New Year celebrations in many South & Southeast Asian cultures.... Regions including parts of India, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, & Thailand.
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Princess Marie of Liechtenstein {1940} [wife of Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
966 After his marriage to Christian Dobrawa of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
1028 Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected King of the Germans.
1294 Temur, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
1471 In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.
1931 Spanish Cortes depose King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the 2nd Spanish Republic.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1336 Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (d.1374)
1578 King Felipe III of Spain (d.1621)
1741 Emperor Momozono of Japan (d.1762)
1818 Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Queen of Hanover (d.1909)
1857 Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, Prince Consort (d.1944)
DEATHS
1132 Mstislav I of Kiev
1578 James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots
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