HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
338 BC A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens & Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
1830 King Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1455 Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (d.1499)
1674 Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, Regent of France (d.1723)
1696 Mahmud I "the Hunchback", Ottoman Sultan (d.1754)
1858 Princess Emma of Waldeck + Pyrmont, Queen Mother of the Netherlands, Dowager Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg (d.1934)
1868 King Constantine I of Greece (d.1923)
DEATHS
686 Pope John V
924 King AElfweard of Wessex
1100 King William II (aka William Rufus) of England
1222 Count Raymond VI of Toulouse, Marquis of Provence
1316 Louis of Burgundy, Prince of Achaea
1589 King Henri III of France
1776 Louis Francois I, Prince of Conti
1955 Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia + Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine
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