Today is Saint David's Day, aka Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant, celebrated especially in Wales and by those that are Welsh
Independence Day in Bosnia & Herzegovina
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence {1955}
Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley {1970}
Lady Rose Gilman {1980}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
752 BC Romulus, legendary first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following the Rape of the Sabine Women.
1811 Leaders of the Mameluke dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
1815 Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1432 Isabel of Coimbra, Queen of Portugal (d.1455)
1456 King Ladislaus II of Bohemia & Hungary (d.1516)
1683 Caroline of Ansbach, Queen of Great Britain (d.1737)
1683 Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (d.1706)
HISTORICAL ROYAL DEATHS
986 King Lothair of France
1131 King Stephen II of Hungary
1233 Count Thomas I of Savoy
1244 Gruffydd ap Llwelyn Fawr, firstborn son of Llwelyn the Great
1320 Buyantu Khagan, Emperor of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty
1383 Amadeus VI of Savoy
1792 Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
1865 Queen Anna of the Netherlands, nee Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia
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