ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg {1973} (daughter of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)
Prince Hussain Aga Khan {1974} (son of Prince/Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV)
(pictured at right with his wife)
Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau {1975} [son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau {2007} [daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Crown Prince Akihito of Japan & Michiko Shoda {1959}
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai & Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan {2004}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
879 Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks {West Francia}.
1606 The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by King James I + VII of England, Scotland + Ireland with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
1864 Archduke + Imperial Prince Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria is proclaimed Emperor of Mexico (as Maximiliano I).
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
401 Emperor Theodosius II "the Younger/the Calligrapher" of the Byzantine Empire (d.450)
1512 King James V of Scotland {King of Scots} (d.1542)
1783 Hortense de Beauharnais Bonaparte, Queen consort of Holland (1806-1810), Countess + Duchess of Saint-Leu (d.1837)
DEATHS
879 King Louis II "the Stammerer" of the West Franks {Western Francia} + Aquitaine
948 King Hugh of Italy, Count of Arles + Vienne
1533 King Frederik/Fredrik/Friedrich I of Denmark + Norway, Duke of Schleswig + Holstein
1585 Pope Gregory XIII
1904 Queen Isabella II of Spain {Queen of All the Spains}, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Burgundy, Brabant + Milan, Countess of Habsburg, Flanders, Tyrol + Barcelona, etc.
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