History Hop Tags - Royal

221-03-15

Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty.

502-03-29

King Gundobar of Burgundy delegates royal power

1167-12-15

Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.

1194-05-02

King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.

1212-09-26

Golden Bull of Sicily certified hereditary royal title in Bohemia for Přemyslid dynasty.

1376-04-28

English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay

1393-01-28

Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)

1492-04-30

Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet

1504-09-13

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built.

1519-07-26

Francisco Pizarro receives royal charter for the west coast of South America

1535-10-02

Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal (Montreal)

1560-03-15

Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise, France

1571-01-23

Queen Elizabeth I of England opens Royal Exchange in London

1591-01-18

King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.

1594-04-15

Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague)

1611-04-28

Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the oldest existing university in Asia and the largest Catholic university in the world.

1621-09-21

King James I of England gives Sir Alexander Sterling royal charter for colonisation of Nova Scotia

1628-03-04

England's King Charles I grants a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony

1643-12-25

Christmas Island founded and named by Captain William Mynors of the East India Ship Company vessel, the Royal Mary.

1660-11-28

The Royal Society forms in London

1662-05-03

Royal charter granted to Connecticut

1662-07-15

King Charles II charters Royal Society in London

1663-01-10

King Charles II affirms charter of Royal African Company

1663-05-07

Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens

1664-10-28

The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.

1665-03-06

Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing

1670-05-02

King Charles II gives royal charter to the Hudson's Bay Company

1672-02-08

Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London

1675-03-04

John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England

1675-06-22

Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II

1675-08-10

King Charles II and John Flamsteed lay the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich

1682-07-14

Henry Purcell appointed organist of Chapel Royal, London

1684-12-10

Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley.

1687-07-05

Isaac Newton's great work PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England. Outlines his laws of motion and universal gravitation.

1689-03-16

The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded.

1690-05-11

English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal, Nova Scotia

1691-10-17

New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth

1692-05-29

Royal Hospital Chelsea Founder's Day first celebrated

1693-02-06

Royal charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va

1697-05-07

Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire (in the 18th century, it is replaced by the current Royal Palace).

1703-11-26

Great storm of 1703 hits Southern England (NS 7 Dec) - thousands killed, Royal Navy losses 13 ships and around 1,500 seamen

1708-03-11

Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.

1710-10-16

British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia

1720-02-10

Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England

1721-05-29

South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony

1729-07-25

North Carolina becomes a royal colony

1732-06-09

Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe

1732-12-07

The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London.

1734-01-08

Premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

1735-08-04

Jury acquits John Zenger (NY Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of NY (victory for Freedom of press)

1738-04-18

Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid.

1741-04-13

Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich

1745-08-05

Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots

1745-08-16

Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots

1747-02-14

Astronomer James Bradley presents his discovery of the wobbling motion of the Earth on its axis to the Royal Society, London

1751-10-20

Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort

1755-11-25

King Ferdinand IV of Spain granted the Beaterio dela Compania de Jesus or now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary(RVM) a royal protection.

1776-01-18

James Wright, Royal Governor of Georgia, is placed under house arrest by Major Joseph Habersham

1783-12-07

Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London

1785-03-07

James Hutton, geologist, presents his full theory of uniformitarianism at a meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

1785-07-04

James Hutton, geologist, publicly reads an abstract of his theory of uniformitarianism for the first time at the meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

1792-03-24

Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London

1792-03-29

King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.

1792-07-25

The Brunswick Manifesto issued to population of Paris promising vengeance if French Royal Family harmed.

1792-08-29

British man o'war HMS Royal George capsizes at Spithead; more than 800 killed

1794-03-12

Theatre Royal in London's Dury Lane opens after being rebuilt

1799-03-07

The Royal Institution of Great Britain founded; dedicated to scientific research and education.

1800-03-20

Alessandro Volta reports his discovery of the electric battery in a letter to Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London

1803-01-01

Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam.

1807-09-02

The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.

1807-11-27

The Portuguese Royal Family leaves Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops

1808-09-30

Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire

1809-09-18

Royal Opera House in London opens

1810-02-04

Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe.

1812-09-03

World's first cannery ( Donkin, Hall and Gamble) opens in London, England to supply food to the Royal Navy

1813-03-08

1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic

1820-01-12

Royal Astronomical Society founded in England

1822-06-14

Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables".

1824-03-04

The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" was founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.

1829-07-07

Royal Military Chapel forms

1830-03-10

The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.

1835-08-11

George B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal

1835-10-09

The Royal College, Colombo, established with the name Hillstreet Academy in Sri Lanka.

1836-05-07

The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain.

1839-01-11

Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal - 700 die

1839-01-24

Charles Darwin elected Fellow of the Royal Society

1839-03-26

1st Henley Royal Regatta

1839-06-14

First Henley Regatta held (it became the Henley Royal Regatta in 1851)

1842-05-25

Christian Doppler presents his idea, now known as the Doppler Effect, to the Royal Bohemian Society, Prague

1843-01-04

Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens

1847-05-24

German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt is awarded the Patron's Medal by the Royal Geographical Society, London in recognition of 'the increased knowledge of the great continent of Australia' gained by his Moreton Bay-Port Essington journey

1850-03-29

SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die

1851-08-22

Yacht "America" wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup)

1854-01-31

Dutch KNMI established (Royal Meteorological Institute)

1854-11-15

In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.

1858-05-15

Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London

1859-05-04

The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.

1859-10-25

Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die

1859-10-26

The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.

1861-11-07

Battle of Port Royal Bay, SC (Ft Walker, Ft Beauregard)

1862-01-01

Battle of Ft McRee, FL Battle of Port Royal, SC (Port Royal Ferry)

1862-05-23

Valley Campaign: Stonewall Jackson takes Fort Royal, Virginia

1862-06-06

Battle of Port Royal, SC (Port Royal Ferry)

1862-07-04

Battle of Port Royal, SC (Port Royal Ferry)

1862-08-29

Battle of Aspromonte; Italian royal forces defeat rebels

1866-01-12

The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.

1867-05-20

Royal Albert Hall of Arts & Sciences foundation laid by Queen Victoria

1867-10-23

72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.

1870-10-09

Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree

1871-03-29

Royal Albert Hall opened by Queen Victoria in London

1872-03-16

1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton

1877-07-10

The then villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.

1879-02-08

Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.

1879-12-31

Cornerstone laid for Honolulu's Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US)

1886-07-10

George Goldie gets charter for Royal Niger Company

1887-09-05

Gas lamp at Theatre Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200

1888-09-25

Royal Court Theatre, London, opens

1894-08-02

Dutch Society for Women Suffrage gets royal charter

1897-08-10

Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Automobile Club)

1899-04-18

The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.

1900-11-07

Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

1901-05-23

Ottawa Mint Act receives Royal Assent

1901-08-17

The Royal Titles Act adds the words 'and the British Dominions beyond the Seas' to the monarch's style

1901-10-02

First Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow

1901-12-14

1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)

1905-05-22

Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School

1907-02-26

Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP)

1908-01-02

Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa

1908-06-02

33rd Preakness: Eddie Dugan riding Royal Tourist wins in 1:46.4

1909-05-24

Bristol University granted Royal Charter

1910-05-04

Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent

1910-05-04

Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy

1910-05-04

Wilfrid Laurier passes the Naval Service Act, which creates the Royal Canadian Navy

1911-10-19

Royal Mint in London sends dies for $1 coin to Ottawa Branch

1912-01-04

The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter.

1912-04-13

Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF)

1912-05-13

Royal Flying Corps forms in Great Britain

1914-09-18

Irish Home Rule bill receives Royal assent

1915-03-14

German cruiser Dresden scuttled off Más a Tierra, Chile, having been pursued by the Royal Navy after the Battle of the Falkland Islands, with her engines worn out and virtually no coal.

1915-08-14

British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000

1916-04-21

Irish nationalist activist and poet Roger Casement is discovered at McKenna's Fort and is arrested by the Royal Irish Constabulary

1916-05-18

A British Royal Inquiry into the Easter Rising in Dublin is set up in London

1917-01-02

Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank

1917-05-11

King George V grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand

1917-07-17

Royal Proclamation by King George V changes name of British Royal family from German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor

1918-01-31

A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.

1918-04-01

United Kingdom: the Royal Air Force is created from the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps.

1918-09-20

Royal Dutch Blast furnace & Steel factory opens in Hague

1919-10-07

KLM, Royal Ducth Airlines, established (oldest existing airline)

1920-02-01

Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police

1920-07-01

55th British Golf Open: George Duncan shoots a 303 at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club

1920-07-03

Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England

1922-06-01

Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.

1922-06-23

57th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 300 at Royal St George

1924-02-05

The Royal Greenwich Observatory begin broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips".

1924-04-01

The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.

1926-06-25

61st British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Royal Lytham

1926-10-09

Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution

1927-12-28

George Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC

1928-05-11

63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St George's

1929-01-06

Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia

1931-12-01

Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint

1934-06-29

69th British Golf Open: Henry Cotton shoots a 283 at Royal St George's Golf Club

1935-04-12

Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar

1935-07-20

Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.

1936-06-27

71st British Golf Open: Alf Padgham shoots a 287 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club

1938-07-08

73rd British Golf Open: Reg Whitcombe shoots a 295 at Royal St George's Golf Club

1939-03-07

Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians 1st record "Auld Lang Syne"

1939-10-14

German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed

1940-02-17

Crew of the British destroyer Cossack board German Altmark in Jøssingfjord, Norway, and realised 299 British prisoners after hand-to-hand fighting with bayonets and the last recorded Royal Naval action with cutlass.

1940-05-14

Admiral Johannes Furstner, Royal Dutch Navy, departs to England

1940-05-27

World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 97 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops.

1940-07-03

British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, to prevent Germany seizing it.

1940-07-03

German occupiers forbid using Dutch royal names

1940-08-20

British PM Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"

1940-10-02

British Council receives Royal Charter

1940-11-16

World War II: In response to Germany's leveling of Coventry, England two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

1941-05-26

Aircraft from HMS Ark Royal sights German battleship Bismarck

1941-08-16

HMS Mercury, Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opens at Leydene, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England.

1941-11-14

British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sank in Mediterranean, having been torpedoed by a German submarine the day before

1941-12-13

U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal

1943-01-21

Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Royal Navy, promoted to Admiral of the Fleet

1943-10-01

1st King's Dragoon Guards (Royal Amoured Corps) liberates suburbs of Naples

1944-10-06

Royal Ducth Navy submarine Zwaardvis (Swordfish) sinks U168 at Java

1945-05-03

WWII: German ship "Cap Arcona" laden with prisoners sunk by Royal Air Force in East Sea, 5,800 killed - one of largest maritime losses of life

1945-10-23

Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract

1947-07-04

76th British Golf Open: Fred Daly shoots a 293 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club

1949-07-09

78th British Golf Open: Bobby Locke shoots a 283 at Royal St George's Golf Club

1950-07-07

79th British Golf Open: Bobby Locke shoots a 279 at Royal Troon

1950-07-26

KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites

1950-08-11

King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium

1951-05-03

Royal Festival Hall opens in London

1953-04-16

British royal yacht Britannia launched by Queen Elizabeth II

1954-12-09

Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Royal Swedish Academy of Music

1955-02-22

British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail

1955-09-25

The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.

1957-01-01

George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

1958-02-03

Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3

1958-07-13

87th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 278 at Royal Lytham

1959-05-16

85th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57

1960-03-27

Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Royal Crown Golf Open

1960-10-30

Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

1961-02-14

Louise Suggs wins LPGA Royal Poinciana Golf Invitational

1961-07-15

90th British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale

1961-10-14

14th Ryder Cup: US wins, 14½-9½ at Royal Lytham & St Annes, England

1962-02-07

Sam Snead wins LPGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational

1962-07-13

91st British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 276 at Royal Troon

1963-11-04

John Lennon utters his infamous "rattle your jewellery" line at a Royal Variety Performance in London

1964-02-08

Peter Shaffer's "Royal Hunt of the Sun," premieres in London

1965-07-09

94th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 285 at Royal Birkdale

1965-10-09

16th Ryder Cup: US wins 19½-12½ at Royal Birkdale, England

1967-06-05

Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 cent & 25 cent coins to pure nickel as soon as possible

1968-06-15

15th Curtis Cup: US wins 10½-7½ at Royal County Down Golf Club (Newcastle, Northern Ireland)

1968-08-28

Gerry Fitt, MP, tables a House of Commons motion criticising Royal Ulster Constabulary action in Dungannon on 24 August 1968 and demands that: "citizens of Northern Ireland should be allowed the same rights of peaceful demonstration as those in other parts of the United Kingdom"

1968-10-05

Civil rights march in Derry is stopped by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) before it had properly begun; clashes between RUC and protesters lead to two days of serious rioting-some consider this to be the beginning of 'the Troubles' in Northern Ireland

1968-10-07

Rioting continues in Derry, Northern Ireland after Royal Ulster Constabulary put down civil rights march two days earlier

1968-11-02

A banned march in Derry, North Ireland, by members of the Derry Citizen's Action Committee (DCAC) is joined by thousands; due to the number of people taking part, the Royal Ulster Constabulary are unable to prevent it

1968-11-30

A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Armagh is stopped by Royal Ulster Constabulary because of the presence of a Loyalist counter demonstration led by Ian Paisley and Ronald Bunting

1969-04-01

Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corporation

1969-04-19

Serious rioting in the Bogside area of Derry following clashes between Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association marchers and Loyalists and members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary

1969-07-12

98th British Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 280 at Royal Lytham

1969-07-14

Francis McCloskey, a Catholic civilian, dies one day after being hit on the head with a baton by an officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) during street disturbances in Dungiven, County Derry

1969-09-20

18th Ryder Cup: Draw, 16-16 at Royal Birkdale, England

1969-11-26

Cream's final concert (Royal Albert Hall)

1970-01-14

Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers begin to patrol the Falls Road area of Belfast for the first time since August 1969

1970-02-17

Joni Mitchell's final concert (Royal Albert Hall)

1970-03-26

The Police (Northern Ireland) Act becomes law; the act provides for the disarmament of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and the establishment of an RUC reserve force

1970-07-31

Black Tot Day: the last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.

1970-08-11

Two Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers are killed by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) when they set off a booby trap bomb planted in a car near Crossmaglen, County Armagh

1970-09-07

Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado

1970-09-15

Officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in Northern Ireland vote narrowly in favour of remaining unarmed

1970-09-23

Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Arthur Young announces his resignation

1970-11-23

Arthur Young resigns as Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)

1971-02-10

Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa

1971-02-26

Two Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are shot and killed by the Irish Republican Army while on a mobile patrol in the Ardoyne area of Belfast, North Ireland

1971-03-10

Three members of the Royal Highland Fusiliers (a regiment of the British Army) are killed by members of the Irish Republican Army

1971-07-10

100th British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 278 at Royal Birkdale

1971-10-24

A member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) is shot dead by undercover Royal Ulster Constabulary officers during a bomb attack in Belfast

1972-01-27

Two Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are shot dead in an attack on their patrol car in the Creggan Road, Derry

1972-02-01

Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.

1972-03-01

Two Catholic teenagers were shot dead by the Royal Ulster Constabulary while 'joy riding' in a stolen car in Belfast

1972-04-06

The Scarman Tribunal Report, an inquiry into the causes of violence during the summer of 1969 in N Ireland, is published, finding that the Royal Ulster Constabulary had been seriously at fault

1972-05-21

The Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) kidnap and shoot dead William Best (19), a member of the Royal Irish Rangers

1972-06-01

Iraq nationalizes Iraq Petroleum Company's (IPC) concession owned by British Petroleum, Royal Dutch-Shell, Compagnie Francaise des Petroles, Mobil and Standard Oil of New Jersey

1972-07-04

The Royal Ulster Constabulary forward a file about the killings on 'Bloody Sunday' (30 January 1972) to the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland

1972-10-30

Loyalist paramilitaries carry out a raid on Royal Ulster Constabulary station in County Derry, and steal 4 British Army Sterling sub-machine Guns

1973-01-14

2 Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed in Derry by a booby-trap bomb attached to their car by the Irish Republican Army

1973-04-27

KC Royal Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0

1973-07-14

102nd British Golf Open: Tom Weiskopf shoots a 276 at Royal Troon

1974-06-19

KC Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0

1974-07-13

103rd British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 282 at Royal Lytham

1975-01-09

600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike

1975-03-08

Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba

1976-03-26

Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.

1976-04-30

Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg, Manitoba

1976-05-15

The Provisional Irish Republican Army kill 3 Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers in County Fermanagh and 1 in County Down

1976-07-10

105th British Golf Open: Johnny Miller shoots a 279 at Royal Birkdale

1977-09-17

22nd Ryder Cup: US, 12½-13½ at Royal Lytham & St Annes England

1979-04-17

Four Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army van bomb in Bessbrook, County Armagh; the bomb is believed to be the largest PIRA bomb used up to that point

1979-06-06

Royal Air Force receives 1st F-16

1979-07-21

108th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 283 at Royal Lytham

1981-07-19

110th British Golf Open: Bill Rogers shoots a 276 at Royal St George

1982-07-18

111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon

1983-07-17

112th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 275 at Royal Birkdale

1983-07-27

Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan & Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Royal

1983-09-22

Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall)

1984-05-17

Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend," sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.

1984-11-10

Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood

1985-07-16

Bill to abolish Greater London Council receives royal assent

1985-07-21

114th British Golf Open: Sandy Lyle shoots a 282 at Royal St George

1986-05-25

KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit

1986-09-14

Bo Jackson's 1st HR-a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium)

1987-01-12

Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training

1987-02-02

KC Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires

1987-06-30

The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie.

1987-11-27

"Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Royal, Sydney

1988-01-24

1st WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins

1988-04-11

Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens

1988-07-17

117th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots 273 at Royal Lytham

1989-01-15

Big John Studd wins WWF's 1st Royal Rumble

1989-03-15

"Les Miserables" opens at Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto

1989-07-23

118th British Golf Open: Mark Calcavecchia shoots a 275 at Royal Troon

1989-11-17

Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year KC Royal contract

1990-07-25

KC Royal George Brett hits for the cycle

1990-10-27

Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled

1991-07-21

120th British Golf Open: Ian Baker-Finch shoots 272 at Royal Birkdale

1991-08-26

Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0

1992-01-19

Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble

1992-02-03

Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends

1992-09-30

KC Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits

1993-05-13

KC Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR

1993-07-18

122nd British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St George

1993-08-31

HMS Mercury, the Royal Navy's communications training establishment, closes after 52 years in commission.

1994-08-21

Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crash down at Agadir, 44 killed

1995-04-29

KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat

1995-08-02

Saudi Arabia's King Fahd issues a decree replacing all members of the Council of Ministers who do not have blood ties so the royal Family

1996-07-15

A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.

1996-07-21

125th British Golf Open: Tom Lehman shoots a 271 at Royal Lytham

1997-02-02

Royal Caribbean Senior Golf Classic

1997-04-29

KC Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs

1997-07-20

126th British Golf Open: Billy Ray Brown shoots a 271 at Royal Troon

1998-07-19

127th British Golf Open: Mark O'Meara shoots a 280 at Royal Birkdale

1998-08-10

The Royal Proclamation of HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah as the Crown Prince of Brunei.

2000-05-02

Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man With Two Hats monument in Apeldoorn and the other in Ottawa on May 11, 2000. Symbolically linking both Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout World War II.

2000-07-23

129th British Golf Open: Tiger Woods shoots a 269 at Royal Lytham

2001-06-04

Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace.

2001-07-22

130th British Golf Open: David Duval shoots a 274 at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

2002-05-11

Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man With Two Hats monument in Ottawa and Apeldoorn (May 2), 2000, symbolically linking both the Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout the Second World War.

2003-07-20

132nd British Golf Open: Ben Curtis shoots a 283 at Royal St George's Golf Club

2003-09-18

The United Kingdom's Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, receives Royal Assent.

2004-01-21

Canada: The residence of reporter Juliet O'Neill is searched by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigating leaks concerning the deportation of Maher Arar.

2004-07-18

133rd British Golf Open: Todd Hamilton shoots a 274 at Royal Troon Golf Club

2005-03-03

Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.

2005-07-20

Canada becomes the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, after the bill C-38 receives its Royal Assent.

2006-07-23

135th British Golf Open: Tiger Woods shoots a 270 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club

2007-03-23

Iranian Navy seize Royal Navy personnel in Iraqi waters.

2007-04-04

15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.

2008-07-20

137th British Golf Open: Pádraig Harrington shoots a 283 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club

2008-10-13

HM Treasury infused £37 billion ($64 billion, 47 billion euros) of new capital-bailout into Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, Lloyds TSB and HBOS Plc, to avert a financial sector collapse.

2009-02-05

The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.

2009-04-30

Failed attack on the Dutch Royal Family results in 7 deaths and 17 injured.

2011-07-17

140th British Golf Open: Darren Clarke shoots a 275 at Royal St George's Golf Club

2011-10-27

The Royal Australian Navy announces that they discovered the wreck of a World War II submarine in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea during Operation RENDER SAFE - it is likely to be Japanese.

2012-07-22

141st British Golf Open: Ernie Els shoots a 273 at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

2013-08-10

16 Royal Guardsmen are killed in a bus accident in Al Hoceima, Morocco

2014-05-22

Royal Thai Armed Forces launch a coup d'état against the caretaker government of Thailand

1473-02-19

Nicolaus Copernicus, Toruń Royal Prussia, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)

1486-09-14

Agrippa von Nettesheim, German occultist/alchemist/royal astrologer

1535-11-22

John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Neth royal family

1567-05-01

Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter

1646-08-19

John Flamsteed, Denby Derbyshire, English astronomer and first Astronomer Royal

1667-12-25

Ehrengard von der Schulenburg, English royal mistress (d. 1743)

1697-01-30

Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer

1700-11-28

Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal (d. 1764)

1709-11-02

Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759)

1709-12-27

Pieter de Swart, Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague)

1731-12-28

Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master

1753-03-26

Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA)

1754-05-23

Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)

1764-06-19

John Barrow, England, founded Royal Geographical Society

1764-09-17

John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society

1767-11-11

Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer/royal chaplain bandmaster

1778-07-10

Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master

1788-08-26

Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist

1801-07-27

George Biddle Airy, 7th Astronomer Royal

1819-01-03

Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900)

1829-01-21

King Oscar II, Royal Shooting Party on Hveen

1852-03-18

Augustus Harris, The Royal Oak

1852-9-30

Charles Villiers Stanford, The Royal Wedding

1858-02-28

Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)

1859-02-04

Gus Leonard, His Royal Slyness

1860-06-18

Hugo Loudon, CEO (Royal Dutch Oil [Shell])

1865-01-03

Fuller Mellish, A Royal Family

1866-04-19

Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell)

1867-02-20

Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931)

1870-07-10

Ned Finley, O'Garry of the Royal Mounted

1876-02-01

Gertrude Coghlan, The Royal Box

1877-04-24

Jennie Brenan, His Royal Highness

1880-01-27

Charles F. Royal, Guns in the Dark

1881-07-02

Royal H. Weller, American politician (d. 1929)

1882-02-01

Louis St. Laurent, Royal Journey

1887-02-20

Royal Byron, He Gave Him a Million

1888-04-17

Royal Douglas, The Fable of the Two Unfettered Birds

1888-07-18

Gladys Royal Belzer, The Loretta Young Show

1890-03-29

Harold Spencer Jones, London, English Astronomer and 10th astronomer royal of England whose work led to a more accurate determination of the distance between the Earth and the Sun

1890-04-20

Maurice Duplessis, Royal Journey

1893-01-01

Frank Badgley, The Royal Visit

1893-05-04

Royal Butler, [Edwin Richey], Atlanta GA, actor

1894-06-23

Laurie York Erskine, Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

1898-06-06

Ninette de Valois, [Edris Stannus], Engl, ballerina (Royal Ballet)

1899-06-02

Royal Beal, Brookline MA, actor (Death of a Salesman)

1900-06-25

Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral

1903-01-28

Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society)

1903-12-14

Hans Hömberg, His Royal Highness

1904-01-14

Cecil Beaton, England, royal family photographer

1904-9-06

Ted Royal, When Comedy Was King

1906-03-16

Jiver Hutchinson, Theatre Royal

1906-07-18

Oskar Dimroth, His Royal Highness

1907-01-05

Willi Soukop, sculptor and member of Royal Academy of Arts

1907-02-10

Joe Haymes, Royal Society Jazz Orchestra

1907-06-03

Royal K. Cole, Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger

1909-03-17

Betty Loewen, Royal Children

1909-07-17

Hardy Amies, London England, royal dressmaker (Queen Elizabeth II)

1910-03-21

Nick Castle, Royal Wedding

1912-05-12

Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet

1912-05-12

Marshall Royal, Quartet

1912-05-12

Marshal Royal, The Color Purple

1912-12-17

Edward Short, The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 80

1913-07-18

Red Skelton, Red Skelton: A Royal Command Performance

1914-10-07

Sarah Churchill, London, actress (All Over Town, Royal Wedding)

1914-10-07

Sarah Churchill, Royal Wedding

1916-04-16

Pualani Mossman, Ray Kinney and His Royal Hawaiian Orchestra

1916-12-28

Noel Johnson, British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash)

1916-9-07

Lucille La Marr, Royal Wedding

1916-9-29

Royal Raymond, Powder River Gunfire

1917-08-23

Louise Princess of Prussia, A Royal Family

1917-09-28

Michael [George] Somes, England, dancer (Royal Ballet)

1918-04-03

Sixten Ehrling, Malmö Sweden, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm)

1918-04-18

Roger de Grey, president (Royal Academy)

1918-04-23

Antony Craxton, Investiture of His Royal Highness Prince Charles as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester

1918-05-16

George Wallace, Theatre Royal

1918-09-27

Martin Ryle, Britain, radio astronomer/astronomer royal (1972-82)

1919-10-02

Sir Jeffrey Darell, Royal Family at War

1919-10-12

Italia DeNubila, Royal Wedding

1919-10-23

Manolis Andronicos, Bursa, Greek archaeologist who discovered ancient royal Macedonian tombs in northern Greece

1919-12-16

Rolf Kästel, Hotel Royal

1920-11-18

David Climie, Right Royal

1920-9-17

Gilbert Bokanowski, Royal Affairs in Versailles

1921-02-06

Ernie Royal, Musique en tête

1921-03-23

Ian Todd, pres (Royal College of Surgeons)

1921-08-12

Patrick Howard-Dobson, president (Royal British Legion)

1921-10-17

Tom Poston, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

1921-9-18

Carmen Clifford, Royal Wedding

1922-03-09

Flemming greve af Rosenborg, A Royal Family

1922-11-13

Daun Kennedy, The Royal Mounted Rides Again

1922-11-16

Royal Dano, NYC, actor (Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II)

1922-11-16

Royal Dano, The Outlaw Josey Wales

1922-9-26

Nikolai Romanov, A Royal Family

1923-02-07

George Earl of Harewood, A Royal Family

1923-11-14

Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One)

1923-9-18

Former Queen Anne of Romania, A Royal Family

1924-02-23

Dennis Friedman, Prince William: A Royal Portrait

1924-02-24

Lionel Dakers, director (Royal School of Church Music)

1924-04-03

Canon A D Caesar, Sub Dean (HM Chapels Royal)

1924-06-03

Michael Gow, commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)

1924-07-06

Darrell Royal, 1959 Cotton Bowl

1924-09-25

Norman Ayrton, opera director (Royal Shakespearean Acad - UK)

1925-07-12

Niels Miller, Royal Faceoff

1926-03-04

Dimitri Romanov, A Royal Family

1926-05-17

Cicely Berry, voice director (Royal Shakespeare Company)

1926-06-20

Arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director (Kew Gardens)

1926-9-04

Helmut Ringelmann, Hotel Royal

1927-02-27

Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman (Royal College of Art)

1927-03-11

Alan Betts, emeritus professor (Royal Veterinary College)

1927-05-31

James Eberle, British admiral, director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs)

1927-06-02

Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor (Royal Flemish Opera)

1927-10-11

Joséphine-Charlotte Grandduchess of Luxemburg, A Royal Family

1927-9-21

Graham Turner, Silver Jubilee 1977 - The Royal Progress

1928-01-31

Richard Buckley, royal equerry

1928-10-20

Bryan Blackburn, A Royal Gala Variety Performance

1928-12-05

Hans Gailling, Kir Royal

1929-02-25

Christopher George, Royal Oak Minn, actor (Rat Patrol, Immortal)

1929-04-01

Jane Powell, Royal Wedding

1929-08-14

Oliver Neville, principal (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts)

1929-11-10

Claibe Richardson, The Royal Family

1930-10-27

Docteur Max Récamier, Palais-Royal

1930-12-22

Peter Hall, Suffolk England, director (Royal Shakespeare Company)

1930-9-21

John Morgan, Royal Canadian Air Farce

1931-03-12

Geoffrey de Bellaigue, director (Royal Collection)

1931-04-02

Frederick Fox, The Queen Mother: A Royal Century

1932-03-30

A J Zuckerman, Dean (Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine)

1932-04-15

David Bolton, director (British Royal United Service for Defense)

1932-05-17

Arthur Jones, principal (Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester)

1932-07-06

Della Reese, Detroit, singer/actress (Della Reese Show, Royal Family)

1932-09-29

Jeremy Isaacs, general director (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)

1933-01-21

Roxane Berard, Royal Four Flush

1933-02-22

Duchess of Kent, Today at the Royal Wedding

1933-08-30

Tom Lacy, The Royal Tenenbaums

1934-03-22

Leslie Turnberg, president (Royal College of Physicians)

1934-05-16

Anthony Walker, commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)

1934-07-13

Norman Tozer, The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines

1935-03-30

Rex Robbins, The Royal Tenenbaums

1935-05-02

Allan Hargreaves, Silver Jubilee 1977 - The Royal Progress

1935-05-29

Martin Garrod, Commandant General (Royal Marines)

1935-07-21

Nelson Royal, Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup

1936-01-12

Emile Lahoud, Hezbollah/The Royal Treatment/Con Man

1936-05-10

Trevor Clay, Gen-Sec (Royal College of Nursing)

1937-04-03

Annekathrin Bürger, Royal Children

1937-07-04

Dronning Sonja, A Royal Family

1938-03-27

A J Bellingham, president (Royal College of Pathologists)

1938-05-16

Anthony Walker, commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)

1938-05-23

Graham Usher, An Evening with the Royal Ballet

1938-10-16

Nico, The Royal Tenenbaums

1939-03-01

Little Joe Washington, Royal Crown and a Moon Pie: The David Beebe Story

1939-03-27

Ruth Ashton, general secretary (Royal College of Midwives)

1939-05-29

Martin Garrod, Commandant General Royal Marines

1939-10-01

Ward Sylvester, Royal Flush

1939-12-08

James Galway, Belfast Ireland, flutist (18k gold flute, Royal Phil)

1940-03-16

Nina Shatskaya, Belyy royal

1940-04-13

Dustin Smith, The Royal Tenenbaums

1940-05-29

Peggy Crosby, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

1940-06-20

Royal S. Brown, Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann

1940-07-24

Robert Royal, Battle of the Bulge

1941-02-19

Dory Funk Jr., Royal Rumble

1941-02-27

Andrew "Sandy" Wilson, Royal Air Force officer (1962—1995)

1941-04-17

Max Stafford-Clark, artistic director (Royal Court Theatre)

1941-06-29

Xenia Kulikovsky, A Royal Family

1942-04-03

Billy Joe Royal, Valdosta Ga, country singer (Down in the Boondocks)

1942-04-03

Billy Joe Royal, Glory Road

1943-02-16

Anthony Dowell, London, ballet dancer (Royal Ballet)

1943-9-27

Amedeo Duca D'Aosta, A Royal Family

1944-03-01

John Napier, London, set designer (Royal Shakesphere Company)

1944-06-27

David Fowler, Royal Society Jazz Orchestra

1944-10-21

Butch Miller, Royal Rumble

1944-9-17

Bibhu Bhattacharya, Royal Bengal Rahasya

1945-01-15

Princess Michael of Kent, British royal

1945-02-14

K M Jenkins, British director of personnel (Royal Mail)

1945-05-17

D A S Pennefather, Maj-General/Commandant (General Royal Marines)

1945-12-14

Greg Goossen, The Royal Tenenbaums

1946-03-15

David Wall, English ballet dancers/director (Royal Academy of Dancing)

1946-05-30

Don Ferguson, Royal Canadian Air Farce

1946-06-20

Duchess of Gloucester, Today at the Royal Wedding

1946-07-10

Roger Abbott, Royal Canadian Air Farce

1947-01-08

Brian Wickens, Royal Rumble

1947-02-14

Enebeli Elebuwa, Royal War

1947-03-22

Priscilla Yates, director (Royal Academy of Dancing)

1947-03-27

Daphne Todd, president (Royal Society of Portrait Painters)

1947-04-15

Trish Soodik, Annie: A Royal Adventure!

1947-07-17

Camilla Parker-Bowles, The Royal Variety Performance 2006

1947-11-29

Neal Kaz, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

1947-12-27

Bill Eadie, Royal Rumble

1948-02-01

Jennifer Adams, superintendent (Central Royal Parks)

1948-06-19

Nick Drake, The Royal Tenenbaums

1948-08-06

Adolph Bresciano, Royal Rumble

1948-10-08

Johnny Ramone, The Royal Tenenbaums

1949-03-26

Margarita Princess of Rumainia, A Royal Family

1949-05-10

Michael Larson, Royal Deceit

1949-06-23

Michael Middleton, The Royal Wedding

1949-08-13

Jim Brunzell, Royal Rumble

1949-10-01

André Rieu, Andre Rieu: Live at Royal Albert Hall

1950-01-10

Mike Talbot, Royal Connections

1950-02-02

Gen'ichirô Tenryû, Royal Rumble

1950-04-08

Princess Olga Romanoff, A Royal Family

1951-04-14

Julian Lloyd Webber, Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

1951-05-30

Søren Spanning, A Royal Affair

1952-06-19

Canek, Royal Rumble

1952-11-16

Larry Dominello, The Royal Tenenbaums

1953-03-28

Rosemary Ashe, The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

1953-05-15

George Brett, Glen Dale West Virginia, KC Royal 3rd baseman (1980 AL MVP)

1953-05-17

Yoko Shimada, Kumamota Japan, author (Kir Royal)/actress (Shogun)

1953-06-25

Svein Tindberg, Elias and the Royal Yacht

1953-07-05

Elizabeth Emanuel, Path of Destruction/Royal Wedding

1953-09-22

Ségolène Royal, French politician

1953-9-22

Ségolène Royal, Episode dated 27 January 2008

1954-05-04

Liz Robertson, The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

1954-08-17

Eva Sitta, A Royal Affair

1955-01-31

Carole Middleton, The Royal Wedding

1955-03-01

Timothy Laurence, The Royal Variety Performance 2011

1955-03-29

Earl Campbell, The Story of Darrell Royal

1955-05-20

Pippa Page, Right Royal

1955-07-13

Douglas Leonard Brecht, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police

1956-02-13

Princess Alia bint Al Hussein, Jordanian Royal Family member

1956-03-11

Donata Mecklenburg-Solodkoff, A Royal Family

1956-04-04

Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina (Royal Winnipeg Ballet)

1957-02-27

Lindy Reed Shukla, Omama: Royal Blood

1957-06-20

James Ware, Royal Rumble

1957-08-25

Andy Duppin, The Royal Tenenbaums

1957-9-14

Kepler Wessels, Match 34: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians and Match 35: Royal Challengers Banglore vs Chennai Superkings

1958-01-10

Jerry Estrada, Royal Rumble

1959-03-06

Barry Darsow, Royal Rumble

1959-10-24

McCracken Poston, Path of Destruction/Royal Wedding

1959-12-03

Eamonn Holmes, Royal Wedding Day

1960-04-29

Paul Centopani, Royal Rumble

1960-06-28

Addison Cresswell, Dara O'Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal

1960-08-30

Sheikh Sayyid Hassan Nasrullah, Hezbollah/The Royal Treatment/Con Man

1960-10-07

Phil Reynolds, King Charles I: The Royal Martyr

1960-12-17

Paul Kulikovsky, A Royal Family

1961-04-29

Prince Heinrich of Hanover, A Royal Family

1961-05-11

Paul Diamond, Royal Rumble

1961-06-18

Marshall Sella, The Royal Tenenbaums

1962-03-28

Terry Szopinski, Royal Rumble

1962-06-27

Michael Ball, Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

1962-08-08

Daniel R. Padgett, The Royal Tenenbaums

1962-10-06

Jenni Olson, The Royal Road

1962-11-27

Davey Boy Smith, Royal Rumble

1962-12-02

Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, titular Bulgarian royal family

1962-12-19

Annette Ketscher, Royal Blues

1963-06-11

Mike Enos, Royal Rumble

1963-06-26

Ivan Vodochodský, A Royal Affair

1963-06-29

Thomas W. Gabrielsson, A Royal Affair

1963-08-02

Hans Pilgaard, Rock 'n' Royal

1963-10-11

Sam Houston, Royal Rumble

1964-01-08

Jeffrey Scott Jensen, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

1964-02-11

Ken Shamrock, Royal Rumble

1964-06-18

Gary Evans, The Royal Tenenbaums

1964-07-11

Kyrill, Prince of Preslav, titular Bulgarian royal family

1964-07-31

Jim Corr, The Corrs: 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall' - St. Patrick's Day March 17, 1998

1964-11-11

Jon Hough, Royal Oak MI, Nike golfer (1986 NAIA Individual Natl Champ)

1964-11-15

Jan Krafka, A Royal Affair

1965-02-23

Sylvie Guillem, France, ballerina (Royal Ballet)

1965-11-05

Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte, titular Bulgarian royal family

1965-9-26

Shane Partlow, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

1966-05-22

Donald Royal, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic)

1966-06-02

Keith Duffy, The Corrs: 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall' - St. Patrick's Day March 17, 1998

1966-07-09

Tom Brandi, Royal Rumble

1966-10-11

Shawn Chambers, Royal Oaks MI, NHL defenseman (Team USA, NJ Devils)

1967-08-27

Brian McRae, Royal Pain

1967-10-10

Karin Rørbeck, A Royal Affair

1967-11-01

Tina Arena, Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

1967-12-05

Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin, titular Bulgarian royal family

1967-12-07

Vaclav Chalupa, Czechoslovakia, rower (Henley Royal Regatta 1989)

1967-9-14

Keisuke Hoashi, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

1968-05-15

Sophie Raworth, William & Kate: A Royal Engagement

1968-05-26

Kronprins Frederik, Zulu Royal 3: The Christening

1969-04-03

Lance Storm, Royal Rumble

1969-10-16

Takao Omori, Royal Rumble

1970-05-13

Mark Beaufait, Royal Oak Mich, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)

1971-01-28

Eric Person, The Royal Tenenbaums

1971-04-18

Samantha Cameron, The Royal Wedding

1971-04-26

Tricia Cooper, Royal Liechtenstein Comedy Theatre

1971-06-30

Ann Marsh, Royal Oak Mich, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)

1971-07-08

John Juanda, Royal Straight Flush

1971-08-07

Dominic Cork, Match 34: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians and Match 35: Royal Challengers Banglore vs Chennai Superkings

1972-01-19

Princess Kalina of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family

1972-01-27

Wynne Evans, The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

1972-02-05

Kronprinsesse Mary, Zulu Royal 3: The Christening

1972-02-12

Joe Smith, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

1972-05-09

Dan Hollander, Royal Oak Mich, figure skater (1996 Great Lakes champ)

1972-12-01

Andre Royal, linebacker (Carolina Panthers)

1973-02-13

Gus Hansen, Royal Straight Flush

1973-02-21

Rasmus Videbæk, A Royal Affair

1973-03-17

Caroline Corr, The Corrs: 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall' - St. Patrick's Day March 17, 1998

1973-04-27

Laura Bro, A Royal Affair

1973-06-09

Laura Ponte, Spanish model and royal

1973-07-19

Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, A Royal Affair

1973-9-01

Stephen Carr, The Royal Tenenbaums

1974-02-04

Jakob Ulrik Lohmann, A Royal Affair

1974-02-14

Amy Edwards, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

1974-02-22

Chris Moyles, Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall

1974-05-01

Vivian Chen, Royal Tramp II

1974-05-17

Andrea Corr, The Corrs: 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall' - St. Patrick's Day March 17, 1998

1974-05-24

Natalie Neaton, Royal Oak Mich, soccer forward (Olympics-96)

1974-05-24

Scott Montgomery, Royal Liechtenstein Comedy Theatre

1974-06-19

Doug Mientkiewicz, Royal Pain

1974-11-20

Dawn Bridgewater, The Royal Tenenbaums

1974-9-21

Mirya Royal, Planet of the Pitts

1975-03-02

Max Faugno, The Royal Tenenbaums

1975-05-16

Charlotte Hawkins, Royal Wedding Day

1976-03-17

Stephen Gately, Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

1976-06-12

Johnny Royal, Episode dated 9 December 2007

1976-06-13

Shannon Canfield, The Royal Tenenbaums

1976-11-14

Chris Demetral, Royal Oaks MI, actor (Dolly Dearest)

1977-04-19

Kendra Jade, WWF Royal Rumble: No Chance in Hell

1977-08-19

Callum Blue, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

1977-08-27

Omari Pili Johnson, Royal Palm Estate

1977-10-14

Bert V. Royal, Easy A

1977-11-17

Alexandra Royal, First Love

1977-12-23

Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe, Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe presents Royal Yachts Norge, Dannebrog and Britannia

1978-08-29

Richard Sharp, The Royal Pier

1978-11-30

Jeet, The Royal Bengal Tiger

1978-12-09

Tae-young Ki, Royal Family

1978-9-15

Branco Vukovic, The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon

1978-9-24

Chris Nowinski, Royal Rumble

1979-05-15

Robert Royal, Episode dated 21 May 2009

1979-12-15

Erika Guntherova, A Royal Affair

1980-03-31

Daniel Bambas, A Royal Affair

1980-04-09

Brad Golden, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

1981-05-13

Jimmy Yun, Royal Kill

1981-08-29

Brandon D. Campbell, WWE Royal Rumble

1982-01-09

Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, The Royal Wedding

1982-03-31

Jessica Joseph, Royal Oak Mich, dance skater (& Butler-1997 Natl)

1982-05-14

Nanna Nike Kindtler, Zulu Royal 3: The Christening

1982-05-20

Sierra Boggess, The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

1982-06-21

Prince William Windsor, The Royal Wedding

1982-07-13

Pierre Lasbignes, By Royal Aporkment

1982-11-12

Mads Hjulmand, A Royal Affair

1983-01-26

Stephen Lea Sheppard, The Royal Tenenbaums

1983-04-21

Anders Albjerg Kristiansen, A Royal Affair

1983-05-26

Scott Disick, Royal Flush

1983-06-23

Candice Alley, Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal 2004

1983-10-20

Sergio Silva, The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon

1983-12-24

Irene Fornaciari, Zu & Co Live at Royal Albert Hall

1983-9-06

Pippa Middleton, The Royal Wedding

1984-07-01

Cyron Melville, A Royal Affair

1985-01-25

Stephen Hagan, A Royal Christmas

1985-06-12

Tasha Ray Evin, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

1985-10-13

Chelsy Davy, Royal Wedding Day

1986-11-22

Michaela Horká, A Royal Affair

1987-04-15

James Middleton, The Royal Wedding

1988-06-02

Aram Aslanian-Persico, The Royal Tenenbaums

1988-06-21

Josh Royal, Reckless

1988-12-22

Ben James-Ellis, The Royal Variety Performance 2007

1989-04-29

Stephanie Silveira, Royal Blood: Out of the Black

1990-01-02

Nikol Kouklová, A Royal Affair

1990-03-01

James Lomas, The Royal Variety Performance 2006

1990-07-25

Amedeo Turturro, The Royal Tenenbaums

1990-12-31

Priyanka Sarkar, The Royal Bengal Tiger

1991-07-03

Grant Rosenmeyer, The Royal Tenenbaums

1991-9-20

Jonah Meyerson, The Royal Tenenbaums

1992-02-11

Frederik Christian Johansen, A Royal Affair

1992-05-30

Liam Mower, The Royal Variety Performance 2006

1998-07-17

Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal

1999-09-29

Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal

1999-11-20

Princess Sofia of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family

1999-11-20

Prince Umberto of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family

2000-12-06

Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal

2002-06-03

Prince Tirso of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family

2002-07-22

Prins Felix, Zulu Royal 3: The Christening

2002-07-30

Prince Hridayendra of Nepal, Nepalese royal

2003-05-28

Jonas Royal Corona, Lamorne Morris/Jonas Corona

2003-11-08

Lady Louise Windsor, British royal

2005-10-15

Prins Christian, Zulu Royal 3: The Christening

2006-06-03

Countess Leonore, Member of the Dutch Royal Family

2008-09-29

Emma Tallulah Behn, member of the extended Norwegian royal family

1908-09-02

Naval officer Robert Scott (40) weds sculptress Kathleen Bruce (30) at the Chapel Royal in London, England

1996-09-14

Actress Liz Keifer (33) weds Robert Convertino (41) at Rihga Royal Hotel in New York City

2000-10-14

Asylum recording artist Bryan White (26) weds actress Erika Page at Royal Lane Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas

2004-05-22

Felipe, Prince of Asturias, of the Spanish Royal Family weds Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano at The Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, Spain

2004-09-03

"Baywatch" actress Gena Lee Nolin (32) weds NHL hockey player Cale Hulse (30) at the Royal Palms Resort in Phoenix, Arizona

2005-04-09

His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles

2013-06-08

Princess Madeleine of Sweden (30) weds banker Christopher O'Neill at The Royal Palace Church in Stockholm, Sweden

1992-04-23

British Princess Anne (the Princess Royal) and her 1st husband Captain Mark Phillips divorce after 19 years

965-09-23

Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered

1048-12-13

Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74

1393-01-28

Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball in Paris

1393-01-30

Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball

1393-01-30

Yvain, son of earl of Foix, burned at royal ball

1535-02-18

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, physician and theologian dies at 48

1541-01-06

Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52

1555-10-16

Hugh Latimer, English bishop and royal chaplain, burned at the stake as one of the Oxford Martyrs at 80

1567-01-08

Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37

1608-10-26

Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies

1610-08-05

Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile

1614-09-26

Felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies

1641-06-27

Michiel Jansz of Mierevelt, royal painter, dies at 74

1660-12-24

Mary, 1st British Princess Royal and the Princess of Orange (b. 1631)

1684-04-05

William Brouncker, 2nd viscount/1st pres of Royal Society, dies

1703-04-20

Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)

1719-12-31

John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73

1750-08-12

Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies

1762-07-13

James Bradley, 3rd English Astronomer Royal, dies aged 69

1764-09-02

Nathaniel Bliss, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1700)

1773-07-12

Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer, dies at 76

1782-08-29

Richard Kempenfelt, Royal Navy Admiral drowns (b. 1718)

1798-01-20

Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66

1811-02-09

Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies

1817-11-08

Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter of Napoleon, dies at 63

1844-03-07

John Wedgwood, ceramicist and founder of the Royal Horticulture Society, dies

1845-04-02

Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763)

1852-02-29

John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies

1866-07-25

Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies

1896-01-25

Frederic Leighton, President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies

1896-06-22

Augustus Harris, The Royal Oak

1903-02-01

George G Stokes, British physicist/pres Royal Society, dies at 83

1904-08-25

William Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827)

1907-12-08

King Oscar II, Royal Shooting Party on Hveen

1920-09-27

Ned Finley, O'Garry of the Royal Mounted

1924-03-29

Charles Villiers Stanford, The Royal Wedding

1924-06-19

Royal Douglas, The Fable of the Two Unfettered Birds

1924-08-09

Jacob P Vis, Dutch founder (NV Royal Salt Industries), dies at 66

1929-03-01

Royal H. Weller, American politician (b. 1881)

1936-12-07

Fuller Mellish, A Royal Family

1939-01-09

Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72

1939-02-04

Henri W A Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), dies at 72

1939-03-27

Gus Leonard, His Royal Slyness

1941-09-06

Hugo Loudon, president-director (Royal Oil), dies at 81

1942-12-30

Cyril Gardner, The Royal Family of Broadway

1943-03-04

Royal Byron, He Gave Him a Million

1949-12-20

Royal Raymond, Powder River Gunfire

1952-09-11

Gertrude Coghlan, The Royal Box

1955-03-27

Oskar Dimroth, His Royal Highness

1955-07-26

Charles F. Royal, Guns in the Dark

1959-09-07

Maurice Duplessis, Royal Journey

1959-11-22

Jiver Hutchinson, Theatre Royal

1960-10-19

George Wallace, His Royal Highness

1960-11-03

Harold Spencer Jones, London, English Astronomer and 10th astronomer royal of England whose work led to a more accurate determination of the distance between the Earth and the Sun

1962-07-20

George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86

1965-02-07

Nance O'Neil, actor (Cimarron, Royal Bed, Rogue Song), dies at 90

1969-05-20

Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer, at 69

1972-09-21

Henry M de Montherlant, French author (Port Royal), dies at 76

1973-07-28

Royal Butler, actor, dies at 80

1975-03-07

Francine Larrimore, The Royal Pauper

1978-08-09

Graham Turner, Silver Jubilee 1977 - The Royal Progress

1981-03-27

Ted Royal, When Comedy Was King

1982-07-04

Hans Hömberg, His Royal Highness

1982-09-24

Sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67

1982-09-24

Sarah Churchill, Royal Wedding

1983-03-16

Ernie Royal, Musique en tête

1984-10-10

Gladys Royal Belzer, The Loretta Young Show

1984-12-24

Peter Lawford, Royal Wedding

1987-06-17

Dick Howser, mgr (NY Yankees & KC Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51

1987-06-22

Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88

1987-06-26

Rolf Kästel, Hotel Royal

1988-07-18

Nico, The Royal Tenenbaums

1988-07-25

Towyna Dally, Royal Wedding

1989-01-20

Alexander Moore, The Royal Tenenbaums

1991-09-25

Max Koot, royal photographer, dies

1992-03-30

Manolis Andronicos, Greek archaeologist who discovered ancient royal Macedonian tombs in northern Greece, dies at 72

1993-03-10

Adolph Bresciano, Royal Rumble

1993-08-14

Royal K. Cole, Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger

1994-05-15

Royal Dano, actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71

1994-05-15

Royal Dano, The Outlaw Josey Wales

1994-11-18

Michael [George] Somes, English dancer (Royal Ballet), dies at 77

1995-02-14

Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76

1995-05-09

Marshall Royal, jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82

1995-05-09

Marshal Royal, The Color Purple

1995-05-19

Marshall Royal, Quartet

1995-06-06

David Climie, Right Royal

1996-02-15

Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One), dies at 72

1997-02-16

Ethel Owen, The Royal Family

1997-09-17

Red Skelton, Red Skelton: A Royal Command Performance

1999-01-16

Jim McClelland, Australian solicitor, politician, Minister, Royal Commissioner, judge (b. 1915)

1999-02-16

Michael Larson, Royal Deceit

1999-06-21

Antony Craxton, Investiture of His Royal Highness Prince Charles as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester

1999-10-12

Robert Marsden Hope, Australian Justice and Royal Commissioner (b. 1919)

2001-09-25

David Fowler, Royal Society Jazz Orchestra

2002-02-03

Nelson Royal, Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup

2002-05-18

Davey Boy Smith, Royal Rumble

2002-06-07

Flemming greve af Rosenborg, A Royal Family

2002-08-12

Daun Kennedy, The Royal Mounted Rides Again

2002-10-04

Lucille La Marr, Royal Wedding

2003-01-05

Claibe Richardson, The Royal Family

2003-06-17

Larry Dominello, The Royal Tenenbaums

2003-09-23

Rex Robbins, The Royal Tenenbaums

2004-06-21

Andy Duppin, The Royal Tenenbaums

2004-09-15

Johnny Ramone, The Royal Tenenbaums

2004-10-28

Bryan Blackburn, A Royal Gala Variety Performance

2004-11-15

John Morgan, Royal Canadian Air Farce

2005-01-10

Joséphine-Charlotte Grandduchess of Luxemburg, A Royal Family

2006-05-08

Pualani Mossman, Ray Kinney and His Royal Hawaiian Orchestra

2006-09-02

Niels Miller, Royal Faceoff

2007-02-13

Richard Gordon Wakeford, Air Marshal, Royal Air Force (b. 1922)

2007-04-30

Tom Poston, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

2008-01-02

Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krommaluang Narathiwat Rajanagarindra, elder sister of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (b. 1923)

2009-01-08

Trish Soodik, Annie: A Royal Adventure!

2009-03-23

Louise Princess of Prussia, A Royal Family

2009-10-10

Stephen Gately, Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

2010-07-14

Norman Tozer, The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines

2011-02-20

Helmut Ringelmann, Hotel Royal

2011-02-26

Greg Goossen, The Royal Tenenbaums

2011-03-26

Roger Abbott, Royal Canadian Air Farce

2011-07-11

George Earl of Harewood, A Royal Family

2011-09-22

Bibhu Bhattacharya, Royal Bengal Rahasya

2012-05-04

Edward Short, The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 80

2012-11-07

Darrell Royal, 1959 Cotton Bowl

2012-12-04

Enebeli Elebuwa, Royal War

2013-01-19

Italia DeNubila, Royal Wedding

2013-02-27

Sir Jeffrey Darell, Royal Family at War

2013-12-11

Frederick Fox, The Queen Mother: A Royal Century

2013-12-23

Addison Cresswell, Dara O'Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal

2014-09-15

Nikolai Romanov, A Royal Family

2014-11-12

Little Joe Washington, Royal Crown and a Moon Pie: The David Beebe Story

2014-12-06

Dennis Friedman, Prince William: A Royal Portrait

2015-10-06

Billy Joe Royal, Glory Road