May 11
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark {1942} [sister of King Constantine II of Greece & of Queen Sofia of Spain]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
912 Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1891 The Otsu incident: Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Imperial Russia (later Tsar Nicholas II) suffers a critical head injury during a sword attack by Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzo. He is rescued by Prince George of Greece & Denmark.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH
1733 Princess Victoire of France, daughter of King Louis XV of France (d.1799)
DEATHS
912 Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor
1304 Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler
1760 King Alaungpaya, founder of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma
2007 Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan Head of State (O le Ao le Malo)
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