Easter Monday [aka Dyngus Day / Wet Monday] (Western Christianity: Roman Catholic, etc.; Australia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Germany, USA, Canada, Guyana, UK, Netherlands, Hong Kong & many other regions/countries in Europe, the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, etc.)
Passover (Judaism)
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Crown Princess Sarah of Brunei {1987} [wife of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah of Brunei (son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Hereditary Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, Hereditary Prince of Nassau, Prince of Bourbon-Parma & Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium {1953}
The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince + Great Steward of Scotland & Camilla Shand Parker Bowles {2005}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
193 Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
475 Emperor Basiliscus of the Easter Roman {Byzantine} Empire issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
1413 Henry V is crowned King of England.
1440 Christopher of Bavaria is elected, then proclaimed King of Denmark at the Viborg Assembly.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1634 Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, Regent of Friesland, Groningen + Drenthe (d.1696)
1835 King Leopold II of the Belgians (d.1909)
DEATHS
585 BC Emperor Jimmu of Japan
491 Empeor Zeno of the Byzantine Empire
715 Pope Constantine
1024 Pope Benedict VIII
1137 William X "the Saint", Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Poitou (as the VIII)
1483 King Edward IV of England
1806 Willem V Batavus, Prince of Orange, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Baron of Breda, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic
1914 Empress consort/Dowager Shoken [born Ichijo Masako; then after marriage Haruko] of Japan
1961 King Zog I of Albania (Skanderberg III of the Albanians) (1928-1939) {born: Ahmet Muhtar Bej Zogolli, later Zogu}
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