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  1. 6 days ago · June 23, 1894, Richmond, Surrey, England. Died: May 28, 1972, Paris, France (aged 77, died on this day) Title / Office: king (1936-1936), United Kingdom. emperor (1936-1936), India. House / Dynasty: house of Windsor. Notable Family Members:

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  2. 3 days ago · The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [a] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.

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  4. May 21, 2024 · Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria.As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861.

  5. May 20, 2024 · Edward The Black Prince (born June 15, 1330, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died June 8, 1376, Westminster, near London) was the son and heir apparent of Edward III of England and one of the outstanding commanders during the Hundred Years’ War, winning his major victory at the Battle of Poitiers (1356). His sobriquet, said to have come from ...

  6. May 22, 2024 · Richard of York. Mother. Cecily Neville. Signature. Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England .

  7. 2 days ago · How did St. Joan of Arc die? In 1430 St. Joan of Arc was captured by the English and their French collaborators and tried as a heretic . Convicted, she was burned to death on May 30, 1431, at age 19.

  8. May 10, 2024 · Everything you need to know about Prince Philip. BHT Staff | @BHTravel_ May 10, 2024. Print. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Queen Elizabeth II. Getty. Prince Philip sadly passed away on April 9, 2021. We take a look back at the Duke of Edinburgh's incredible life.