Independence Day in Albania (1912) {also Flag Day (1443) & National Day (1998)}
Independence Day in Mauritania (1960)
Independence Day in Panama (1821)
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Emma van Vollenhoven {2006} [daughter of Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY
Prince Jean of Orleans, Duke of Vendome & Philomena de Tornos y Steinhart {2008}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1095 On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
1966 Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1118 Emperor Manuel I Komnenos of the Byzantine Empire (d.1180)
1489 Princess Margaret Tudor of England, Queen consort of Scots (d.1541)
1700 Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Queen consort of Denmark + Norway (d.1770)
1857 King Alfonso XII of Spain (d.1885)
1916 Princess Lilian of Belgium, Princess of Rethy (d.2002)
DEATHS
1170 King Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd "the Great" of Gwynedd/Wales
1290 Queen consort Eleanor[/Alienor/Alianor] of England, Countess of Ponthieu , Infanta of Castile + Leon [as Leonor]
1763 King Naungdawgyi of Burma, Prince of Dabayin
1915 Mubarak bin Sabah Al-Sabah "the Great", Emir of Kuwait
1952 Queen consort Elena of Italy (1900-1946), Empress consort of Ethiopia (1936-1941), Queen consort of the Albanians (1939-1943), Princess of Montenegro [as Jelena]
1962 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands {after 1948 she was known as Princess Wilhelmina of the Netherlands}, Duchess of Mecklenburg
1972 Princess Sibylla of Sweden, Duchess of Vasterbotten, Princess of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Duchess in Saxony
1982 Queen Mother Elena/Helen of Romania, Princess of Greece + Denmark
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