🩰 #OTD in #Dance #History 15 October 1581, the Ballet Comique de la Reine was held in the large hall of the Hôtel de la Bourbon. The elaborate court spectacle is held to have been the first #ballet de cour. It was commissioned by #CatherineDeMedici, King #HenryIII of France's mother.

#OTD 3 Oct 1568

Queen of Spain #ElisabethdeValois 23, died at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, Madrid following the miscarriage of a daughter that same day

Daughter of #HenriII & #CatherinedeMedici she was the wife of Phillip II of Spain, they had 2 daughters Isabella & Catherine