July 12

July 12

The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen's Day, commemorating the Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Crown Prince 'Aho'eitu 'Unuaki'otonga Tuku'aho of Tonga, Heir Presumptive   {1959} (brother of King George Tupou V of Tonga)

Count Jefferson-Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth   {1967}[husband of Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (niece of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia & Zinaida Rashevskaya   {1919}


HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

927   King AEthelstan "the Glorious" of England secures a pledge from King Constantine II of Scotland that the latter will not ally with Viking kings, beginning the process of unifying Great Britain.

1543   King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.

1690   Battle of the Boyne (Julian calendar) - The armies of King William III of England, Ireland + [II] Scotland defeat those of the former King James II of England, Ireland  + [VII] of Scotland.

1691   Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar) - The decisive victory of King William III of England's forces in Ireland.

1806   Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1596   Tsar Michael [Mikhail] I of Russia (d.1645)

1870   Prince Louis II of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois (d.1949)

DEATH

783   Bertrada of Laon, Queen consort of the Franks (wife of King Pepin "the Short/the Younger/the Great" of the Franks)