May Day
Low Sunday & Divine Mercy Sunday (Roman Catholic)
Beatification of Pope John Paul II (Roman Catholic)
Beltane (northern hemisphere)
Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic)
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg {1963} (brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)
Lady Sarah Chatto {1964} (niece of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Irleand)
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
305 Diocletian & Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor.
1328 Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton - the Kingdom of England recognizes the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.
1576 Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1707 The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1785 Kamehameha I, the King of Hawai'i, defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawai'i.
1851 Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in London.
1875 Alexandra Palace (in Alexandra Park, North London, England) reopens after the 1873 fire burnt it down.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1218 John I, Count of Hainaut (d.1257)
1218 Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d.1291)
1738 King Kamehameha I of Hawai'i (d.1819)
1850 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught & Strathearn (d.1942)
DEATHS
408 Arcadius, Eastern Roman Emperor
1118 Edith (Matilda) of Scotland, first wife & Queen consort of King Henry I of England
1308 King Albert I (Habsburg) of Germany, King of the Romans & Duke of Austria
1539 Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Spain & Holy Roman Empress (Germany)
1572 Saint Pope Pius V
1920 Princess Margaret of Connaught, Crown Princess of Sweden & Duchess of Scania
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