Russian New Year's Day / Old New Year's Day / Orthodox New Year's Day (Julian Calendar/Russia etc.)
National Forest Conservation Day in Thailand
Arba'een {aka Chehelom in Persian} (Shia Islam)
Ratification Day in the USA (Ratification of the Treaty of Paris in 1784, officially ending the American Revolutionary War & establishing the US as a sovereign entity)
National Flag Day in Georgia (2004)
Magh Bihu / Maghi / Makar Sankranti / Pongal / Uttarayan (India, South & Southeast Asia)
ROYAL CHRISTENING
Infanta Leonor of Spain {2006} [daughter of Infante Felipe of Spain, Prince of Asturias (son of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]
ROYAL ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark {1972}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1301 King Andrew/Andras/Endre/Andrija/Ondrej III "the Venetian" of Hungary + Croatia dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary.
1514 Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.
1724 King Felipe V of Spain abdicates the throne.
1814 Treaty of Kiel: King Frederik VI of Denmark + Norway cedes Norway to Sweden in exchange of Pomerania.
1858 Emperor Napoleon III of the French escapes an assassination attempt.
1972 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederik or Christian since 1513.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1131 King Valdemar I "the Great" of Denmark (d.1182)
1507 Archduchess Catherine of Austria, Infanta of Castile, Princess of Burgundy, Queen consort of Portugal (d.1578)
1702 Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (d.1737)
1767 Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria, Princess of Tuscany, Queen consort of Saxony (d.1827)
1861 Sultan Mehmed VI of the Ottoman Empire
DEATHS
1092 King + Duke Vratislaus/Vratislav II of Bohemia
1163 King Ladislaus/Laszlo/Ladislav II of Hungary
1301 King Andrew/Andras/Endre/Andrija/Ondrej III of Hungary + Croatia
1892 Prince Albert Victor "Eddy" of Wales, Duke of Clarence + Avondale
1972 King Frederik IX of Denmark
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