World Freedom Day
Independence Day in Cambodia (1953)
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Tsarevich Alexander of Russia & Princess Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar of Denmark (known as Grand Duchess Maria Feodrovna of Russia upon her conversion to Orthodoxy shortly before the marriage, and until her father-in-law's death in 1881) (the future Tsar Alexander III & Tsarina Maria Feodorovna of Russia) {1866} [New style date in Nov. 9; Old style date is Oct. 28]
King Michael of Romania & Queen Anne of Romania {1966} [Roman Catholic ceremony; the Eastern Orthodox ceremony was on June 10, 1948]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1282 Pope Martin IV excommunicates King Peter III of Aragon.
1313 King Ludwig "the Bavarian", Duke of Bavaria [the future Ludwig IV, King of Germany (King of the Romans), King of Italy, + Holy Roman Emperor], defeats Friedrich I "the Fair/Handsome", Duke of Austria + Styria [the future Friedrich III, King of Germany (King of the Romans)] at the Battle of Gamelsdorf.
1330 Battle of Posada: Prince Basarab I "the Founder" of Wallachia defeats the Hungarian army in an ambush.
1456 Count Ulrich II of Celje, last prince of the Celje principality, is assassinated in Belgrade.
1492 Peace of Etaples between King Henry VII of England and King Charles VIII "the Affable" of France.
1494 The Family de' Medici are expelled from Florence.
1688 The Glorious Revolution: Prince William/Willem III of Orange captures Exeter.
1697 Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia [in the province of Ravenna in central Italy].
1867 Tokugawa Shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
1907 The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom on his birthday.
1918 Kaiser/Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, King of Prussia, abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
1389 Princess Isabella of France [of Valois], Queen consort of England (d.1409)
1414 Albrecht III Achilles, Prince-Elector of Brandenburg (d.1486)
1799 Crown Prince Gustavus of Sweden, Prince Vasa, Count of Itterburg (d.1877)
1841 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland and the British Dominions, Emperor of India (d.1910)
DEATHS
959 Constantine II, Byzantine Emperor
1187 Emperor Gaozong of Song China
1208 Infanta Sancha of Castile, Queen consort of Aragon
1456 Count Ulrich II of Celje
1516 King Fernando II "the Catholic" of Aragon, King of Sicily, Naples, Valencia, Sardinia, + Navarre, Count of Barcelona, King of Castile [as Fernando V]
1581 King Bayinnaung of Burma
1641 Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Archbishop of Toledo
1953 King Abdul Aziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
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