ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Prince Alexander of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg & Astrid Kohl {2003} [religious]
Prince David Bagrationi of Mukhrani {Georgia} & Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky {Georgia} {2009}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
421 Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
1587 Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England.
1601 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Queen Elizabeth I of England - the revolt is quickly crushed.
1693 The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia (USA), is granted a charter by King William III & Queen Mary II of England, Scotland + Ireland.
1952 Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland.
1960 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1191 Yaroslav {Feodor} II of Russia, Grand Prince of Vladimir (d.1246)
1291 King Afonso IV "the Brave" of Portugal + the Algarve (d.1357)
1405 Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos of the Byzantine Empire (d.1453)
1487 Ulrich, Duke of Wurttemberg (d.1550)
1720 Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d.1750)
1762 Emperor Gia Long of Nguyen Vietnam (d.1820)
1792 Princess Karoline Auguste [Caroline Augusta / "Charlotte"] of Bavaria, Crown Princess of Wurttemberg (1808-1814), Empress consort of Austria (1816-1835), Queen consort of Hungary + Bohemia (1816-1835) (d.1873)
1798 Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (d.1849)
DEATHS
1204 Emperor Alexios IV Angelos of the Byzantine Empire
1250 Count Robert I "the Good" of Artois
1296 King Przemysl/Premyslas/Premislaus II of Poland
1587 Queen Mary I of Scotland {Queen of Scots} (1542-1567), Queen consort of France (1559-1560)
1696 Tsar Ivan V of Russia {Feb. 8 is the New Style date; Old Style date is Jan.29}
1725 Tsar Peter I "the Great" of Russia, Emperor + Autocrat of All the Russias {Feb.8 is the New Style date; Old Style date is Jan.28}
1772 Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony, Princess of Wales (1736-1751), Dowager Princess of Wales (mother of King George III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, King of Hanover)
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