August 24

August 24

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Alexandre Coste   {2003} (illegitimate son of Prince Albert II of Monaco)

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1200   King John "Lackland" of England marries Isabella of Angouleme in Bordeaux Cathedral.

1215   Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1113   Geoffrey Plantagenet V "the Handsome" of Anjou, Count of Anjou, Touraine, + Maine, Duke of Normandy (d.1151)

1198   King Alexander II of Scotland (d.1249)

1358   King Juan I of Castile (d.1390)

1393   Arthur III, Duke of Brittany, Count of Montfort (d.1458)

1750  Maria Letizia Ramolino Buonoparte, Madame Mere de l'Empereur mother of Emperor Napoleon I [Bonaparte] of France (d.1836)

1758   Duchess Sophia Frederica [Sophie Friederike] of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess of Denmark + Norway (d.1794)

1772   King Willem I of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Duke of Limburg, Count of Nassau (d.1843)

1865   King Ferdinand I of Romania, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d.1927)

DEATHS

1042   Michael V, Byzantine Emperor

1103   King Magnus III "Barefoot" of Norway, King of Mann + the Isles

1883   Henri, Count of Chambord, disputed King of France as Henri V

August 23

August 23

Feast of Saint Rose of Lima

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen Noor of Jordan (Queen Dowager of Jordan, Noor Al-Hussein)   {1951} (former step-mother of King Abdullah II of Jordan)

Princess Fadzillah of Brunei   {1985} (daughter of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)

August 22

August 22

Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic, 1944-1969)

Feast of the Queenship of Mary (Roman Catholic, post 1969)

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

 Duke Georg[e] August[us] of Brunswick-Luneburg, Electoral Prince of Hanover & Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach   {1705} [the future King George II of Great Britain & Queen consort Caroline of Great Britain]


HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

392   Flavius "Arbogast" Arbogastes has Flavius Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.

476   Odoacer is named Rex italiae (King of Italy) by his troops.

851   Battle of Jengland:  Erispoe, Duke of Brittany, defeats King Charles II "the Bald" of West Francia near the Breton town of Jengland.

1485   The Battle of Bosworth Field:  the death of King Richard III of England and the end of the House of Plantagenet.

1642   King Charles I of England calls the English Parliament traitors.  The English Civil War begins.

1968   Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota, Colombia.  It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1760   Pope Leo XII (d.1829)

1854   King Milan I of Serbia (d.1901)

1860   Tsaritsa-consort Eleonore of Bulgaria, Princess of Reuss (d.1917)

DEATHS

1155   Emperor Konoe of Japan

1188   King Ferdinand II of Leon

1241   Pope Gregory IX

1280   Pope Nicholas III

1304   John II, Count of Hainaut

1350   King Philip VI "the Fortunate" of France

1358   Queen consort Isabella of England

1485   King Richard III of England

1680   Johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony

1861   Emperor Xianfeng of China

August 21

August 21

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

King Mohammed VI of Morocco   {1963}

August 20

August 20

Saint Stephen's Day in Hungary (date of the canonization of Saint Stephen in 1083)

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Gabriel of Belgium   {2003} [son of Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant (son of King Albert II of the Belgians)]

August 19

August 19

The Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus, Gregorian calendar date (Orthodox Christianity)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Philipp Erasmus of Liechtenstein   {1946} (brother of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway   {1973} [wife of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (son of King Harald V of Norway)]

August 18

August 18

Feast of Saint & Empress Helen[a] (of Constantinople)   (Roman Catholic date)

Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women's suffrage (USA)


HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

1572   Marriage in Paris of future Huguenot King Henri IV of Navarre to Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

1606   Infanta Maria An[n]a of Spain, Archduchess of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, Queen consort of Hungary + Bohemia (d.1646)

1611   Queen consort Ludwika Maria of Poland, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania (d.1667)

1819   Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess consort of Leuchtenberg (d.1876)

1830   Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Croatia, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Slavonia, Illyria, Galicia + Lodomeria, King of Lombardy + Venice, King of Jerusalem, Archduke of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany + Krakow, Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Bukovina, Grand Prince of Transylvania, Margrave of Moravia, Duke of Upper + Lower Silesia, Duke of Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Teschen, Friuli, Ragusa, Princely Count of Habsburg + Tyrol, Prince of Trent + Brixen, Margrave of Upper + Lower Lusatia + in Istria, Lord of Trieste (d.1916)

DEATHS

1276   Pope Adrian V

1503   Pope Alexander VI

1559   Pope Paul IV

1620   Emperor Wanli of China

1645   Tsarina/Tsaritsa consort Eudoxia/Yevdokiya of All Russia

1765   Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans, King in Germany + of Jerusalem, Archduke of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Duke of Calabria, in Silesia of Teschen, Count of Provence

1781   Prince Franz Joseph I of Liechtenstein

2010   Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Duke of Madrid, Count of Montemolin