The Royal Calendar: January 18, 2012

Revolution Day in Tunisia (1952)

Royal Thai Armed Forces Day (Thailand)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Claire of Belgium {1974} [wife of Prince Laurent of Belgium (son of King Albert II of the Belgians)]

Marie Theresa von Lattorff {2004} [daughter of Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein (daughter of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

350 Generallus Magnentius deposes Emperor Constans of the Roman Empire and proclaims himself emperor.

474 Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine Emperor.

1126 Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.

1486 King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of King Edward IV of England.

1520 King Christian II of Denmark + Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunden.

1562 Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.

1591 King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Thai Royal Armed Forces Day.

1701 Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg, Duke of Prusia, becomes King of Prussia as Friedrich I.

1871 King Wilhelm I of Prussia is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The empire is known as the Second Reich to Germans.

1903 President Theodore Roosevelt of the USA sends a radio message to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

885 Emperor Daigo of Japan (d.930)

1519 Queen consort Izabella/Izabela Jagiellon of Hungary (d.1559)

1795 Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Queen consort of the Netherlands, Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg, Duchess consort of Limburg (d.1865)