Tuesday, February 8, 2011

On this day...

February 8

BIRTHS

1191   Yaroslav II of Russia
1291   King Afonso IV of Portugal
1405   Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos of the Byzantine Empire
1487   Ulrich, Duke of Wurttemberg
1720   Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan
1792   Queen Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
1798   Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani & Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky  {Georgia}  {2009}  (possibly separated or divorced now?)






EVENTS

421   Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
1952   Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.
1960   Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she & her family would be known as the House of Windsor, & that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".

DEATHS

1204   Alexius IV Angelus, deposed Eastern Roman Emperor
1250   Robert I of Artois, French crusader
1265   Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler
1296   King Przemysl II of Poland
1587   Mary, Queen of Scots

1696   Tsar Ivan V of Russia

1725   Tsar Peter I of Russia

1772   Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales

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