Burns Night (Scotland + Scottish communities)
Dydd Santes Dwynwen / Feast Day of Saint Dwynwen {Welsh Valentine's Day} (Wales, UK)
Tatiana Day / Students' Day in Russia
National Voters' Day in India
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Emir of Abu Dhabi {1948}
Charlene, The Princess of Monaco {1978} (wife of Prince Albert II of Monaco)
Elisabeth von Lattorff {2002} [daughter of Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein (daughter of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Princess Victoria "Vicky" of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, Princess Royal & Prince Friedrich "Fritz" of Prussia {1858}
Prince Paras of Nepal & Himani Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah {2000}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
41 After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.
1494 Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
1533 King Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
1858 The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's [of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland] daughter, Princess Victoria {Princess Royal}, and Prince Friedrich of Prussia.
1941 Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
1998 During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
750 Emperor Leo IV "the Khazar" of the Byzantine Empire (d.780)
1476 Anne/Anna, Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Nantes, Montfort + Richmont, Viscountess of Limoges, Queen consort of France (d.1514)
DEATHS
477 King Genseric/Geiseric/Gaiseric of the Vandals + Alans
844 Pope Gregory IV
967 Ali ibn Abi al-Hayja 'Abd Allah ibn Hamdan ibn al-Harith Sayf al-Dawla al-Taghlibi, Emir of Aleppo
1067 Emperor Yingzong of Song China
1431 Charles II "the Bold", Duke of Lorraine
1494 King Ferdinand "Don Ferrante" I of Naples
1559 King Christian II of Denmark + Norway (1513-1523), King of Sweden (1520-1521) as "the Tyrant"
1578 Princess Mihrimah/Mirhumah/Mihr-ir-Mah/Mihri-a-Mah/Mehr-i-Mah Sultan, Valide Sultan {Queen Mother}, daughter of Sultan Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire & Imperial Princess Consort Haseki Hurrem Sultan {Anastasia or Alexandra Lisowska, then Roxelana} of the Ottoman Empire
1670 Nicholas II Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Duke of Bar
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