ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Princess Mako of Akishino of Japan {1991} [daughter of Prince Fumihito of Japan, Prince of Akishino (son of Emperor Akihito of Japan)]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
425 Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6.
502 The Synodis Palmaris, called by King Theodoric "the Great" of the Ostrogoths, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
1086 At the Battle of az-Zallaqah the army of Yusif ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of King Alfonso VI of Castile.
1157 The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.
1867 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.
1992 Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1503 Holy Roman Empress consort Isabella, Queen consort of the Romans/Germany, Queen Regent/Consort of Spain, Queen consort of Italy (Naples), Queen consort of the Two Sicilies, King of Jerusalem, King of the Western + Eastern Indies, Archduchess consort of Austria, Duchess consort of Burgundy, Brabant, Limburg, Luxembourg, Wurttemberg + Guelders, Princess consort of Swabia, Countess Palatine consort of Burgundy, Countess consort of Artois, Flanders, Hainault, Holland, Zeeland + Barcelona, Infanta of Portugal (d.1539)
1516 Princess Charlotte of France [Valois] (d.1524)
1636 Queen consort Hedvig Eleonora of Sweden (d.1715)
1715 Tsar Peter II of Russia, Emperor + Autocrat of all the Russias (d.1730) {old style he was born Oct. 12}
DEATHS
930 Emperor Daigo of Japan
1893 Prince Alexander of Battenberg, Prince of Bulgaria
1910 King Chulalongkorn of Siam (Thailand), {aka Rama V}
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