Friday, February 25, 2011

On this day...

February 25

National Day in Kuwait


ROYAL EVENTS

138   The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antonius Pius, effectively making him his successor
1570   Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England
1912   Marie-Adelaide, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg


ROYAL BIRTHS

1398   Emperor Xuande of China (d.1435)
1643   Ahmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d.1695)
1883   Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (d.1981)

1885   Princess Alice of Battenberg (d.1969)




ROYAL DEATHS

1246   Dafydd ap Llewelyn, King of Gwynedd
1558   Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal & France
1713   King Frederick I of Prussia
1850   Daoguang, Emperor of China
1912   Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

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