Jordan's National Day (Independence from the United Kingdom in 1946)
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Emir of Fujairah in the UAE {1948}
Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, Princess of Oranje-Nassau {1966} [wife of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
Samuel van Vollenhoven {2004} [son of Prince Bernhard of Oranje-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Princess Birgitta of Sweden & Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern {1961} [civil]
King Hussein of Jordan & Antoinette Avril "Toni" Gardner {1961}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1085 King Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain back from the Moors.
1521 The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
1946 The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1048 Emperor Shenzong of Song China (d.1085)
1334 Emperor Suko, Japanese pretender (d.1398)
1458 Sultan Mahmud Begada of Gujarat (d.1511)
1846 Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein (daughter of Queen Victoria) (d.1923)
1912 Princess Deokhye of Korea (d.1989)
DEATHS
615 Pope Saint Boniface IV
967 Emperor Murakami of Japan
992 Mieszko I, first lord & knight of Poland, Duke of Poland, King of Wends
1085 Pope Gregory VII
1261 Pope Alexander IV
1555 King Henry II of Navarre
1786 King-Consort Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal
1983 King Idris I of Libya
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