Bastille Day

July 14

Bastille Day in France, the French National Day aka La Fete Nationale or le quatorze juillet

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS




Franz, Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine   {1933}

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Duchess of Vastergotland   {1977} (daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones & Daniel Chatto   {1994}

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Irene Urdangarin y de Borbon   {2005} [daughter of Infanta Cristina of Spain, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca (daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1223   Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, King Philippe II Auguste of France.

1958   Iraqi Revolution:  In Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by popluar forces led by Abdul Karim Kassem, who becomes the nation's new leader.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1610   Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d.1670)

1874   Khedive Abbas II Hilmi Bey/Pasha of Egypt + Sudan (d.1944)

1885   King Sisavang Vong of Laos (d.1959)

DEATHS

937   Arnulf "the bad/the Evil", Duke of Bavaria
1223   King Philippe II Auguste of France