Great American Smokeout
International Philosophy Day
International Students Day
Struggle for Freedom & Democracy Day in the Czech Republic + Slovakia
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Princess Olga of Savoy-Aosta, Duchess consort of Apulia + Aosta, Princess of Greece {1971} [wife of Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Apulia + Aosta (son of Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Aosta) & daughter of Prince Michael of Greece + Denmark]
Prince Wenceslas of Nassau {1990} [son of Prince Jean of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)]
ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY
Lady Rose Windsor & George Gilman {2007}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
473 The future Leo II is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I "the Thracian" of the Byzantine Empire.
794 Emperor Kammu of Japan changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto.
1292 John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
1558 Elizabeth era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Queen Elizabeth I of England.
1878 First assassination attempt on King Umberto I of Italy during a parade in Naples.
1919 King George V of the United Kingdom proclaims Armistice Day (later Remembrance Day).
1922 Former Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
9 Emperor Vespasian of the Roman Empire (d.79)
1612 Dorgon, Prince Rui, Manchu prince (d.1650)
1729 Infanta Maria Antonia Fernanda/Ferdinanda of Spain, Queen consort of Sardinia [as Maria Antonietta Ferdinanda] (d.1785)
1755 King Louis XVIII "the Unavoidable" of France + Navarre (d.1824)
1905 Queen consort Astrid of the Belgians, Princess of Sweden (d.1935)
DEATHS
344 Emperor Kang of Jin (China)
375 Emperor Valentinian I "the Great" of the Roman Empire
641 Emperor Jomei of Japan
885 Queen Luitgard of Saxony, Lotharingia, East Francia [Germany], + Bavaria, later Duchess consort of Swabia
1231 Princess Saint Elisabeth of Hungary, Landgravine consort of Thuringia
1558 Queen Mary I of England + Ireland, Queen consort of Spain, Naples, + the Spanish East & West Indies, Duchess consort of Brabant, Limburg, Lothiar, Milan, Guelders + Luxembourg, Countess Palatine consort of Burgundy, Countess consort of Habsburg, Tyrol, Artois, Flanders, Hainaut, Holland + Zeeland, Archduchess of Austria
1562 King [consort] Antoine de Bourbon of Navarre, Duke of Vendome
1592 King Johan III of Sweden, Grand Prince of Finland
1796 Empress Catherine II "the Great" of Russia, Empress + Autocrat of All the Russias [previously Empesss consort Catherine of Russia] [born Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste/Sophia Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst] {Nov. 17 is the New Style date; Old Style date is Nov. 6}
1818 Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Wenden, Schwerin + Ratzeburg, Countess of Schwerin, Queen consort of the United Kingdom + Hanover
1905 Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxembourg, Duke of Nassau
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