June 27

June 27

ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar   {1995}

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1709   Tsar Peter the Great of Russia defeats King Carl XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava (June 27 Old Style).

1743   War of the Austrian Succession:  Battle of Dettingen:  On the battlefield in Bavaria, King George II of Great Britain, Ireland, + Hanover personally leads troops into battle, the last time a British monarch would command troops in the field.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1040   King Saint Laszlo I of Hungary (d.1095)
1350   Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos of the Byzantine Empire (d.1425)
1462   King Louis XII of France (d.1515)

1550   King Charles IX of France (d.1574)

DEATHS

1162   Eudes (Odo) II, Duke of Burgundy
1458   King Alfonso "the Magnanimous" V of Aragon, (as the III) Valencia, (as the II) Majorca, (II) Sardinia, (II) Corsica, Sicily + (as the I) Naples, (as the IV) Count of Barcelona

1655   Eleonore (Eleonora) Gonzaga, Archduchess consort of Austria, Queen consort of Germany, Queen consort of Hungary + Bohemia, 2nd wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

1773   Mentewab, Dowager Empress of Ethiopia