is April Fools Day!
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Prince Nicholas of Romania {1985}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
286 Emperor Diocletian elevates his general Maximian to co-emperor with the rank of Augustus & gives him control over the Western regions of the Roman Empire.
325 Crown Prince Jin Chengdi, age 4, succeeds his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
527 Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler & successor to the throne.
1947 Paul becomes King of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH
1220 Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d.1272)
DEATHS
1085 Emperor Shenzong of China
1204 Eleanor of Aquitaine, mother of King Richard I of England & King John of England
1205 King Amalric II of Jerusalem
1922 Emperor Karl I of Austria
1947 King George II of Greece
1993 The Infante Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona, son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and father of current King Juan Carlos I of Spain
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