March 11

March 11

ROYAL EVENTS

1708   Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1899   King Frederick IX of Denmark (d.1972)

DEATHS

1425 BC   Thutmose III, Egyptian pharaoh
222   Elagabalus, Roman emperor
222   Julia Soaemias, mother of Elagabalus
1198   Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France
1486   Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg
1801   Paul I of Russia, Russian tsar
1870   King Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho
1953   Joanna Marie Valentina "Zizi" Lambrino, first wife of King Carol II of Romania

(pictured holding their son, Mircea "Carol")