Bastille Day in France, the French National Day aka La Fete Nationale or le quatorze juillet
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Franz, Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine {1933}
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Duchess of Vastergotland {1977} (daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones & Daniel Chatto {1994}
ROYAL CHRISTENING
Irene Urdangarin y de Borbon {2005} [daughter of Infanta Cristina of Spain, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca (daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1223 Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, King Philippe II Auguste of France.
1958 Iraqi Revolution: In Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by popluar forces led by Abdul Karim Kassem, who becomes the nation's new leader.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1610 Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d.1670)
1874 Khedive Abbas II Hilmi Bey/Pasha of Egypt + Sudan (d.1944)
1885 King Sisavang Vong of Laos (d.1959)
DEATHS
937 Arnulf "the bad/the Evil", Duke of Bavaria
1223 King Philippe II Auguste of France
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