Saint Agnes' Eve
Armed Forces Day in Mali
Martyrs' Day in Azerbaijan
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
The Princess Edward (Sophie) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland, Countess of Wessex, Viscountess Severn {1965} [wife of The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]
Princess Mathilde of Belgium, Duchess of Brabant, Countess d'Udekem d'Acoz {1973} [wife of Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant (son of King Albert II of the Belgians)]
Carlos Klynstra {1997} [illegitimate/legally unrecognized son of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma + Piacenza (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
Prince Tassilo Preslavski of Bulgaria {2002} [son of Prince Kyril of Bulgaria, Prince of Preslav, Duke of Saxony (son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria & Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela {1962} [civil]
ROYAL CHRISTENINGS
Pablo Urdangarin y de Borbon, Grandee of Spain {2001} [son of Infanta Cristina of Spain, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca (daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]
Emma Behn {2009} [daughter of Princess Martha Louise of Norway (daughter of King Harald V of Norway)]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
250 Emperor Decius of the Roman Empire begins a widespread persecution in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
1320 Duke Wladyslaw "the Short/the Elbow-high" of Poland, Prince of Krakow, becomes King of Poland.
1456 King Edward Balliol of Scotland abdicates and surrenders his claim to the Scottish throne to King Edward III of England in exchange for an English pension.
1523 King Christian II of Denmark+ Norway is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland + Ireland goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes".
1936 Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland + the British Dominions, Emperor of India.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
225 Emperor Gordian III of the Roman Empire (d.244)
1292 Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, Queen consort of Bohemia (d.1330)
1554 King Sebastiao I "the Desired" of Portugal + the Algarves (d.1578)
1716 King Carlos III of Spain, King [as Charles VII/V] of Naples + Sicily (1734-1759) (d.1788)
DEATHS
250 Pope Fabian
1191 Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia
1479 King John II "the Faithless" of Aragon + Navarre
1612 Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, King of the Romans, King of Hungary + Croatia (1572-1608), King of Bohemia (1575-1608/1611), Archduke of Austria (1576-1608)
1666 Infanta Anna/Anne/Ana of Spain + Portugal, Archduchess of Austria, Queen consort of France + Navarre
1819 King Carlos IV of Spain (1788-1808)
1841 Emperor Minh Mang of Vietnam
1848 King Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Norway [as Christian Frederik] (May 17, 1814- Aug. 14, 1814)
1891 King Kalakaua "the Merrie Monarch" of Hawai'i
1896 Prince Henry/Heinrich of Battenberg
1936 King George V of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland, + the British Dominions, Emperor of India
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