ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau & Duke Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin {1901}
Prince Michael of Greece + Denmark & Marina Karella {1965}
ROYAL ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY
King Abdullah II of Jordan {1999}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
457 Leo I becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1047 Pandulf IV, co-Prince of Benevento, is killed battling the invading Normans at the Battle of Montesarchio.
1301 Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
1856 The Kingdom of Awadh/Oudh (modern Uttar Pradesh, India) is annexed by the British East India Company and King Wajid Ali Shah of Oudh/Awadh is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
1999 Crown Prince Abdullah of Jordan becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1102 Princess Matilda/Maude of England, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (1114-1125), Queen consort of Germany (1110-1125), Queen consort of the Romans (1110-1125), Countess of Anjou (1128-1151), Lady of the English (1141) (d.1167)
1693 Empress Anna Ivanovna of Russia, Empress + Autocrat of All the Russias, Duchess of Courland (1711-1730) (d.1740) {Feb.7 is the New Style date; Old Style date is Jan.28}
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1906 Emperor Puyi [Xuantong] of Qing China, Emperor [Kangde] of Manchukuo, "The Last Emperor" (d.1967)
DEATHS
999 Boleslaus/Boleslav II, Duke of Bohemia
1045 Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan
1317 Robert, Count of Clermont {founder of the House of Bourbon, which govern[ed] as Kings of France, Kings of the Two Sicilies, Dukes of Parma, Grand Dukes of Luxembourg, & Kings of Spain}
1626 Wilhelm V "the Pious", Duke of Bavaria
1799 Emperor Qianlong of Manchu-Qing China
1837 King Gustaf IV Adolf of Sweden
1878 Blessed Pope Pius IX
1984 Prince Francisco of Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon (b.1972)
1999 King Hussein of Jordan
2006 The Imperial Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Durru Shehvar Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Princess of Berar
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