Tenth of Tevet (Judaism)
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg {1921}
King Juan Carlos I of Spain {1938}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1066 King Saint Edward "the Confessor" of England dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
1477 Battle of Nancy: Charles "the Bold/the Rash/the Terrible", Duke of Burgundy, is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.
1500 Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan conquers (actually returned & re-entered) Milan.
1757 King Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-Francois Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1209 Prince Richard of England, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Count of Poitou, King of the Romans (d.1272)
1592 Emperor Shah Jahan of Mughal India (d.1666)
1614 Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d.1662)
DEATHS
1066 King Saint Edward "the Confessor" of England
1387 King Pere/Pero/Pedro IV "the Ceremonious" of Aragon, King of Sardinia + Corsica [as Pedro I], King of Valencia [as Pedro II], Count of Barcelona
1448 King Christopher/Cristofforus/Christoffer/Kristofer "the Bavarian" of Denmark [as III], Norway + Sweden, King of the Wends + the Goths, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria
1465 Charles, Duke of Orleans, Duke of Valois, Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise, Count of Blois, Lord of Coucy
1477 Charles "the Bold/the Rash/the Terrible", Duke of Burgundy, Count of Charolais, Duke of Brabant, Limburg, Lothier + Luxembourg, Margrave of Namur, Count Palatine of Burgundy, Count of Artois, Flanders, Hainault, Holland + Zeeland, Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen
1589 Catherine/Caterina de' Medici, Queen consort of France, Countess of Auvergne
1762 Empress Elizabeth/Elizaveta of Russia, Empress + Autocrat of All the Russias [Jan. 6, 1762 is the New Style date; Old Style date is Dec. 25, 1761]
1997 Prince Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Halland
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