Early May Bank Holiday (UK)
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg {1975} [daughter of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]
Prince Leopold of Nassau {2000} [twin] [son of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)]
Princess Charlotte of Nassau {2000} [twin] [daughter of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Princess Charlotte of Wales & Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke of Saxony {1816}
Prince Jean of Orleans, Duke of Vendome & Philomena de Tornos y Steinhart {2009} [religious]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1194 King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
1335 Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia.
1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason, & witchcraft.
1568 Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
1670 King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
1885 The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
1889 Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Italy control of Eritrea.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1360 Emperor Yongle of China (d.1424)
1451 Rene II, Duke of Lorraine (d.1508)
1458 Leonor (Eleanor) of Viseu, Queen of Portugal (d.1525)
1729 Empress Catherine II "the Great" of Russia (d.1796) (May 2 is the new style date)
1896 Princess Helen of Greece & Denmark, Queen Mother of Romania (d.1982)
1928 Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Third King of Bhutan (d.1972)
1935 King Faisal II of Iraq (d.1958)
1938 King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d.1996)
DEATHS
756 Emperor Shomu of Japan
907 Boris I of Bulgaria
1219 Leo I, King of Armenia
1300 Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre
1914 John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Lorne
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