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Events on Monday 3 June 1844 2
1775 – 1844Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775-1844)Died 3 June 1844, aged 68Eldest son of Charles X of France and the last Dauphin. He led the French invasion of Spain in 1823. He nominally held the French throne for about twenty minutes in 1830 before renouncing it, and died in exile in Gorizia.
1844Last confirmed great auks killedFinal breeding pair taken on Eldey, IcelandFishermen killed the last confirmed pair of great auks on the island of Eldey off Iceland and crushed their egg. The specimens were collected for a dealer. The flightless bird is now regarded as extinct.