - Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of Dutch queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73

1993 Death - Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid for Dutch Queen, dies at 98

1992 Event - Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire

1992 Death - Queen Mother of Oman, dies

1991 Death - Freddie Mercury, British singer (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45

1991 Event - Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address U.S. congress

1991 Event - President Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game

1990 Death - Dave Willock, actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81

1990 Birthday - Jon Benet Ramsey, little beauty queen, murdered in 1996

1990 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver

1990 Event - Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes and 58.44 seconds backwards!

1989 Event - Canada updates coins with a new potrait of the Queen

1989 Event - Queen Elizabeth II knights Ronald Reagan

1989 Death - Zita, Empress of Austria/Queen of Hungary, dies at 96

1988 Event - Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth

1986 Event - Queen Beatrice installs dam at Oosterschelde

1986 Birthday - Megan Fox, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, actress, sex symbol, debut film, 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen', breakout role, Mikaela Barnes in movie, 'Transformers', voted 'Sexiest Woman in the World' by FHM

1985 Death - Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67

1984 Event - Dutch Queen Beatrice opens University

1982 Death - Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen, U.S., detective writer, dies at 76

1982 Event - President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth

1982 Event - Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses U.S. Congress

1982 Event - Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution

1981 Event - Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II

1980 Event - American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran

1980 Event - Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I. Queen

1980 Event - Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis

1980 Event - Beatrix, Wilhelmina Armgard, crowned queen of Netherlands

1980 Event - Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, abdicates

1980 Death - Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72

1979 Death - Lee Bowman, actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover), dies at 64

1979 Death - Gracie Fields, actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81

1979 Death - Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45

1977 Event - Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks

1976 Event - Queen's "Bhoemian Rhapsody" goes gold

1975 Death - Leigh Whipper, actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98

1975 Event - "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 18 performances

1975 Event - "Letter for Queen Victoria" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 18 performances

1973 Event - Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House

1973 Birthday - Adam Garcia, born in Wahroonga, Australia, actor, tap dancer, appeared on 'Doctor Who', appeared in films, 'Wilde', 'Coyote Ugly', 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'

1973 Event - Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge

1972 Event - Queen Juliana visits Yugoslavia

1972 Event - Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire

1971 Event - Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia

1971 Birthday - Selena, born Selena Quintanilla-Perez, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, Mexican American singer, called 'The Queen of Tejano music', released first album at age 12

1971 Death - Manfred Bonnington Lee, Ellery Queen, detective writer, dies at 65

1970 Event - Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult

1970 Birthday - Queen Latifah, rap singer and actress, Khadijah James-Living Single

1969 Event - John and Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal)

1969 Event - British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York

1969 Event - Queen Juliana appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa

1968 Death - Greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74

1968 Event - Queen Juliana opens IJ tunnel in Amsterdam

1968 Death - James Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81

1968 Birthday - Brent Geiberger, Santa Barbara, California, Nike golfer, 1994 Queen Mary-2nd

1967 Event - Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope

1967 Event - British liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at Clydebank, Scotland

1967 Birthday - Willem-Alexander CGF, Dutch crown prince/son of Queen Beatrix of Netherlands

1967 Event - Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London

1966 Death - Seena Owen, actress/writer (Queen Kelly), dies at 71

1966 Event - Queen Juliana opens Coen tunnel in Amsterdam

1966 Birthday - Tally Chanel, Tel Aviv Israel, actress, Warrior Queen

1965 Event - Queen Juliana opens Zeeland Bridge to Oosterschelde

1965 Death - Gabriella VM Elisabeth, queen of the Belgians, dies at 89

1965 Event - Queen Elizabeth decorates Beatles with Order of British Empire

1965 Birthday - Debbye Turner, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, beauty queen, Miss America 1990, veterinarian, talk show host, CBS News reporter

1965 Event - Beatles movie "Help" premieres, Queen Elizabeth attends

1965 Event - Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam

1964 Event - Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend

1962 Event - Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft)

1962 Death - Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82

1961 Birthday - Ellery Hanley, born in Leeds, England, rugby league player, honored by the Queen in January, 1990, for his services to the game

1961 Event - Dutch Queen Juliana celebrates 12 year government jubilee

1960 Birthday - RuPaul, drag queen/model/actor, RuPaul Show

1960 Event - "Queen For A Day," moves to ABC-TV

1960 Death - Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61

1960 Birthday - Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist, Queen Sophia 1st prize

1959 Event - Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse

1959 Event - Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower open St. Lawrence Seaway

1959 Birthday - Dianne Brill, born in Tampa, fashion designer and party girl, Queen of the Night

1958 Event - Queen Juliana christens passenger ship Rotterdam

1958 Birthday - Julie Brown, born in Van Nuys, California, singer, comedienne, screenwriter, appeared in 'Earth Girls are Easy', songs include, 'The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun'

1957 Event - Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits White House

1957 Event - Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia

1957 Event - Dutch Queen Juliana opens Velser Tunnels

1956 Event - Prime Minister Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans)

1956 Event - Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam

1956 Event - Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam

1956 Birthday - Miguel Bose, born in Panama, spanish singer and actor, El Avaro, Queen Margot

1956 Death - Charley Grapewin, actor (Ellery Queen), dies at 86

1956 Birthday - Johnny Rotten, John Lydon, rocker, Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen

1955 Event - Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam

1954 Event - Queen Elizabeth II opens New Zealand parliament

1953 Event - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey

1953 Event - Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II

1953 Death - Mary, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dies at 85

1952 Event - Queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker"

1952 Event - Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal

1952 Event - Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to U.S. Congress

1952 Event - "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in New York City

1952 Event - England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II

1951 Birthday - Queen Noor of Jordan, born in Washington, D.C., Lisa Najeeb Halaby, president of United World Colleges movement, fourth wife and widow to King Hussein of Jordan

1951 Birthday - Jan Franssen, born in Hilversum, North Holland, politician, Dutch liberal political party, in 2006, named Queen's Commissioner in South Holland, previously served as city councilor, Nederhorst den Berg, President, House of Representatives 1982 - 1994, mayor of Zwolle, 1994 - 2000

1951 Event - Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum

1950 Birthday - Leon Frissen, born in Beek, Netherlands, Queen's Governor of the province of Limburg, Netherlands, or Queen's Commissioner

1950 Birthday - Billy Ocean, Leslie S Charles, Trinidad, singer, Caribbean Queen

1949 Event - Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia

1948 Event - Juliana becomes queen of Netherlands

1948 Event - Queen Wilhelmina abdicates Dutch throne

1948 Event - Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 50th jubilee

1948 Birthday - Graham Zellick, principal, Queen Mary and Westfield College London

1948 Birthday - John Amiel, director, Queen of Hearts, Tune in Tomorrow

1948 Event - Queen Wilhelmina resigns

1948 Event - Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason

1947 Event - Future Queen Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey

1947 Event - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower

1947 Birthday - Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group, Sex Pistols 'God Save the Queen'

1945 Event - Hannie Buy buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina

1945 Event - Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft re-buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina

1945 Event - Queen Wilhelmina opens parliament in Hague

1945 Birthday - Leslie West, Weinstein, rocker, Mountain-Mississippi Queen

1945 Event - Queen Wilhelmina visits Rotterdam

1945 Birthday - Tim Hovey, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Queen Bee, Toy Tiger, Man Afraid

1945 Event - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen

1945 Birthday - Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist and guitarist, ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen

1945 Event - Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands

1944 Birthday - R P Mardling, headmaster, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield

1943 Event - British premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada

1943 Birthday - James Wallace Beaton, born in Britain, Chief Superintendent, The Queen's Police Officer 1983 - 1992, saved Princess Anne from kidnapper 1974

1942 Event - Queen Wilhelmina announces Dutch Commonwealth

1942 Event - "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338

1941 Birthday - Hans Wiegel, Dutch commissioner of the queen, Frisia

1941 Event - Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason

1940 Event - Queen Wilhelmina fires premier De Geer

1940 Event - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio

1940 Event - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England

1940 Birthday - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark, 1972-

1939 Birthday - Katie Webster, Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer

1939 Event - Queen Wilhelmina receives German ambassador Grave Zech

1939 Event - Future Queen Elizabeth of England meets future husband Philip

1939 Event - King and Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party

1939 Event - 1st king and queen of England to visit U.S., George VI and Elizabeth

1939 Event - Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica

1938 Event - British ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth," launches at Clydebank Scotland

1938 Event - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow

1938 Event - Wilhelmina celebrates 40th anniversary jubilee as Dutch queen

1938 Birthday - Michael Shea, director, Hanson Trust, Queen's press sect

1938 Birthday - Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of Netherlands, 1980-

1938 Birthday - Jock Slater, born in the United Kingdom, admiral, Royal Navy, served 1958 - 1998, Equerry to Her Majesty The Queen, 1968 1971

1938 Birthday - Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, queen of Netherlands, 1980-

1938 Birthday - Timothy Elworthy, Captain of The Queen's Flight

1938 Birthday - Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of Netherlands, 1980-

1937 Birthday - Paola Ruffo di Calabria, Italian princess/queen of Belgium, 1993-

1937 Birthday - Virna Lisi, Italy, actress, Assault on a Queen, Bluebeard

1936 Event - Dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge

1936 Event - Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in New York

1936 Event - RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for New York on maiden voyage

1935 Birthday - Koko Taylor, Cora Walton, U.S. vocalist, Queen of the Blues

1935 Death - Astrid S L T Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden, dies

1935 Event - British King George and Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee

1934 Event - British liner Queen Mary is launched

1934 Death - Henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies

1934 Birthday - Jim Hutton, Binghamton, New York, actor, Ellery Queen

1934 Death - A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen, dies at 76

1933 Birthday - Sonia Garmers, Justina, Curaeao, author, Dear Queen

1932 Birthday - Antonia Fraser, biographer, Mary Queen of Scots

1932 Birthday - Queen Ferekit, of Thailand, Queens Day

1932 Death - Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84

1931 Birthday - Nigel Vinson, born in England, Baron Vinson, businessman, served in Queen's Royal Regiment, Member of National Parks and Countryside Committee, Member of Foundation of Science and Technology

1930 Birthday - Marion [Eleanor] Zimmer Bradley [Breen], sci-fi author, Storm Queen

1929 Birthday - Irish McCalla, Pawnee City, Nebraska, actress, Sheena Queen of Jungle

1929 Birthday - Beverly Sills, born in New York, opera singer, popularized opera, called "America's Queen of Opera" by Time magazine

1929 Birthday - John Taylor, bishop, St. Albans, Lord High Almoner to Queen

1929 Birthday - Geoffrey Marshall, Provost, Queen's College, Oxford

1929 Birthday - Victoria Opoku-Ware, Ghanaian queen

1929 Birthday - "Queen Ida" Guillory, Ziadaco music

1928 Death - George Siegmann, actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba), dies at 46

1928 Birthday - Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, Spanish Queen of Belgium

1928 Birthday - Paul Greening, master of Queen's household

1928 Birthday - Thea Musgrave, Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer, Mary Queen of Scots

1927 Event - Queen Wilhelmina opens Meuse-Waal Canal in Nijmegen

1927 Birthday - Lee Philips, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ellery Queen

1926 Event - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution

1926 Birthday - Elizabeth, Alexandra Mary Windsor II, Queen of England, 1952-

1926 Birthday - Queen Elizabeth II, English Royalty

1925 Death - Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80

1925 Event - Queen Wilhelmina names H Colijn head of government

1924 Birthday - Errol John, Port-of-Spain Trinidad, actor, PT-109, Assault on a Queen

1924 Event - 12th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3

1924 Birthday - Mary Ford, Colleen Summer, vocalist/actress, Queen of Outer Space

1923 Event - CFL Grey Cup: Queen's U beats Regina, 54-0 at Toronto

1923 Event - Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 25 year jubilee

1923 Event - Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry for state visit to London

1923 Birthday - Oliver Millar, Surveyor, Queen's Pictures

1922 Event - 10th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 13-1

1922 Event - Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch Historical Maritime museum in Amsterdam

1922 Event - Queen Wilhelmina's takes Dutch throne with 119 word speech

1922 Birthday - Russell Wood, treasurer, Queen Elizabeth

1921 Birthday - William Johnston, Chaplain to Queen of Scotland

1921 Birthday - James Menter, principal, Queen Mary College

1921 Death - Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies

1919 Event - Elgars "Cello concerto op 85" premieres in Queen's Hall London

1919 Event - Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam

1917 Death - Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii (1891-93), dies from a stroke at 79

1917 Birthday - Margaret Taylor Burroughs, U.S. author/house painter, Black Queen

1917 Birthday - Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece

1917 Birthday - Zsa Zsa Gabor, born in Budapest, actress, Queen of Outer Space

1916 Birthday - Michael F Howard, British Major-General, Gold Stick to the Queen

1916 Death - Elisabeth OL, Carmen Sylva, Queen of Romania, dies at 72

1915 Birthday - Mary Kornman, Idaho Falls ID, actress, Queen of the Jungle

1915 Death - Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84

1914 Birthday - Lee Bowman, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover

1913 Event - Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague)

1913 Event - Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra

1912 Event - Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt

1912 Event - 1st foreign feature film exhibited in U.S. - "Queen Elizabeth" - New York City

1912 Birthday - Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP

1911 Birthday - Bernhard, born in Germany, Prince, Consort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands

1911 Event - Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam

1911 Birthday - Hugh Marlowe, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Ellery Queen

1910 Birthday - Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark

1909 Birthday - James Agee, American author, African Queen, Death in Family

1909 Birthday - Hardy Amies, born in London, England, royal dressmaker, Queen Elizabeth II

1909 Birthday - Juliana, Queen of Netherlands, 1948-80

1908 Birthday - Robert Morley, England, actor, High Road to China, African Queen

1907 Birthday - Jack Bailey, Hampton Iowa, TV host, Queen for a Day

1906 Birthday - John Huston, born in Nevada, Missouri, director and writer, African Queen, Chinatown

1906 Birthday - Belle Stewart, born near Bloirgowrie, Scotland, Scottish traditional singer, led life of a Scottish Traveler, daughter Sheila Stewart wrote her biography 'Queen Amang the Heather; the Life of Belle Stewart'

1906 Event - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Queen's U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games

1905 Birthday - Astrid SLT Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden

1905 Birthday - Frederic Dannay, of Ellery Queen and Barnaby Ross, Cat of Many Tales

1905 Event - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Technical Hague court

1905 Birthday - Manfred Bonnington Lee, detective writer, of Ellery Queen

1904 Death - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73

1903 Event - Queen Wilhelmina calls railroad strikers "criminals"

1903 Death - Dragia, Queen of Serbia, assassinated

1903 Event - Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam

1903 Birthday - Johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen

1902 Death - Maria Hendrika, Queen of the Belgians, dies

1902 Birthday - Edward Wayne, physician, Queen of Scotland

1901 Death - Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60

1901 Birthday - Tillie Ehrlich Lewin, leading industrialist, tomato queen

1901 Event - Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin

1901 Event - After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series

1901 Death - Victoria, Alexandrine, Britain's Queen (1837-1901), dies at 81

1900 Event - Dutch President Paul Kruger and Queen Wilhelmina have a triumphant procession

1900 Event - Queen Wilhelmina leaves duke Heinrich "Henry" von Mecklenburg-Schwerin

1900 Event - Queen Victoria disbands British parliament

1900 Birthday - Elizabeth, Queen Mother Of England, King George VI's wife

1900 Birthday - Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia

1899 Event - Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid

1899 Birthday - Gloria Swanson, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly

1898 Event - 1st Canadian Intercollegiate football game: McGill beats Queen's, 3-2

1898 Birthday - Audley Moore, civil rights activist, humanitarian [Queen Mother]

1896 Event - France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar

1895 Event - 1st Queen's Hall Promenade Concerto (Wagners "Rienzi")

1894 Birthday - Seena Owen, Spokane, Washington, silent screen actress, Queen Kelly

1894 Birthday - Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid of Dutch queen

1893 Event - British King George V marries princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary)

1893 Event - Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic

1892 Event - Queen Wilhelmina and Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine

1892 Birthday - Zita, empress, Austria, Queen, Hungary

1891 Birthday - Nell Craig, born in New Jersey, actress, Calling Dr. Kildare, Queen of Sheba

1889 Event - Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia

1888 Event - Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British

1888 Birthday - Frank Buck, actor, Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs

1887 Event - Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria

1886 Event - Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) award

1884 Event - Dutch Queen Emma appointed regent

1882 Event - Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo

1882 Event - Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria

1882 Birthday - George Siegmann, actor, Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist

1880 Birthday - Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands, 1898-1948

1877 Event - England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India

1876 Birthday - Gabriella V M Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium/duchess of Bavaria

1876 Death - Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old

1876 Birthday - Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria

1875 Birthday - Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania, 1914-27

1871 Death - Alexander, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old

1871 Birthday - Alexander, grandson of England's Queen Victoria

1871 Death - W F A A Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at 42

1871 Event - Albert Hall opens by Queen Victoria in London

1868 Event - Spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France

1868 Event - Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France

1867 Birthday - Mary, queen of Great Britain and North Ireland

1867 Event - Royal Albert Hall foundation laid by Queen Victoria

1867 Event - Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel

1867 Death - Mary, Victoria MALOPCA of Teck, queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85

1866 Event - Transatlantic cable laid-President Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria

1865 Birthday - Friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck

1862 Event - Liliuokalani, queen of Hawaii (1891-93) marries John Owen Dominis

1862 Event - CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet and Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R

1861 Death - Albert, prince consort of England/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42

1861 Event - Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality

1860 Event - Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in New York City

1858 Birthday - Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria

1858 Event - Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan

1858 Birthday - A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands

1858 Death - A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76

1858 Event - Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia

1857 Event - Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada

1850 Death - Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38

1847 Birthday - Jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina

1845 Birthday - Sarah Bernhardt, born in France, actress, Camille, Queen Elizabeth

1844 Birthday - Alexandra, Danish princess, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland

1843 Birthday - Elisabeth OL, queen of Romania/poet, Rumanische Dichtungen

1842 Event - John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria

1840 Birthday - Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia

1840 Event - British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg

1838 Birthday - Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii, 1891 - 1893

1838 Event - Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey

1837 Death - Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62

1837 Death - Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 54

1837 Event - Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace

1837 Event - England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria

1837 Event - Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901

1836 Birthday - Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist, Rebel Queen

1830 Birthday - Isabella II, Queen of Spain, 1833-68

1828 Birthday - WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands

1819 Birthday - Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria

1819 Birthday - Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain, 1837 - 1901

1818 Death - Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies

1818 Birthday - Sophia Frederika Mathilde, queen of Netherlands/wife of William III

1812 Birthday - Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians, 1832 - 1850, wife of Leopold I

1810 Death - Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III, dies at 34

1800 Event - English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die

1793 Death - Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France

1788 Event - Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans

1788 Event - Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France

1783 Birthday - Thomas Sully, U.S. portrait painter, Queen Victoria

1783 Birthday - Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands, 1806-10

1782 Death - Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik, dies at 61

1780 Death - Maria Theresia Hapsburg, Queen of Austria, dies at 63

1777 Event - Major James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers

1776 Birthday - Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III

1768 Birthday - Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV

1766 Death - Isabelle Farnese, queen of Spain, dies

1766 Death - Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain, dies at 73

1755 Birthday - Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, let them eat cake

1741 Event - Queen Maria Theresa addresses Hungarian Parliament

1737 Death - Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great Britain, dies

1733 Event - Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague

1720 Birthday - Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik

1720 Event - Queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns

1714 Death - Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49

1714 Event - English Queen Anne fires premier Robert Haley

1705 Event - Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College

1702 Event - Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament

1702 Event - James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England

1702 Event - England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III

1701 Event - Frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia

1695 Death - Henry Purcell, English composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36

1695 Death - Mary II Stuart, queen of England, dies at 32

1694 Death - Mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32

1692 Birthday - Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain

1689 Event - William III and Mary Stuart proclaimed king and queen of England

1689 Death - Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies

1689 Event - Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen

1678 Event - Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford

1673 Event - Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate

1667 Death - Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)

1666 Death - Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64

1665 Birthday - Anne Stuart, queen of England, 1702-14

1661 Death - Maria I Stuart, Queen of England/husband of Willem II, dies at 29

1660 Death - Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29

1654 Event - Queen Christina of Sweden resigns and converts to Catholicism

1642 Event - English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands

1631 Birthday - Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England

1626 Birthday - Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic

1603 Death - William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59

1603 Death - Elizabeth I Tudor, Maiden Queen, U.K. queen (1558-1603), dies at 69

1601 Birthday - Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III

1601 Event - Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth

1589 Death - Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69

1588 Event - Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I

1587 Death - Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed

1587 Death - Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44

1587 Death - Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44

1587 Death - Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Royalty

1587 Event - English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence

1586 Event - Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth

1585 Event - English queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to Netherland

1585 Event - Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands

1585 Event - English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Netherlands

1585 Event - English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I

1581 Event - Queen Elizabeth I and Francois of Anjou wed

1579 Event - Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I

1578 Event - Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir 20,000 pounds to aid Dutch rebellion

1575 Event - English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly

1573 Birthday - Marie de'Medici, Queen of France

1572 Death - Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra, dies at 44

1571 Event - Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London

1568 Death - Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23

1568 Event - English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary

1568 Event - Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England

1568 Event - Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside

1567 Event - Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate and 1-year-old James VI becomes King of Scotland

1567 Event - Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland

1567 Event - Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell

1567 Death - Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered

1567 Death - Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered

1565 Event - Mary Queen of Scots marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley

1561 Event - Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France

1559 Event - Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey

1558 Event - Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary

1558 Death - Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42

1558 Death - Maria, queen of Hungary/guardian of Netherlands (1531-55), dies at 53

1558 Event - Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois

1557 Death - Anne of Cleeves, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII, dies at 41

1555 Death - Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75

1554 Event - Queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem

1554 Death - Jane Grey, queen of England for 13 days, beheaded at 17

1554 Death - Lady Jane Grey, deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day rule

1554 Event - Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary

1553 Event - 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days

1553 Event - Lady Jane Grey becomes queen of England

1548 Death - Catharine Parr, queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, dies at about 36

1548 Event - Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France

1547 Event - English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots, 5

1545 Birthday - Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II

1542 Birthday - Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Royalty

1542 Birthday - Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, 1560-1587

1542 Death - Catharine Howard, queen of England/5th wife of Henry VIII, beheaded

1542 Event - Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard

1541 Event - Queen Catharine Howard confined in London Tower

1538 Birthday - Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth, 1572

1537 Birthday - Jane Grey, Queen of England for 9 days

1536 Death - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded

1533 Birthday - Queen Elizabeth I, England, 1558-1603, daughter of Henry VIII

1533 Event - Anna Boleyn crowned queen of England

1528 Birthday - Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV

1519 Birthday - Catherine de' Medici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II

1519 Birthday - De Medicis, queen consort, Henry II of France

1516 Birthday - Mary I Tudor, Bloody Mary, Greenwich, queen of England, 1553-58

1515 Birthday - Anna van Kleef, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII

1505 Birthday - Maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Netherlands, 1531-55

1505 Death - Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40

1504 Death - Isabella I, Catholic Queen of Castille and Aragon (1474-04), dies at 53

1504 Event - Queen Isabella I of Spain signs her testament

1503 Event - Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against indians

1503 Death - Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies

1492 Event - Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

1492 Event - Queen Isabella of Castilia and Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews

1492 Event - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain

1482 Death - Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies

1479 Birthday - Johanna, the Insane, Queen of Castilie, 1504-20

1479 Event - King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castilie

1474 Event - Isabella crowns herself queen of Castilie and Aragon

1464 Birthday - Johanna van Valois, Queen of France

1461 Event - Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England

1451 Birthday - Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain, 1479-1504, patron of Columbus

1435 Death - Isabella of Bayern, Queen of France (Treaty of Troyes), dies

1435 Death - Johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61

1397 Event - Denmark, Norway and Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha

1382 Death - Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies

1373 Birthday - Johanna II, Queen of Naples, 1414-35

1336 Death - Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65

1229 Event - Queen Blanche of Castilie and earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace

867 Death - Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies

535 Death - Amalaswintha, queen of Ostrogoten, murdered













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