July 16

July 16

Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Roman Catholic)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Maria of Liechtenstein, Countess Kalnoky de Korospatak   {1975} [wife of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]

Sheikha Sheema bint Nasser Al Khalifa of Bahrain   {2010} [daughter of Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain (son of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain)]

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1054   Three Roman legates break relations between Eastern and Western Christian Churches through the act of placing an invalidly-issued Papal Bull of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy, frequently described as the start of the East-West Schism.

1212   Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa:  after Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile, King Sancho VII of Navarre, King Pedro II of Aragon, & King Afonso II of Portugal defest those of the Berber Muslim leader, Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain.

1377   Coronation of King Richard II of England.

1909   Persian Constitutional Revolution:  Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by  his son, Ahmad Shah Qajar.

1931   Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.

1951   King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH

1611   Queen consort Cecylia Renata of Poland, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania, Archduchess (as Cecilia Renata) of Austria (d.1644)

DEATH

1216   Pope Innocent III
1324   Emperor Go-Uda of Japan

1342   King Charles I of Hungary + Croatia (aka Charles Robert or Caroberto)
1557   Duchess Anne of Cleves, (former Queen consort of England as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England)

2005   Prince/Crown Prince/Emperor Gu of Korea

July 15

July 15

Feast Day of Saint Vladimir the Great [of Kiev] (Eastern Orthodox & Roman Catholic)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei   {1946}

Prince Lucas Panagiurishtski of Bulgaria   {1997} [son of Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria, Prince of Panagyurishte (son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)]

Camille Grimaldi   {1998} [daughter of Princess Stephanie of Monaco (sister of Prince Albert II of Monaco)]

                                                             (pictured here with her mother)



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Honore (IV) of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois & Louise d'Aumont, Duchess d'Aumont, Duchess Mazarin et de La Meilleraye   {1777}


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Infanta Sofia of Spain   {2007} [daughter of Crown Prince Felipe of Spain, Prince of Asturias (son of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1207   King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton.

1381   John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn, and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of England.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1353   Vladimir Andreyevich "the Bold", Prince of Serpukhov (Russia) (d.1410)

1471   Emperor EskenderAlexander of Ethiopia (throne name Constantine II) (d.1494)
1553   Archduke Ernest of Austria (d.1595)

1737   Princess Louise Marie of France (d.1787)

1837   Queen consort Estefania of Portugal + the Algarves (previously Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) (d.1859)

DEATHS

1291   King Rudolf I of the Romans, King of Germany
1404   Duke William "the Ambitious" of Inner Austria

Bastille Day

July 14

Bastille Day in France, the French National Day aka La Fete Nationale or le quatorze juillet

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS




Franz, Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine   {1933}

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Duchess of Vastergotland   {1977} (daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones & Daniel Chatto   {1994}

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Irene Urdangarin y de Borbon   {2005} [daughter of Infanta Cristina of Spain, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca (daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1223   Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, King Philippe II Auguste of France.

1958   Iraqi Revolution:  In Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by popluar forces led by Abdul Karim Kassem, who becomes the nation's new leader.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1610   Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d.1670)

1874   Khedive Abbas II Hilmi Bey/Pasha of Egypt + Sudan (d.1944)

1885   King Sisavang Vong of Laos (d.1959)

DEATHS

937   Arnulf "the bad/the Evil", Duke of Bavaria
1223   King Philippe II Auguste of France

July 13

July 13

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Soamsawali of Thailand, "the Princess Mother of the King's First Grandchild"   {1957} [ex-wife of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand (son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej "Rama IX" of Thailand) & niece of Queen Sirikit of Thailand (wife of the King)]

Diane De Guerre (Princess Diane of Luxembourg??)   {1962} [wife of Prince Jean of Luxembourg (brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)]

                                                             
Princess Maria of Romania   {1964} (daughter of King Michael I of Romania)

Prince Jean of Nassau   {2004} [son of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovich of Russia (future Tsar Nicholas I of Russia) & Princess Charlotte of Prussia (upon her 1817 conversion to Russian Orthodoxy known as Alexandra Feodorovna)   {1817}


HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1174   King William I "the Lion/the Rough" of Scotland, a key rebel in the revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to King Henry II of England.

1878   Treaty of Berlin:  the European powers redraw the map of the Balkans.  Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania become independent of the Ottoman Empire.

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

100 BC   Gaius Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic (d.44 BC)

1590   Pope Clement X (d.1676)

1608   Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans (King of Germany), King of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Serbia + Bulgaria, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Luxembourg, Burgundy + Brabant (d.1657)

1776   Caroline of Baden, Electress + Queen consort of Bavaria (d.1841)

1798   Empress consort Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (aka Princess Charlotte of Prussia) (d.1860)

1889   Princess Louise of Battenberg (Lady Louise Mountbatten), Queen consort Louise of Sweden (d.1965)

DEATHS

574   Pope John III

939   Pope Leo VII

1024   Henry II "the Holy/the Saint", Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany + Italy

1189   Princess Matilda/Maud of England, Duchess consort of Saxony + Bavaria

1402   Emperor Jianwen of China (Ming Dynasty)

1621   Archduke Albert VII of Austria, Duke of Brabant, Limburg + Luxembourg, Count of Flanders + Artois, Count Palatine of Burgundy, Margrave of the Holy Roman Empire

1645   Tsar Michael/Mikhail I of Russia