Sinterklaas Eve/Saint Nicholas' Eve (Christianity/Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Rep., Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, UK)
International Day for Volunteer Economic + Social Development
National Day + Father's Day in Thailand
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
King Bhumibol Adulyadej [Rama IX] of Thailand {1927}
Prince Konstantin-Assen of Bulgaria, Prince of Vidin, Duke of Saxony {1967} (son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1082 Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona, is assassinated.
1484 Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and James Spranger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany and leads to one of the most oppressive witch hunts in European history.
1496 King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree of expulsion of "heretics" from the country.
1590 Niccolo Sfondrati becomes Pope Gregory XIV.
1757 Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen - Friedrich II, King in Prussia, leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1377 Emperor Jianwen [Zhu Yunwen] of Ming China (d.1402)
1443 Pope Julius II (d.1513)
DEATHS
1082 Ramon Berenguer II "the Towhead", Count of Barcelona
1355 Jan/John III, Duke of Brabant, Lothier + Limburg
1560 King Francois II of France
1891 Emperor Pedro II "the Magnanimous" of Brazil
1969 Princess Alice of Battenberg, Princess [Andrew] of Greece + Denmark, mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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