Happy St. Patrick's Day!
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Prince Abdul Muntaqim of Brunei {2007} (son of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah of Brunei)
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
45 BC In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus & Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
180 Marcus Aurelius dies leaving Commodus the sole emperor of the Roman Empire.
1337 Edward the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy in England.
1805 The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King.
1861 The Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) is proclaimed.
1959 Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1231 Emperor Shijo of Japan (d.1242)
1473 King James IV of Scotland (d.1513)
1886 Princess Patricia of Connaught, British princess (d.1974)
DEATHS
180 Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor
1040 Harold Harefoot, King of England
1058 King Lulach I of Scotland
1272 Emperor Go-Saga of Japan
1516 Guiliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence
1849 King Willem II of the Netherlands
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