2015 Event Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria as the U.K.'s longest-reigning royal with 63 years on the throne; Elizabeth II was installed on the throne at age 25 in 1952 after the sudden death of her father, George VI 2015 Event Prince Charles shakes hands with Gerry Adams, president of the Sinn Fein party, which was formerly part of the militant Irish Republican Army; Prince Charles is the first member of the British royal family to meet him 2015 Event The remains of Richard III, King of England from 1483 to 1485, are escorted in a royal funeral procession; the remains were discovered in Leicester in 2012 and will be reburied at the Leicester Cathedral 2014 Event Eight-month-old Prince George begins his first overseas royal tour with his parents, Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge 2014 Event Royal Caribbean's cruise liner, Explorer of the Seas, returns to port after 700 of its 3,050 passengers become ill with gastroenteritis; the illness is suspected to be the Novovirus, a variant strain of the species Norwalk virus 2013 Event A cross-party royal charter allowing for the regulation of the British press is granted by the UK Privy Council despite a last-minute court challenge by the newspaper industry 2013 Event The Privy Council rejects proposals for a Royal Charter for self-regulation of the British Press 2013 Event Sydney, Australia welcomes Harry, the Prince of Wales, who has come to celebrate 100 years of the Royal Australian Navy 2013 Event The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, completed his last shift as a search and rescue helicopter pilot in the Royal Air Force; he will now focus on Royal and community work 2013 Event Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gives birth to a son, the third in line to the British throne; the child, named George Alexander Louis, is formally known as His Royal Highness Prince of Cambridge 2013 Event In a major effort to reduce dependency on Russian gas imports, the government of Ukraine signs a $10 billion shale gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell 2012 Event In London, the 23rd James Bond film, 'Skyfall' receives its Royal premiere at the Royal Albert Hall 2012 Event Sarah West, a British naval officer Commander is appointed commander of HMS Portland, the Royal Navy frigate; she is the first female officer to take command of a major British warship 2011 Event The English town Wooten Bassett is re-named with the prefix 'Royal', honoring its role in repatriating British military personnel killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan 2011 Event Prince Albert II of Monaco weds Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock at the royal palace; Wittstock is now known as Her Serene Highness, Princess Charlene 2011 Event Ancient Korean royal books looted by French troops in 1866 are returned to South Korea; 1,000 officials and locals celebrate the return of the 297-volume 'Oegyujanggak' books 2011 Event Right-to-die activist Jack Kevorkian dies in Royal Oak, Michigan; his death caused by pneumonia and kidney problems 2010 Event An important peer-reviewed study of the spatial memory of bumblebees published the Biology Letters journal of the Royal Society is written by two eight year-olds 2010 Event Sarah, Duchess of York, becomes the first Royal in history to suffer possible bankruptcy 2002 Death Arne Mellnas, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods 2000 Event 129th British Golf Open: at Royal Lytham 1998 Event 127th British Golf Open: at Royal Birkdale 1998 Death Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal Col of Music), dies at 93 1997 Event 126th British Golf Open: Billy Ray Brown shoots a 271 at Royal Troon 1997 Event Kansas City Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 home runs 1997 Event Royal Caribbean Senior Golf Classic 1996 Event 125th British Golf Open: Tom Lehman shoots a 271 at Royal Lytham 1996 Death Alan Ridout, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, dies at 61 1996 Death Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One), dies at 72 1995 Death Henning Kronstam, ballet dancer, performed over 120 roles with Royal Danish Ballet for over 20 years, dies at 60 of a pulmonary embolism 1995 Death Marshall Royal, jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82 1995 Event Kansas City Royal John Nonely is 70th to home run on his 1st at bat 1995 Death Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76 1994 Death Michael [George] Somes, English dancer (Royal Ballet), dies at 77 1994 Death Joan Dickson, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, dies at 72 1994 Event Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crash down at Agadir, 44 killed 1994 Death Royal Dano, actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71 1993 Event 122nd British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St. George 1993 Event Kansas City Royal George Brett hits his 300th home run 1992 Event Kansas City Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits 1992 Event Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends 1992 Event Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble 1991 Death Max Koot, royal photographer, dies 1991 Event Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0 1991 Event 120th British Golf Open: Ian Baker-Finch shoots 272 at Royal Birkdale 1990 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled 1990 Event Kansas City Royal George Brett hits for the cycle 1989 Event Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royal contract 1989 Event 118th British Golf Open: Mark Calcavecchia shoots a 275 at Royal Troon 1989 Event "Les Miserables," opens at Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto 1989 Event Big John Studd wins WWF's 1st Royal Rumble 1988 Death Arwel Hughes, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn, dies at 79 1988 Event 117th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots 273 at Royal Lytham 1988 Event Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens 1988 Event 1st WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins 1987 Event "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Royal, Sydney 1987 Death Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88 1987 Death Dick Howser, manager (New York Yankees and Kansas City Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51 1987 Event Kansas City Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires 1987 Event Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training 1986 Event Bo Jackson's 1st home run - a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium) 1986 Event Kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit 1985 Event 114th British Golf Open: Sandy Lyle shoots a 282 at Royal St. George 1985 Event Bill to abolish Greater London Council receives royal assent 1984 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood 1983 Event Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall) 1983 Event Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Royal 1983 Event 112th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 275 at Royal Birkdale 1982 Death Sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67 1982 Event 111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon 1982 Birthday Jessica Joseph, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, dance skater, Butler-1997 National 1981 Event 110th British Golf Open: Bill Rogers shoots a 276 at Royal St. George 1979 Event 108th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 283 at Royal Lytham 1979 Event Royal Air force receives 1st F-16 1977 Event 22nd Ryder Cup: U.S., 12 -13 at Royal Lytham and St. Annes England 1976 Birthday Chris Demetral, Royal Oaks, Michigan, actor, Dolly Dearest 1976 Event 105th British Golf Open: Johnny Miller shoots a 279 at Royal Birkdale 1976 Event Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg Manitoba 1975 Event Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba 1975 Event 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike 1974 Event 103rd British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 282 at Royal Lytham 1974 Event Kansas City Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0 1974 Birthday Natalie Neaton, Royal Oak, Michigan, soccer forward 1996 Olympics 1973 Death Royal Butler, actor, dies at 80 1973 Event 102nd British Golf Open: Tom Weiskopf shoots a 276 at Royal Troon 1973 Event Kansas City Royal Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0 1972 Birthday Andre Royal, linebacker for the Carolina Panthers 1972 Death Henry M de Montherlant, French author (Port Royal), dies at 76 1972 Birthday Dan Hollander, Royal Oak, Michigan, figure skater, 1996 Great Lakes champ 1971 Event 100th British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 278 at Royal Birkdale 1971 Birthday Ann Marsh, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics 1971 Event Royal Albert Hall opens 1971 Event Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa 1970 Event Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado 1970 Birthday Mark Beaufait, Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. hockey forward 1994 Olympics 1970 Event Joni Mitchell's final concert at Royal Albert Hall 1969 Event Creams' final concert (Royal Albert Hall) 1969 Event 18th Ryder Cup: Draw, 16-16 at Royal Birkdale, England 1969 Event 98th British Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 280 at Royal Lytham 1969 Death Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer, at 69 1969 Event Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp 1967 Birthday Vaclav Chalupa, Czechoslovakia, rower, Henley Royal Regatta 1989 1967 Event Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 cent and 25 cent coins to pure nickel as soon as possible 1966 Birthday Shawn Chambers, Royal Oaks, Michigan, NHL defenseman, Team USA, New Jersey Devils 1966 Birthday Donald Royal, NBA forward, Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic 1965 Event 16th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 19 -12 at Royal Birkdale, England 1965 Event 94th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 285 at Royal Birkdale 1965 Birthday Sylvie Guillem, France, ballerina, Royal Ballet 1965 Death Nance O'Neil, actor (Cimarron, Royal Bed, Rogue Song), dies at 90 1964 Birthday Jon Hough, Royal Oak, Michigan, Nike golfer, 1986 NAIA Individual National Champ 1964 Event Peter Shaffer's "Royal Hunt of the Sun," premieres in London 1962 Death George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86 1962 Event 91st British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 276 at Royal Troon 1962 Event Sam Snead wins LPGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational 1961 Event 14th Ryder Cup: U.S., 14 -9 at Royal Lytham and St. Annes, England 1961 Event 90th British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale 1961 Event Louise Suggs wins LPGA Royal Poinciana Golf Invitational 1960 Event Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Royal Crown Golf Open 1959 Event 85th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57 1958 Event 87th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 278 at Royal Lytham 1958 Event Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart and peaks at #3 1957 Birthday David Bintley, born in Huddersfield, England, choreographer, artistic director, The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet 1956 Birthday Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina, Royal Winnipeg Ballet 1955 Birthday Al-Waleed bin Talal, born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, member of the Saudi Royal Family, businessman 1955 Event British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail 1954 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad 1953 Birthday Yoko Shimada, Kumamota Japan, author, Kir Royal, actress, Shogun 1953 Birthday George Brett, born in Glen Dale, West Virginia, Kansas City Royal 3rd baseman, 1980 AL MVP 1953 Event British royal yacht Britannia taken out of service 1952 Birthday Hans Abrahamsen, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, musician, played French horn, studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music, compositions employ New Simplicity style 1952 Birthday Dominic Muldowney, born in Southampton, England, composer, created television, film scores for Loose Connections, King Lear, radio work, theater music, created large-scale oboe concerto, versatile has created music for David Bowie, Royal Academy of Music teacher 1950 Event King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium 1950 Event KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites 1950 Event 79th British Golf Open: Bobby Locke shoots a 279 at Royal Troon 1948 Birthday Jennifer Adams, superintendent, Central Royal Parks 1947 Birthday Paul Patterson, born in Britain, composer, professor, Royal Academy of Music, composes for orchestra, ensemble, film, television, education 1947 Birthday Daphne Todd, president, Royal Society of Portrait Painters 1947 Birthday Priscilla Yates, director, Royal Academy of Dancing 1946 Birthday David Wall, English ballet dancers/director, Royal Academy of Dancing 1945 Event Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract 1945 Birthday Richard Ottaway, born in Bristol, England, Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, politician, Conservative Party, attended Brittania Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Member of Parliament for Croydon South 1945 Birthday D A S Pennefather, Major-General/Commandant, General Royal Marines 1945 Birthday K M Jenkins, British director of personnel, Royal Mail 1944 Birthday John Napier, London, set designer for the Royal Shakesphere Company 1943 Birthday Anthony Dowell, London, ballet dancer, Royal Ballet 1942 Birthday Billy Joe Royal, born in Valdosta, Georgia, country singer, Down in the Boondocks 1941 Event U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier Ark Royal 1941 Event British aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" sank in Mediterranean 1941 Death Hugo Loudon, president-director (Royal Oil), dies at 81 1941 Event Ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck 1941 Birthday Konrad Boehmer, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, writer, Marxist, Ph. D. University of Cologne, professor, Royal Conservatory of The Hague 1941 Birthday Malcolm Longair, born in Dundee Scotland, astronomer, physicist, chairman of the Gemini Board, President, Royal Astronomical Society 1941 Birthday Max Stafford-Clark, artistic director, Royal Court Theatre 1940 Event British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" 1940 Event British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa 1940 Event German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names 1939 Birthday James Galway, born in Belfast. Ireland, flutist, 18k gold flute, Royal Phil 1939 Event German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed 1939 Birthday David Hobbs, born in Royal Leamington Spa, England, auto racer, commentator for Speed, raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans twenty times 1939 Birthday Martin Garrod, Commandant General Royal Marines 1939 Birthday Ruth Ashton, general secretary, Royal College of Midwives 1939 Event Guy Lombardo and Royal Canadians 1st record "Auld Lang Syne" 1939 Death Henri W A Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), dies at 72 1939 Death Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72 1938 Birthday Richard Stoker, born in Britain, composer, writer, guitarist, fellow, Royal Academy of Music, studied under Nadia Boulanger in Paris 1938 Birthday Jacques Hetu, born in Trois-Rivieres Quebec, composer, Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1989, Officer of the Order of Canada, 2001 1938 Birthday Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies 1938 Birthday A. J. Bellingham, president, Royal College of Pathologists 1938 Birthday Jock Slater, born in the United Kingdom, admiral, Royal Navy, served 1958 - 1998, Equerry to Her Majesty The Queen, 1968 1971 1936 Birthday Trevor Clay, General-Secretary, Royal College of Nursing 1935 Birthday Martin Garrod, Commandant General, Royal Marines 1935 Event Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar 1934 Birthday Alan Ridout, born in West Wickham, England, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, worked with Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, prolific instrumental and choral music composer 1934 Birthday Henning Kronstam, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, ballet dancer, performed over 120 roles with Royal Danish Ballet for over 20 years 1934 Birthday Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies 1934 Birthday Leslie Turnberg, president, Royal College of Physicians 1933 Birthday Arne Mellnas, born in Stockholm, Sweden, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods 1932 Birthday Jeremy Isaacs, general director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1932 Birthday Della Reese, Detroit, singer and actress, Della Reese Show, Royal Family 1932 Birthday Arthur Jones, principal, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester 1932 Birthday Ian Leslie, born in England, born Ian Lionel Malcolm Leslie, 21st Earl of Rothes, Scottish nobleman, served as Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1932 Birthday David Bolton, director, British Royal United Service for Defense 1932 Birthday A J Zuckerman, Dean, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine 1931 Event Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint 1931 Birthday Geoffrey de Bellaigue, director, Royal Collection 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 Peter Hall, born in Suffolk, England, director, Royal Shakespeare Company 1929 Birthday Oliver Neville, principal, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts 1929 Birthday Christopher George, Royal Oak, Minnesota, actor, Rat Patrol, Immortal 1929 Event Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia 1928 Event 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St. George's 1928 Birthday Richard Buckley, royal equerry 1927 Event George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in New York City 1927 Birthday Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor, Royal Flemish Opera 1927 Birthday James Eberle, British admiral/director, Royal Institute of International Affairs 1927 Birthday Alan Betts, emeritus professor, Royal Veterinary College 1927 Birthday Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman, Royal College of Art 1926 Event Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution 1926 Birthday Arthur Wills, born in England, composer, professor at Royal Academy of Music in London, Director of Music at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England, composed music for the organ and secular music based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four 1926 Event 61st British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Royal Lytham 1926 Birthday Arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director, Kew Gardens 1926 Birthday Cicely Berry, voice director, Royal Shakespeare Company 1925 Birthday Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords 1924 Birthday Norman Ayrton, opera director, Royal Shakespearean Academy - UK 1924 Death Jacob P Vis, Dutch founder (NV Royal Salt Industries), dies at 66 1924 Birthday Darrell Royal, born in Hollis, Oklahoma, football coach, in 20 years as head coach, University of Texas Longhorn never lost a season, elected to College Football Hall of Fame, 1983 1924 Birthday Michael Gow, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies 1924 Birthday Canon A. D. Caesar, Sub Dean, HM Chapels Royal 1924 Birthday Lionel Dakers, director, Royal School of Church Music 1923 Birthday Margaret Courtenay, actress, Royal Flash, Duet for One 1922 Birthday Royal Dano, New York City, actor, Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II 1922 Birthday John Farr, born in Nottingham, England, Sir John Arnold Farr, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Harborough 1959 - 1992, served with Royal Navy during World War II 1922 Event 57th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 300 at Royal St. George 1922 Birthday William Broomfield, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, Representative-R-Michigan 1957 - 1993 1921 Birthday Joan Dickson, born in England, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, studied with Enrico Mainardi in Paris, performed with Joyce Rathbone 1921 Birthday Patrick Howard-Dobson, president, Royal British Legion 1921 Birthday Ian Todd, President, Royal College of Surgeons 1920 Birthday Harri Webb, Swansea, Wales, journalist, nationalist, poet, volunteered for the Royal Navy, published The Green Desert, a collection of poetry in 1969, Poems and Points in 1983 1920 Event Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England 1920 Birthday Antony Duff, born in England, served Royal Navy during World War II, Deputy Governor of Southern Rhodesia, diplomat, Director-General of Military Intelligence, section 5, 1985 - 1988, the United Kingdom's internal security service 1920 Event Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police 1918 Birthday Martin Ryle, Britain, radio astronomer/astronomer royal, 1972-82 1918 Event Royal Dutch Blast furnace and Steel factory opens in Hague 1918 Birthday Roger de Grey, president, Royal Academy 1918 Birthday Sixten Ehrling, born in Malmo, Sweden, conductor, Royal Opera of Stockholm 1918 Event England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force 1917 Birthday Michael [George] Somes, England, dancer, Royal Ballet 1917 Event British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor 1917 Event After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor 1917 Event Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand 1917 Event Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank 1916 Birthday Noel Johnson, British actor, Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash 1915 Event British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000 1915 Birthday Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, born in England, 17th Duke of Norfolk, The Most Notable Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, awarded Military Cross 1914 Birthday Sarah Churchill, London, actress, All Over Town, Royal Wedding 1914 Birthday James Scarlett, born in England, born James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger, Lord Abinger, politician, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1914 Event Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent 1914 Event Royal Nationally Steuncomite forms 1912 Event Royal Flying Corps forms in England 1912 Birthday Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet 1912 Event Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF) 1911 Event Royal Mint in London sends dies for $1 coin to Ottawa Branch 1910 Event Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent 1910 Event Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy 1909 Birthday Arwel Hughes, born in Wales, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn 1909 Birthday Hardy Amies, born in London, England, royal dressmaker, Queen Elizabeth II 1909 Event Bristol University granted Royal Charter 1908 Event 33rd Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Royal Tourist wins in 1:46.4 1908 Event Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa 1907 Event Royal Oil and Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) 1905 Event Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School 1904 Birthday Cecil Beaton, England, royal family photographer 1903 Death George G Stokes, British physicist/president Royal Society, dies at 83 1903 Birthday Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer, 1st woman in Royal Society 1901 Event 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium) 1901 Event 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow 1901 Event Ottawa Mint Act receives Royal Assent 1900 Birthday Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral 1899 Event 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF) 1899 Birthday Royal Beal, Brookline, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Salesman 1898 Birthday Ninette de Valois, Edris Stannus, Engl, ballerina, Royal Ballet 1897 Event Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club) 1896 Death Frederic Leighton, President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies 1894 Event Dutch Society for Women Suffrage gets royal charter 1893 Birthday Royal Butler, Edwin Richey, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor 1888 Event Royal Court Theatre, London, opens 1887 Event Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200 1886 Event George Goldie gets charter for Royal Niger Company 1879 Event Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in U.S.) 1873 Event Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded 1870 Event Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree 1867 Event Royal Albert Hall foundation laid by Queen Victoria 1866 Death Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies 1866 Birthday Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate, Royal Oil, Shell 1864 Event Battle of Front Royal Virginia (Guard Hill) 1862 Event Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels 1862 Event Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry) 1862 Event Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina, Port Royal Ferry 1862 Event Battle of Front Royal, Virginia 1862 Event Battle at Front Royal, Virginia 1862 Event Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Ft. Royal, Virginia 1862 Event Battle of Ft. McRee, Florida Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry) 1861 Event Battle of Port Royal Bay, South Carolina (Ft. Walker, Ft. Beauregard) 1860 Birthday Hugo Loudon, CEO, Royal Dutch Oil Shell 1859 Event Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die 1858 Event Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London 1858 Birthday Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist, founder NV Royal Salt Industries 1854 Event Dutch KNMI established (Royal Meteorological Institute) 1852 Death John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies 1851 Event Yacht "America" wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup) 1850 Event Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die 1843 Event Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens 1839 Event 1st Henley Royal Regatta 1839 Event Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society 1835 Event George B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal 1833 Death Marie-Antoine Careme, author (Pattissier Royal Parisien), dies at 48 1829 Event Royal Military Chapel forms 1820 Event Royal Astronomical Society founded in England 1817 Death Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter of Napoleon, dies at 63 1813 Event 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic 1811 Death Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies 1809 Event Royal Opera House in London opens 1808 Event Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire 1804 Death John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies 1801 Birthday George Biddle Airy, 7th Astronomer Royal 1798 Death Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66 1794 Event Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens 1792 Event English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900 1792 Event Benjamin West (U.S.) becomes president of Royal Academy of London 1788 Birthday Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist 1783 Event Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London 1778 Birthday Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master 1773 Death Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer, dies at 76 1767 Birthday Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer/royal chaplain bandmaster 1764 Birthday John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society 1764 Birthday John Barrow, England, founded Royal Geographical Society 1762 Death James Bradley, 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies 1754 Birthday Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter, Napoleon 1753 Birthday Benjamin Thompson, physicist, Royal Institute of Great Britain 1751 Event Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort 1750 Death Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies 1745 Event Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots 1745 Event Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots 1741 Event Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich 1735 Event Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press) 1732 Event Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe 1731 Birthday Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master 1729 Event North Carolina becomes a royal colony 1721 Event South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony 1720 Event Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England 1719 Death John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 1710 Event British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia 1709 Birthday Pieter de Swart, Dutch architect, Royal Palace, Hague 1703 Event Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships 1697 Birthday Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer 1693 Event Royal charter granted College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va 1692 Event Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated 1691 Event New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth 1690 Event English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia 1689 Event Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie 1687 Event Isaac Newton's 'Principia' published by Royal Society in England 1684 Death William Brouncker, 2nd viscount/1st President of Royal Society, dies 1682 Event Henry Purcell appointed organist of Chapel Royal, London 1681 Event King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania 1675 Event King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich 1675 Event Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II 1675 Event John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England 1672 Event Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London 1665 Event Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing 1663 Event Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens 1663 Event King Charles II affirms charter of Royal African Company 1662 Event England's King Charles II charters Royal Society in London 1662 Event Royal charter granted Connecticut 1662 Event Royal Society incorporates 1660 Event London Royal Society forms 1646 Birthday John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England 1641 Death Michiel Jansz of Mierevelt, royal painter, dies at 74 1629 Event England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony 1614 Death Felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies 1608 Death Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies 1600 Death Baki, Turkish royal poet (Davan, Ghazalijjat), dies at about 74 1594 Event Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague) 1585 Birthday Heinrich Schutz, German royal chaplain master/composer, Daphne 1571 Event Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London 1567 Birthday Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter 1567 Death Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37 1560 Event Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France 1555 Death Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 1541 Death Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52 1535 Birthday John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Netherlands royal family 1535 Event Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal (Montreal) 1535 Death Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48 1519 Event Pizarro receives royal charter for South American west coast 1492 Event Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet 1486 Birthday Agrippa von Nettesheim, German occultist/alchemist/royal astrologer 1393 Death Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball 1393 Death Yvain, son of earl of Foix, burned at royal ball 1393 Event Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents) 1393 Death Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball 1376 Event English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay 1120 Event English royal yacht "White Ship" leaves in storm 1048 Death Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 965 Death Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered 502 Event Bourgundy King Gundobar delegates royal power
