ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Princess Alexia of Greece + Denmark {1965} (daughter of King Constantine II of Greece)
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
138 Emperor Hadrian dies after a heart failure at Baiae, he is buried in Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
988 Norse King Glun Iarainn recognizes Mael Sechnaill II, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin.
1460 Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Northampton: Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner.
1553 Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
1584 Willem I "the Silent", Prince of Orange, is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland by Balthasar Gerard.
1778 American Revolution: King Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1971 King Hassan II of Morocco survives an attempted coup d'etat.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1419 Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d.1471)
1452 King James III of Scotland (d.1488)
1711 Princess Ameila of Great Britain (d.1786)
1736 Maria, Duchess of Gloucester + Edinburgh (d.1807) (sister-in-law of King George III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland)
1867 Prince Maximilian of Baden (d.1929)
DEATHS
138 Hadrian, Roman Emperor
649 Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China
1103 King Erik I "the Good" of Denmark
1290 King Laszlo IV of Hungary
1480 King Rene I of Naples, Duke of Anjou, Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar, King of Jerusalem + Aragon
1559 King Henri II of France
1584 Willem I "the Silent", Prince of Orange
1590 Archduke Karl II Franz of Austria
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