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
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