Flag Day {Magen David Day} in Israel
Teacher's Day in Thailand
Mattu Pongal (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, & Karnataka in India)
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
King Fuad II of Egypt {1952}
Eliza Lopes {2008} [daughter of Laura Lopes (daughter of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall {daughter-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
27 BC Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus "Octavius/Octavian" is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
929 Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III establishes the Caliphate of Cordoba.
1120 The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1412 The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy.
1492 The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I of Aragon, Castile + Leon.
1547 Ivan IV {"the Terrible"} becomes Tsar of Russia.
1556 Felipe II "the Prudent" becomes King of Spain. He is already King of Naples, King[-consort] of England + Ireland, and later becomes King of Portugal as well.
1707 The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
1979 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi [of Iran] flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1093 Caesar/Sebastokrator Isaac Komnenos of the Byzantine Empire {brother of Emperor John II Komnenos of the Byzantine Empire & son of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos of the Byzantine Empire} (d.after 1152)
1245 Prince Edmund "Crouchback" of England, 1st Earl of Leicester + Lancaster {son of King Henry III of England & brother of King Edward I of England} (d.1296)
1409 King Rene/Rainier "Good King Rene" I of Naples, Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence, Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar, King of Jerusalem + Aragon (d.1480)
1516 King Bayinnaung of Burma (d.1581)
1836 King Francesco II of the Two Sicilies (d.1894)
DEATHS
1387 Elizabeth/Elizabeta/Erzsebet/Elzbieta of Bosnia, Queen consort of Hungary (1353-1382), Queen of Poland (1370-1382)
1710 Emperor Higashiyama of Japan
1942 Prince Arthur of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, Duke of Connaught + Strathearn, Earl of Sussex, Prince of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha (until 1917), Duke of Saxony (until 1917)
1957 Major-General The Right Honourable Sir Alexander "Alge" Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Viscount Trematon {Prince Alexander of Teck 1874-1917} (great-grandson of King George III & brother of Queen consort Mary)
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