June 23: The story behind Luxembourg National Day | Luxembourg (Europe) | Scoop.it
From www.wort.lu - June 23, 2017 12:22 PM
Despite Grand Duke Henri's actual birthday being on April 16, traditionally since 1961 Luxembourg's National Day is celebrated on June 23.

But why?

Since the 19th Century Luxembourg residents have celebrated their monarch's birthday. Before 1890, the year Luxembourg gained an independent monarchy, the King of the Netherlands was also automatically the Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

In 1850, the official celebration of King William - or Guillaume - III's birthday, known as “Kinneksdag” (King's Day), was transferred from February to June 17, which was in fact his wife's birthday. The reason for the change was the proximity of the king's birthday to the day of his brother's death.

 

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