April 27

April 27

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange   {1967}

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany & Princess Helene of Waldeck and Pyrmont   {1882}

King Zog I of Albania & Countess Geraldine Apponyi de Nagyappony (created Princess Geraldine of Albania on January 10, 1938)   {1938}

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

1909   Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother Mehmed V.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH

1650   Queen consort Charlotte Amalie of Denmark & Norway (d.1714)

1701   King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (d.1773)

1806   Queen Maria Christina of Spain (d.1878)

1848   King Otto I of Bavaria (d.1916)

DEATHS

630   King Ardashir III of Persia
1404   Philip II, Duke of Burgundy
1605   Pope Leo XI
1694   Johann Georg IV, Elector of Saxony
1831   King Carlo Felice of Sardinia