The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen's Day, commemorating the Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Crown Prince 'Aho'eitu 'Unuaki'otonga Tuku'aho of Tonga, Heir Presumptive {1959} (brother of King George Tupou V of Tonga)
Count Jefferson-Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth {1967}[husband of Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (niece of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia & Zinaida Rashevskaya {1919}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
927 King AEthelstan "the Glorious" of England secures a pledge from King Constantine II of Scotland that the latter will not ally with Viking kings, beginning the process of unifying Great Britain.
1543 King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
1690 Battle of the Boyne (Julian calendar) - The armies of King William III of England, Ireland + [II] Scotland defeat those of the former King James II of England, Ireland + [VII] of Scotland.
1691 Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar) - The decisive victory of King William III of England's forces in Ireland.
1806 Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1596 Tsar Michael [Mikhail] I of Russia (d.1645)
1870 Prince Louis II of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois (d.1949)
DEATH
783 Bertrada of Laon, Queen consort of the Franks (wife of King Pepin "the Short/the Younger/the Great" of the Franks)
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