ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan {1980}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1461 War of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
1792 King Gustaf III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustaf IV Adolf.
1809 King Gustaf IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'etat.
1867 Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
1871 The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
1982 The Canada Act 1982 (UK) receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1746 Carlo Buonaparte, father of Napoleon Bonaparte (d.1785)
1816 Tsultrim Gyatso, 10th Dalai Lama (d.1847)
DEATHS
1058 Pope Stephen IX
1368 Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan
1792 King Gustaf III of Sweden
1956 Infante Alfonso of Spain (b.1941)
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