ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant {1960} (son of King Albert II of the Belgians)
Anastasia "Anna" van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven {2001} [daughter of Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein of Jordan & Fahdah Mohammed Abu Neyan {2006}
ROYAL CHRISTENING
Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece + Denmark {1999} [son of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece (son of King Constantine II of Greece)]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1632 Battle of Rain: Swedes under King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
1942 The George Cross is awarded to "the island fortress of Malta - its people and defenders" by King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1642 Sultan Suleiman II of the Ottoman Empire (d.1691)
1646 King Christian V of Denmark + Norway, Count of Oldenburg, Duke of Holstein + Schleswig (d.1699)
1684 {Marta Helena/Elena Skowronska/Skavronska, aka Marfa Samuilovna Skavronskaya} Empress/Tsaritsa consort of Russia (1712-1725), Empress + Autocrat Catherine/Yekaterina I of All the Russias (1725-1727) (d.1727) [Apr.15 is the New Style date; Old Style date is Apr.5]
1721 Prince William Augustus of Great Britain + Ireland, Duke of Cumberland, Marquess of Berkhamstead, Earl of Kennington, Viscount Trematon, Baron of the Isle of Alderney (d.1765)
DEATHS
1053 Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Earl of Kent
1719 Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon {2nd wife of King Louis XIV of France}
1969 Princess Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena of Battenberg, Queen consort of Spain
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