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Today - 11 February -  has many special events in the royal history world. B-Day Elizabeth of York (born on 11 February 1466 - died on 11 February 1503). She was the first queen consort of England of the Tudor dynasty. She married King Henry VII of England. She was born and died on the same day! Farouk of Egypt (born on 11 February 1920 - died on 18 March 1965) He was the 10th. ruler of the Muhammad Ali dynasty in Egypt. He succeeded his father Fuad I in 1936. Death Emperor Shunzong of Tang (born in 761 - died on 11 February 806) He was emperor of the Tang dynasty in China. Royal Events On 11 February 1883, King Amadeo I of Spain abdicated. At 10 o'clock the same night Spain was proclaimed a republic. Amadeo exiled in Turin, Italy. National Foundation Day Each year on 11 February, Japan celebrates its National Foundation Day. It is a national holiday in Japan and it celebrates the mythological foundation of the country and the acc

Imagine a lovely commune in northwestern France, located on the estuary of the Seine and Le Harvre ... it was written in the stars that this town must attract lots of tourists and artists. This beautiful place was painted by Courbet, Eugène Boudin and even Claude Monet. Honfleur is not only beautiful it also has a splendid (royal) history! Honfleur - picture taken in 2019 by my mother History Honfleur was first mentioned in documents of Richard III, Duke of Normandy in 1027. During the Hundred Years' War (1337 - 1453) between France and England, Honfleur held a very strategic position. In 1357 and again from 1419 and 1450 Honfleur was taken by the English. At the end of the Hundred Years' War, Honfleur had much advantages from the booming maritime trade. During the years of religion conflicts in the 16th. century trade was disturbed. It lasted till the end of the 18th. century. The wars of the French Revolution and in particular the blocade cau