ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, Emir of Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) {1956}
ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY
The Prince Charles of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland, Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince + Great Steward of Scotland & Camilla Shand Parker Bowles {2005}
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland & Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Duke of Saxony {1840}
Princess Alice of Albany & Prince Alexander of Teck {1904}
Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand & Srirasmi Akharaphongpreecha {2001}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1306 In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce {future King of Scots} murders John III Comyn "the Red", Lord of Badenoch, his leading political rival, sparking revolution in the Scottish Wars of Independence.
1567 An explosion destroys the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland. The 2nd husband of Queen Mary I of Scots {Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of Albany, Lord Darnley} is found strangled , in what many believe to be an assassination.
1798 Louis Alexandre Berthier invades Rome, proclaims a Roman Republic on Feb.15 and then on Feb.20 takes Pope Pius VI prisoner.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1606 Princess Christine Marie of France, Duchess of Savoy (d.1663)
1868 Prince Waldemar of Prussia (d.1879)
DEATHS
1126 Guilhem/Guillaume IX "the Troubador", Duke of Aquitaine + Gascony, Count of Poitou [as the VII]
1162 King Baldwin III of Jerusalem
1242 Emperor Shijo of Japan
1280 Margaret II {"of Constantinople"}, Countess of Flanders (1244-1278), Countess of Hainaut (1244-1253; 1257-1280)
1645 Duchess Dorothea Sophia of Saxe-Altenburg, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
1829 Pope Leo XII
1918 Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire
1939 Pope Pius XI
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