ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Bernardo Guillermo {1977} [son of Princess Christina of the Netherlands (sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia & Princess Alexandra of Greece + Denmark {1889}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1462 Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (The Night Attack), forcing him to retreat to Wallachia.
1631 Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
1839 In the Kingdom of Hawaii, King Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1239 King Edward I of England (Edward Longshanks) (d.1307)
1682 King Karl XII of Sweden (d.1718)
1818 Queen consort Sophie of the Netherlands, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Duchess of Limburg (d.1877)
1863 Duke Carl Michael of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d.1934)
1882 Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VI of Mecklenburg, Prince of Wenden, Schwerin, & Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin (d.1918)
DEATHS
1025 King Boleslaw I "the Brave" of Poland
1091 Dirk V, Count of Holland
1463 Infanta Catarina of Portugal
1696 King Jan III Sobieski of Poland
1797 Shah Agha Muhammad Khan Qajar, Shahanshah/Emperor/Shah of Persia
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