HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
230 Pope Pontian succeeds Pope Urban I as the 18th pope.
285 Emperor Diocletian of the Roman Empire appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler.
1242 Battle of Taillebourg: King Louis IX of France puts an end to the revolt of his vassals King Henry III of England and Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of Angouleme.
1403 Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England.
1718 The Treaty of Passarowitz is signed between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice.
1774 Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji, ending the war.
1831 Inauguration of King Leopold I of the Belgians, the first King of the Belgians, takes place in front of the Saint Jacob's Church at Coudenbergh Place in Brussels, Belgium.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH
1858 Archduchess Maria Christina "Christa" of Austria, Queen consort + regent of Spain (d.1929)
DEATHS
1425 Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos of the Byzantine Empire
1972 King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck of Bhutan {3rd Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan}
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