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