ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar {1980} (son of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar)
Prince Felix of Luxembourg, Prince of Nassau {1984} (son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & grandson of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)
Prince Tirso Panagiurishtski of Bulgaria {2002} [son of Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria, Prince of Panagyurishte (son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)]
Countess Leonore of Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg {2006} [daughter of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (aka King Edward VIII) & Bessie Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson {1937}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
350 Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
1658 Pope Alexander VII appoints Francois de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
1665 James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England) defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1537 Infante Joao Manuel of Portugal, Prince of Portugal (d.1554)
1540 Archduke Karl II Franz of Austria, ruler of Inner Austria (Styria, Carniola, & Carinthia) (d.1590)
1843 King Frederik VIII of Denmark (d.1912)
1865 King George V of the United Kingdom (d.1936)
1933 Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, Emir of Bahrain (d.1999)
DEATHS
1411 Duke Leopold IV of Austria
1844 King Louis XIX of France & Navarre (aka Louis Antoine, Duke of Angouleme)
1963 Pope John XXIII
2004 The Honourable Frances Shand Kydd, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (formerly Viscountess Althorp)
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