Ronald Reagan Day in California (USA)
Sami National Day (Russia, Finland, Norway, Sweden)
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Princess Marie of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat {1976} [wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]
Princess Louise of Belgium {2004} [daughter of Prince Laurent of Belgium (son of King Albert II of the Belgians)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma & Archduke Carl Christian of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary, Croatia + Bohemia {1982}
ROYAL ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland {1952}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1649 The claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland + Ireland is declared King of Great Britain by the Parliament of Scotland. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England nor the Parliament of Ireland.
1685 James II/VII becomes King of England, Scotland + Ireland upon the death of his brother, King Charles II.
1833 Prince Otto of Bavaria becomes the first modern King of Greece.
1914 30,000 Swedish peasants from all over the country travel to Stockholm to carry out a huge protest march, which will be known as Bondetaget, to the Royal Palace in Stockholm, to show their support for King Gustaf V & his attempts to exercise personal power as a monarch. In the courtyard, the king holds the so-called Court Yard Speech (Borggardstalet), which Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf recites outside the castle to those who couldn't fit into the courtyard. The King's speech is contrary to the official policy of Swedish Prime Minister Karl Staaff. This triggers a political crisis, the Courtyard Crisis (Borggardskrisen), and Karl Staaff is forced to resign on February 17. This is the last time the Swedish monarch tries to exercise any political power, which isn't formally abolished until 1975.
1952 Elizabeth II becomes the first Queen regnant of the United Kingdom + the Commonwealth Realms since Queen Victoria, upon the death of her father, King George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1452 Infanta {+ Blessed} Joan/Joana of Portugal (d.1490)
1611 Emperor Chongzhen of Ming China (d.1644)
1664 Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire (d.1703)
1665 Queen Anne of Great Britain + Ireland (d.1714)
1854 Prince Tomasso of Savoy, Duke of Genoa (d.1931)
DEATHS
1378 Jeanne/Joanna of Bourbon, Queen consort of France
1593 Emperor Ogimachi of Japan
1685 King Charles II of England, Scotland + Ireland
1740 Pope Clement XII
1899 Hereditary Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Prince of Edinburgh
1929 Archduchess Maria Christina "Christa" of Austria, Queen consort of Spain
1952 King George VI of Great Britain + Ireland
1981 Princess Friederike of Hanover, Great Britain + Ireland, Queen consort {as Frederica/Frideriki} of Greece
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