World Consumer Rights Day
Constitution Day in Belarus
International Day Against Police Brutality
Honen Matsuri Day in Japan {Harvest, prosperity & fertility thanksgiving festival}
National Day in Hungary {Celebrating the 1848 Revolution}
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg {1972} (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
221 Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty.
351 Emperor Constantius II of the Roman Empire elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.
933 After a ten-year truce, King Heinrich I "the Fowler" of Germany defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut River.
1311 Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter/Gautier V, Count of Brienne, to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.
1564 Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes jizya (per capita tax).
1672 King Charles II of England, Scotland + Ireland issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
1917 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the throne and his brother Grand Duke Mikhail becomes Tsar.
1922 After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Sultan Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
938 Emperor Romanos/Romanus II of the Byzantine Empire (d.963)
1275 Margaret of England, Duchess consort of Brabant, Limburg + Luxembourg {daughter of King Edward I of England; sister of King Edward II of England} (d. after 1333)
1638 Emperor Shunzhi of Manchu Qing China (d.1661)
1737 Queen consort Amarinda of Siam (d.1826)
1877 Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran (1925-1941) (d.1944)
DEATHS
220 Cao Cao, Emperor/King Wu of Wei China
493 King Flavius Odoacer of Italy
1145 Pope Lucius II
1311 Walter/Gautier V, Count of Brienne, Duke of Athens
1416 Jean "the Magnificent", Duke of Berry + Auvergne, Count of Poitier + Montpensier {son of King Jean II of France; brother of King Charles V of France}
1644 Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau, Electress consort Palatine of the Rhine
1961 Queen consort Musbah of Jordan
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