Army Day in India
Tree Planting Day in Egypt
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Princess Michael [Marie-Christine] of Kent {1945} [wife of Prince Michael of Kent (1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]
Inaki Urdangarin y Liebaert, Duke of Palma de Mallorca {1968} [husband of Infanta Cristina of Spain, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca (daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]
Prince Philip of Yugoslavia/Serbia {1982} [twin] (son of Crown Prince Alexander II of Yugoslavia/Serbia)
Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia/Serbia {1982} [twin] (son of Crown Prince Alexander II of Yugoslavia/Serbia)
ROYAL PROCLAMATION ANNIVERSARY
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark {1972}
ROYAL ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY
King Letsie III of Lesotho {1996}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
588 BC King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under King Zedekiah of Judah's reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC.
69 Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but rules for only 3 months before committing suicide.
1559 Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
1991 Queen Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to becomes the first Commonwealth Realm to institute its own separate Victoria Cross award in its own honors system.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1342 Philip/Filips/Philippe II "the Bold", Duke of Burgundy, Count of Flanders, Count of Artois [as IV], Count-Palatine of Burgundy [as IV], Count of Charloais [as Philippe I] (d.1404)
1432 King Afonso V "the African" of Portugal + the Algarves (d.1481)
1882 Princess Margaret "Daisy" of Connaught, Crown Princess {as Margareta} of Sweden, Duchess of Scania (d.1920)
1902 King Saud of Saudi Arabia (d.1969)
DEATHS
69 Emperor Galba of the Roman Empire
936 King Rudolph/Radulf/Ralph/Raoul of France [Western Francia] {King of the Franks}
1595 Sultan Murat/Murad III of the Ottoman Empire
1781 Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain, Queen consort of Portugal + the Algarves
1996 King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
2006 Emir Jaber III Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait
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