ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Hereditary Prince
Charles of Monaco
, Marquis of Baux (future Prince Charles III of Monaco) &
Antoinette de Merode-Westerloo {1846}
Sheikh
Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain & Sheikha
Shaikha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai {2009} [nikah]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
48 BC
Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of Pharaoh
Ptolemy XIII of Egypt after landing in Egypt.
235 Pope
Pontian resigns. He and
Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia.
351 Battle of Mursa Major: Emperor
Constantius II of the Roman Empire defeats usurper
Magnentius.
365 Roman usurper
Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman Emperor.
935 Saint
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, is murdered by his brother,
Boleslaus/
Boleslav I "the Cruel", thereafter the Duke of Bohemia.
1066
William II "the Bastard", Duke of Normandy, (the future King
William I "the Conqueror" of England) invades England, beginning the Norman Conquest.
1106 Battle of Tinchebrai/Tinchebray - King
Henry I of England defeats his brother,
Robert II/
III "Curthose", Duke of Normandy.
1238 Muslim Valencia surrenders to the besieging King
James/Jaume/Chaime/Jaime/Jacme I "the Conqueror" of Aragon, Count of Barcelona.
1322 Holy Roman Emperor
Louis IV "the Bavarian"
{King of the Romans, Duke of Bavaria} defeats
Friedrich I/III "the Fair", Duke of Austria + Styria
{King of the Romans, King of Germany} in the Battle of Muhldorf.
1448
Christian I is crowned King of Denmark.
1844 Coronation in Sweden of King
Oscar I of Sweden + Norway.
1868 The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen
Isabella/Isabel II of Spain to flee to France.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH
1865 Princess
Amelie of Orleans, Queen consort of Portugal + the Algarves (as
Maria Amelia) (d.1951)
DEATH
876 King
Louis/Ludwig II "the German" of Eastern Francia
(843-876), King of Bavaria
(817-843)
935 Saint
Wenceslaus/Vaclav I, Duke of Bohemia
1104 King
Pedro I of Aragon + Navarre
1197
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Italy, King of the Romans, King of Germany,
King of Burgundy + Sicily, Duke of Swabia
1978 Pope
John Paul I
