Feast Day of Blessed Imelda Lambertini
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg {1974} [son of Prince Philipp Erasmus of Liechtenstein (brother of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]
Princess Maria-Annunciata of Liechtenstein {1985} [daughter of Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (brother of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein) & Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Princess of Luxembourg (daughter of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia & Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark {1900}
Hereditary Prince Boris of Montenegro, Grand Duke of Grahovo and Zeta & Veronique Haillot Canas de Silva {2007}
Princess Altinai of Montenegro & Anton Martynov {2009}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
254 Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I as the 23rd pope.
303 Emperor Diocletian orders the beheading of 14-year-old Pancras of Rome.
1191 King Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre in the Chapel of St. George in Limassol, Cyprus and she is crowned Queen consort of England the same day.
1264 The Battle of Lewes, between King Henry III of England and the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, begins.
1328 Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.
1588 French Wars of Religion: King Henri III of France flees Paris after Henri of Guise enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs.
1689 King William's War: King William III of England joins the League of Augsburg, starting a war with France.
1743 Empress Maria Theresia of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
1797 First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
1873 Oscar II is crowned King of Sweden.
1937 George VI & Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon are crowned King & Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.
1982 During a procession outside of the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan Fernandez Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1401 Emperor Shoko of Japan (d.1428)
1496 King Gustaf I "Gustav Vasa" of Sweden (d.1560)
1590 Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d.1621)
1670 King August II "the Strong" of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania & Elector of Saxony (as Friedrich Augustus I) (d.1733)
1725 Louis Philippe I "the Fat", Duke of Orleans (d.1785)
DEATHS
1003 Pope Silvester II
1012 Pope Sergius IV
1382 Queen Joan/Joanna I of Naples, Countess of Provence & Forcalquier, Queen consort of Majorca, Princess of Achaea
1465 Thomas Palaeologos, Titular Byzantine Emperor & Despot of the Morea
1708 Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
2003 Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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